Linux-Hardware Digest #313, Volume #14 Wed, 7 Feb 01 23:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: Tape drive for Linux (Jonathan Buzzard)
Re: Help: ISA internal modem ("Duane Healing")
Re: No Dialtone, Please help ("Babis")
Re: anyone know how to install HP 970cse print driver? ("Knut Zakariassen")
Re: Problem getting SMP enabled on Abit BP6 ("Rinaldi J. Montessi")
ess1868 ("Max A. Krasilnikov")
Re: Lucent Modem in acer travel Mate 521TE ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Supported parallel port cards? (Edward S. Meadows)
Re: Geforce 256 DDR + Linux + driver (Marcus Lauer)
Re: Tape drive for Linux (Marcelo Rodrigues)
Re: Supported parallel port cards? (Cokey de Percin)
Linux Hand Helds ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: i815, D815EEA motherboard hangs. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Filesystem transfer to new disk ("Gene Heskett")
Support for 3Com 3C905C NIC (Ed Hourigan)
Re: Support for 3Com 3C905C NIC ("Will")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonathan Buzzard)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Tape drive for Linux
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 22:56:06 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"John P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi all,
>
> I want to start taking regular backups of the HD on a Linux box (P166,
> RH6.1) - it's a 4Gb hard disk I think.
>
> Are there any special considerations before I buy one to make sure it works
> with RedHat? I don't really know much about tape drives but I'll have to get
> an ATAPI one as the machine is quite old. What is a standard tape size
> anyway, am I likely to have problems finding ones that hold 4Gb?
>
> Any pointers to resources on setting it up, software etc?
>
Sort of related but a bit beyond your needs. I got a Global Networking
catalogue through the post this morning, never seen this one before
so I had a flick though with a cup of tea while taking a break.
What caught my eye was a HP SureStore DLT1. This appears to be a DLT80
drive but for less than a grand! What's the story with these drives
and how come you can get a DLT drive for a third of the price not so
long ago?
JAB.
--
Jonathan A. Buzzard Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Northumberland, United Kingdom. Tel: +44(0)1661-832195
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From: "Duane Healing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help: ISA internal modem
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 15:16:02 -0800
It's a winmodem. Get a real modem. Or at least a winmodem based on
the LT chipset. There are drivers for that.
--
-Duane
-DNAware SoftLabs.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
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> I recently installed Redhat Linux 7 on my computer but I was unable to
> set up my ISA PnP internal modem(Wearnes MediaSurf 56K DSP, ESS chip).
>
> I tried pnpdump, isapnp, setserial and modemconf but none seemed to
> work. pnpdump -c>/etc/isapnp.cof; isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf generated a
> check error but I was able to let it pass if I delete the "(CHECK)"'s.
> Nevertheless I could not see that the designated irq and ports are
> utilized and setserial failed.
>
> I think my modem is not a winmodem so there should be a way to correctly
> set it up. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks a lot.
>
>
>
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From: "Babis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.dial-up,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: No Dialtone, Please help
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 02:02:56 +0200
Ypu might try to use the modem command with an X3 somewhere (I'm not sure
where, but i think it is ATX3DT21312064)
This should do it.
Tor Harald Thorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:%E1g6.3389$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi, I have a ASUSCOM ISA card, and are running mandrake 7.2.
> I had a problem with setting the MSN, but sorted it out with the AT&E####
> command.
> But now, kppp reports No Dialtone, when i try the ATDT21312064, which is
the
> phone number to my ISP.
>
> What can be wrong? the card works perfect under Windows.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: "Knut Zakariassen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: anyone know how to install HP 970cse print driver?
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 01:01:33 +0100
Sammy,
First of all, as the hp970 is not supported in gs5.50, you need to add
the support to your ghostscript binary before you get to the driver you
got from linuxprinting.org
Id suggest you should first stop by the ghostscript site
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghostscript
to get the latest stable version (currently 6.5), with utilities and
fonts,
and then go to Ren�s site http://www.harsch.net to get the ghostscript
driver for the hp970.
Ren�s site is in german, but gives a very good point for point
explanation on how to make a ghostscript binary that supports your
printer.
When you have a working gs binary that supports your printer, I would
guess your problems with the lpdomatic scripts should be straightenend
out as well.
If you still cant get the scripts to work, maybe you should take a look
at apsfilter (http://www.apsfilter.org), which may be easier to set up,
and that has excellent support for the 970c series printer.
Good luck!
Knut.
