Maybe mii.o is not loaded ahead of rtl8139.o. insmod mii first and then
insmod rtl8139. Then check if modules are loaded using lsmod.

Mohan

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Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 4:06 AM
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Subject: Re: [leaf-user] Unable to bring up interfaces



On Mon, 09 Sep 2002 16:15:41 EST Kyle Fitch wrote:

> Brad-
>        Your info has been very helpful. Ok, here is where we are now.

Cool.

> >   1.) lsmod output from the working distro to verify mii, 8139cp,
> >       and 8139too are the right modules and to illustrate any
> >       dependencies,
>
> The other distro uses only rtl8139.o . So, I copied that into the
> /lib/modules dir on my Bering disk.
>
> >   2.) copy of /etc/modules to verify the modules are specified to
> >       be loaded at boot,
>
> I added "rtl8139" to the /etc/modules file right in the same section
> as the other 8139 modules are.
>
> >   3.) output of "ls -l /lib/modules" to verify you've downloaded
> >       the modules (if necessary) and installed them in the the
> >       modules.lrp package,
>
> rtl8139.o is in the dir, but it is printed in green. I do not know
> what that means.

That sounds like color terminal output from the ls command.  I am
surprised that works with the "ls" under Bering.  Anyway, green
typically means it's executable.  That isn't necessary, but won't hurt
anything.

After you copied the module into /lib/modules and edited /etc/modules ,
did you backup the modules package?  If you didn't, the changes will not
persist across a reboot.

> >   4.) lsmod output from Bering to verify that all three modules
> >       are actually loaded,
>
> Here is where I think the problem lies. The module does not shoe to be

> loaded.
>
> >   5.) output (from /var/log/syslog or console) from when those
> >       three modules are loaded to verify the NICs are recognized,
>
> I cannot find any mention of the module in the syslog
>
> >   6.) output of "ip link" so we can tell if the interfaces are
> >       recognized but not up or if they aren't even recognized,
>
> They are not shown here.


Okay.  The next step is to run

  insmod /lib/modules/rtl8139.o

from the command line and tell us what happens.  This will manually load
the kernel module for the NIC.  Typically, when load NIC modules they
will echo a few lines about any NICs they recognized.

> >   7.) copy of /etc/network/interfaces so we can tell if there are
> >       any problems there, and
>
> All I did here was comment out the default, uncomment the lines for a
> static IP, and add my IP information.
>
> >   8.) confirmation that you've read
> >       http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/jnilo/binstall.html
> >       steps 4 and 5 at least once. ;)
> I have.
>
> I hope this is info is helpful to you. Thank you very much for your
> help.

Glad to help.  I think you're getting close.  Let us know what the
insmod reveals and we'll go from there.

--Brad



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