I've delt a lot with Dells, are teh XPS600T using the Small NIC? the card
looks between 1 1/2 to 2" square and fits into a wierd slot or is it
intergrated? If it is the above two, no luck cuase its somewhat wierd in
design.
On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, S. Newhouse wrote:
> Hi,
> I noticed some problems with X-windows and the 3Com905C card. I am using
> KDE and a Dell XPS600T, with the stock Mandrake 6.1.
>
> 1. The card is not recognized at installation.
> 2. I loaded the shipped 3c90x.o module after installation, but it
> would not stay alive. It come up and then go down.
>
> 3. I downloaded the 3c90x.c and 3c90x.h from 3Com's web site, compiled
> it, and things seem to work only if X is started first and then
> modprobe and ifconfig. If I load 3c90x.o and fire up eth0 "before"
> starting X, then X will sometimes not start. Other times it will take
> several minutes to start. In particular, KDM will not start or takes
> a long time to start if the
> ethernet module is loaded and ifconfig has been run. I'm inclined to
> replace the 3Com905C.
>
> Anyone else using the 3c905C successfully?
>
> TIA,
> -sen
>