"Sammy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i
<3a81ad11$0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi all,
>
> I\'m running Linux 7.0 and have a HP Deskjet 970cse. I tried installing
> the driver on this www.linuxprinting.org site written by Rene' Harsch
> but am having trouble. I'm new to LINUX and am not sure what I'm doing
> wrong here. Can anyone help me? Below, I have documented my environment
> and error log. Thank you.
>
> 1) I have gs in the /usr/bin directory (version 5.50)
> 2) I have the lpd-o-matic description file for the 970cse driver in the
> /usr/local/bin. It is named lpd-o-matic.cgi
> 3) I have the lpdomatic perl script in the /usr/local/sbin. The file
> is
> named lpdomatic.
> 4) My printcap file looks like this:
>
> lp:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> :mx#0:\
> :sh:\
> :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> :af=/usr/local/lpd-o-matic.cgi:\
> :if=/usr/local/sbin/lpdomatic:
>
> 5) After setting the debug flag in the lpdomatic perl script, I tried
> this
> print command: lpr -P lp SplitterI.java
>
> I then got this error in the /temp/prnlog
>
> Lpdomatic backend version $Revision: 1.5 $ running...
> /usr/local/sbin/lpdomatic: called with arguments:
> -Aroot@localhost+398','-CA','-D2001-02-06-20:38:25.044','-Ff','-Hlocalhost.l
> ocaldomain','-JSplitterI.java','-Plp','-Qlp','-a/usr/local/lib/lpd-o-matic.c
> gi','-b353','-d/var/spool/lpd/lp','-edfA398localhost.localdomain','-fSplitte
> rI.java','-hlocalhost.localdomain','-j398','-kcfA398localhost.localdomain','
> -l66','-nroot','-sstatus','-t2001-02-06-20:38:25.000','-w80','-x0','-y0','/u
> sr/local/lib/lpd-o-matic.cgi
> /usr/local/sbin/lpdomatic: af=/usr/local/lib/lpd-o-matic.cgi
> /usr/local/sbin/lpdomatic: unable to evaluate datablob
>
> So, in summary, what does this mean? I did not see my printer budge at
> all..nothing happened.
>
> Thanks, Sammy
>
>
>
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From: "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Problem getting SMP enabled on Abit BP6
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 19:11:29 -0500
Lord Bane wrote:
>
> I'm running an Abit BP6 dual Celeron system and when I enable SMP mode in
> the 2.2.18 kernel it refuses to find and initialize the hpt366 controller.
> It seems to do something weird with IRQ assignments (ie NICs go to IRQ 16,
> 17 from IRQ 7,10) and refuses to recognize the HPT controller (ide2) on IRQ
> 11.
When you compiled the SMP kernel was the source properly patched with
the Hedrick ide patch? The 12/21 patch for 2.2.18 seems most sturdy.
> Running it in uniprocessor mode, this problem does not occur and it is able
> to address the HPT controller (ide2) and boot into Slackware 7.1.
Which means to me that the source for the UP kernel was patched. Did
you install the Gentus linux that came with the mobo and perhaps add a
second processor later?
> Will upgrading to the 2.4.1 kernel and applying the patch for HPT support
> fix this problem? Has anyone else every gotten this working right?
The 2.4.1 kernel source has support for both off board and on board eide
(udma 66/100) controllers. BTW are you one of the lucky ones not having
problems with the HPT 366 controller? I disconnected mine (Abit bp6
also) and plugged in a pci Promise 100.
> Thanks for any help.
HTH
--
Rinaldi]$
When we remember we are all mad the mysteries disappear and
life stands explained. - Mark Twain
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From: "Max A. Krasilnikov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ess1868
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 03:08:49 +0200
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Hi all!!
I have some problems with my ess1868 sound card:
sndconf stops my system when i run it, but i have read a HOWTO how to
set up my sound card, but i don't know how to start one script when my
system is starting :-(
and after starting this script as root i have folowing massage on my
screen:
/lib/modules/2.2.11-4bc/misc/opl3.0: init_module: Device or resource
busi
this script i have attach to this massage with th isapnp.conf file.
i have system:
ip166mmx/i439TX/RTL8029 net card/ess1868
and Black Cat Linux 6.02 (==Red Hat Linux 6.0+some updetes for security
and russian language support).
On another machine ip133/i430VX/ess1868 this system works wery good...
I have reinstall my Linux nearly 5 times (I like experiments) but
problem didn't gone.
When I have RH 7.0 linux i haven't this problem but I can't get this
distributive :-(
Can anybody help me?
mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
With the best regards, Max.
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r;
name="sound"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline;
filename="sound"
/sbin/modprobe sound
/sbin/insmod uart401
/sbin/insmod sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=-1
/sbin/insmod mpu401 io=0x330
/sbin/insmod opl3 io=0x388
/sbin/insmod v_midi
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r;
name="isapnp.conf"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline;
filename="isapnp.conf"
# LD n = Logical device, ie write to reg 7
# IO n = IO descriptor n
# BASE n = IO/Mem address
# INT n = Interrupt req n
# IRQ n = Interrupt level
# MODE = line levels etc
# ACT = Activate
#(debug)
#(IGNORECRC)
(READPORT 0x3bb)
(ISOLATE)
(IDENTIFY *)
(CONFIGURE DFX0000/1493 (LD 0 (IO 0 (BASE 0x3e8)) (INT 0 (IRQ 12 (MODE +E))) (ACT Y)))
(CONFIGURE DFX0000/1493 (LD 0 (REG 7 (PEEK)) (REG 0x30 (PEEK))))
(CONFIGURE DFX0000/1493 (LD 1 (REG 7 (PEEK)) (REG 0x30 (PEEK))))
# Try to force logical device 2 (which doesn't exist)...
(CONFIGURE DFX0000/1493 (LD 1 (REG 7 (POKE 2) (PEEK)) (REG 0x30 (PEEK))))
# .. hence this gives an error
(CONFIGURE DFX0000/1493 (LD 2 (REG 7 (PEEK)) (REG 0x30 (PEEK))))
(ISOLATE)
(IDENTIFY *)
(CONFIGURE ESS1868/-1 (LD 1
(IO 0 (BASE 0x0220))
(IO 1 (BASE 0x0388))
(IO 2 (BASE 0x0330))
(DMA 0 (CHANNEL 1))
(INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
(ACT Y)
))
(WAITFORKEY)
(WAITFORKEY)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Lucent Modem in acer travel Mate 521TE
Date: 8 Feb 2001 00:55:10 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Can you use your adio card (ALI M5451 PCI South Bridge Audio)?
> sndconfig detect it but it does not support it, and with manual
> configuration as "Acer audio card" or "Sound Blaster" it does not
> work...
If this is ALI M5451 then this is not these but 'trident' - as strange
as it may sound. A support for that in trident module showed up
fairly recently - 2.2.17, I think but maybe earlier.
Something like that from 'dmesg' (details what is supported depend
on your hardware):
Trident 4DWave/SiS 7018/Ali 5451 PCI Audio, version 0.14.6a, 20:31:03 Jan 8 2001
trident: ALi Audio Accelerator found at IO 0x10000, IRQ 10
ac97_codec: AC97 codec, vendor id1: 0x0000, id2: 0x0000 (Unknown)
ac97_codec: Secondary ac97 codec not present
Put something like that:
alias sound-slot-0 trident
options sound dmabuf=1
in our /etc/modules.conf.
Michal
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edward S. Meadows)
Subject: Supported parallel port cards?
Date: 7 Feb 2001 18:05:16 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'd like to connect a second printer to my office machine
running RH 7.0. I'm considering purchasing a parallel port
card since my only parallel port is occupied by my existing
printer.
Will any low end parallel port card work? I looked in the
Linux-parport archives, but found mostly discussion about
specific devices that could be connected to the port, not
about the port itself. I already know that my printer is
supported via ghostview, but I'm confused about how to
determine whether the parallel port card itself would be
supported.
Thanks for any tips.
Edward S. Meadows [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chemical & Materials Engineering Office: (780) 492-3181
University of Alberta Fax: (780) 492-2881
Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2G6 Cell: (780) 907-3537
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Chemical & Materials Engineering Office: (780) 492-3181
University of Alberta Fax: (780) 492-2881
Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2G6 Cell: (780) 907-3537
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From: Marcus Lauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Geforce 256 DDR + Linux + driver
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 18:32:28 -0800
A. Meijster wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I downloaded the Nvidia driver (0.96) and GLX libs for kernels >=2.2.12 and
> Xfree >= 4.0.1.
> I have an SMP box (2 cpu's) and a Geforce 256 DDR. I compiled the
> driver and get a module 'NVdriver' without problems. However, if I
> load it in the kernel (insmod) and try to start X the system
> says it cannot open /dev/nvidia0 (although it exists major=195/minor=0),
> and if I try to do this again my system freezes completely: not even a blue
> screen ;-)
>
> I tried many combinations of kernels and X:
>
> kernels : 2.2.12 2.2.17 2.2.18 (SMP and no SMP)
> 2.4.0 however, in this case I could not compile the
> driver!
>
> X: 4.0.1 4.0.2
>
> I also tried older nvidia drivers (0.95), but also that doesn't work.
> Anyone got this video card to work?
> I really need hardware accelerated openGL, so don't tell me
> to use the "nv" driver that comes with XFree, since that works
> but is very slow.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Arnold ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
I'm using one of those cards now, but on a non-SMP box, XFree 4.0.1,
kernel 2.4.0 (and it worked on 2.2.18 previously. Both were actually
acSomething versions). I think I've had this problem before. The problem is
that either the GLX or the module (I forget which) isn't being detected.
When you type "lsmod", do you see a line like this:
Module Size Used by
NVdriver 610288 11 (autoclean)
In your XF86Config, is there a line like this in the "Module" section:
Load "glx"
In modules.conf, is there a line like this:
alias char-major-195 NVdriver
Also, what version of binutils are you using? For SMP compiles, the
nVidia FAQ says you need 2.9.5 or higher. That doesn't explain the non-SMP
problems, but it might help.
Finally, are you completely, 100% sure that all MesaGL libraries are
gone from your system? Look in /lib, /usr/lib and /usr/X11R6/lib for any
links to libMesaGL lor libglwrapper.
Marcus
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED](Marcelo Rodrigues)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Tape drive for Linux
Date: 8 Feb 2001 02:46:04 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED](Marcelo Rodrigues)
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jonathan Buzzard wrote:
>
> What caught my eye was a HP SureStore DLT1. This appears to be a DLT80
> drive but for less than a grand! What's the story with these drives
> and how come you can get a DLT drive for a third of the price not so
> long ago?
>
> JAB.
>
>
Some of these new drives ( and I don't know anything about the HP one ) use a
DLT
cartridge at a much lower (sometimes variable ) speed thus the price
reduction.
The original poster might want to check out www.storagecentral.com for
reviews of tape drives / back up software and a comparison chart.
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From: Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Supported parallel port cards?
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 02:55:25 GMT
"Edward S. Meadows" wrote:
>
> I'd like to connect a second printer to my office machine
> running RH 7.0. I'm considering purchasing a parallel port
> card since my only parallel port is occupied by my existing
> printer.
>
> Will any low end parallel port card work? I looked in the
> Linux-parport archives, but found mostly discussion about
> specific devices that could be connected to the port, not
> about the port itself. I already know that my printer is
> supported via ghostview, but I'm confused about how to
> determine whether the parallel port card itself would be
> supported.
>
> Thanks for any tips.
I use Byte Runner cards and have had no problem. I'm currently
using a 4 Serial 2 Parallel card. The serial ports share a single
irq and took a bit of setting up, but no extra software. The
parallel ports just plugged in and ran. I believe the dual parallel
PCI card that's available (~$45) will share an irq; I'm not sure
about the ISA.
Best
Cokey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux Hand Helds
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 03:05:17 GMT
I am thinking about getting a hand held. I am looking at the standards
(Palm and visor). I know that there has to be some linux hand helds.
How do the price / performance compare? What linux ones should I look
at? Any info would be great.
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: i815, D815EEA motherboard hangs.
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 03:14:23 GMT
In article <958vg6$v50$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Arun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The system isRH 6.2 with:
> I810Gtt-0.2-4.src.rpm - Chipset Driver Module
> XFCom i810 display driver
> Plug & Pray is disabled.
>
> I've been handed a problem linux system. It's a D815EEA, Intel mboard
with a
> 600MHz Celeron, with no additional PCI cards. Apparently, this box has
been
> working OKish for the last 6 months but, has recently deveoped a problem
> whenever the built in ethernet card is accessed (ie loading the
module). It
> hangs. Disabling the built-in ethernet and putting in a PCI eepro100 works
> fine.
>
> These boxes are for remote location so we desire 100% reliability so we
> can't use W2000 ;-)
> I've got a feeling that the mboard is not a good choice for Linux and
we'll
> have to get a new system that works well.
>
> Anyone with similar experiences? Or help?
>
> "Cheese Mite!" -Arun
>
I've been running a D815EEA with a 800mhz P3 for 6 months on Redhat 6.2
with no problem. I did download EEPRO drivers from INTEL and compile
them and replace my netdriver.
However, after upgrading to Redhat 7.0 my disk access has become very
slow. I'm trying a clean install now.
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Date: 7 Feb 2001 21:37:35 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Filesystem transfer to new disk
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Peter T.;
[...]
>> Hmm, I see one potential gotcha, my lilo hasn't been replaced yet,
>> and the partition is a 16 gigger. Anything else one should take
>> into consideration?
PTB> Nothing that you don't seem capable of catching. No, nothing
PTB> else comes to mind (you'll want to prepare swap separately).
Mmm, swap is a seperate partition now, but not on that drive, which I
thought was a desirable thing. Is there a prpoblem with that?
Also, thanks for the vote of confidence, my recent bout with bind-9.1.0
has been a nightmare and I was getting discouraged.
Cheers, Gene
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From: Ed Hourigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Support for 3Com 3C905C NIC
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 03:39:59 GMT
I am at the end of my rope - I cannot get my ethernet card going. The
card is from 3COM - model 3C905C. I have Mandrake 7.2 distribution (
2.2.17 kernel version ). I obtained the driver source from 3com's
web site and built it. The eth0 interface will not come up using
this driver. Has anyone else gotten this particular NIC to work w/
linux?
By building a DEBUG version of the driver, I got the following from
/var/log/messages after running 'ifup eth0':
Feb 7 22:18:16 Dell01 kernel: init_module: IN
Feb 7 22:18:16 Dell01 kernel: tc90xbc_ScanDevices: IN
Feb 7 22:18:16 Dell01 kernel: Tornado NIC found
Feb 7 22:18:16 Dell01 kernel: 3Com device eth0
Feb 7 22:18:16 Dell01 kernel: Bus Mastering enabled by BIOS
Feb 7 22:18:16 Dell01 kernel: Irq = b , IoAddress = dc00
Feb 7 22:18:16 Dell01 kernel: FillDeviceStructure: IN
Feb 7 22:18:16 Dell01 kernel: FillDeviceStructure: OUT
Feb 7 22:18:16 Dell01 kernel: ReadCommandLineChanges: IN index=0
Feb 7 22:18:16 Dell01 kernel: 3Com 3c90x Version 1.0.0i 1999
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Feb 7 22:18:23 Dell01 kernel: Packet not picked up by the hardware
Feb 7 22:18:23 Dell01 kernel: NICOpen: TestAdapter failed
Feb 7 22:18:23 Dell01 dhcpcd[1168]: dhcpStart: ioctl SIOCSIFFLAGS: No
such device
The card works fine under WinMe on the same machine.
Help, please!
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From: "Will" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Support for 3Com 3C905C NIC
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 21:56:39 -0600
This card works fine under almost any linux install, including Mandrake 7.2
using the standard 3Com 3c59x module. I am using it under Mandrake now and
use it under other installs regularly. You shouldn't need the driver from
3com.
"Ed Hourigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am at the end of my rope - I cannot get my ethernet card going. The
> card is from 3COM - model 3C905C. I have Mandrake 7.2 distribution (
> 2.2.17 kernel version ). I obtained the driver source from 3com's
> web site and built it. The eth0 interface will not come up using
> this driver. Has anyone else gotten this particular NIC to work w/
> linux?
>
> By building a DEBUG version of the driver, I got the following from
> /var/log/messages after running 'ifup eth0':
>
> Feb 7 22:18:16 Dell01 kernel: init_module: IN
> Feb 7 22:18:16 Dell01 kernel: tc90xbc_ScanDevices: IN
> Feb 7 22:18:16 Dell01 kernel: Tornado NIC found
> Feb 7 22:18:16 Dell01 kernel: 3Com device eth0
> Feb 7 22:18:16 Dell01 kernel: Bus Mastering enabled by BIOS
> Feb 7 22:18:16 Dell01 kernel: Irq = b , IoAddress = dc00
> Feb 7 22:18:16 Dell01 kernel: FillDeviceStructure: IN
> Feb 7 22:18:16 Dell01 kernel: FillDeviceStructure: OUT
> Feb 7 22:18:16 Dell01 kernel: ReadCommandLineChanges: IN index=0
> Feb 7 22:18:16 Dell01 kernel: 3Com 3c90x Version 1.0.0i 1999
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Feb 7 22:18:23 Dell01 kernel: Packet not picked up by the hardware
> Feb 7 22:18:23 Dell01 kernel: NICOpen: TestAdapter failed
> Feb 7 22:18:23 Dell01 dhcpcd[1168]: dhcpStart: ioctl SIOCSIFFLAGS: No
> such device
>
>
>
> The card works fine under WinMe on the same machine.
>
> Help, please!
>
>
>
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