I purchased this notebook about 4 months ago, and have NEVER been able to get the
network card to work
under Linux. I had installed an older version of Red Hat, 5.X, and today I installed
RH 6.0
in hopes this would fix the problem.
My PCMCIA cards are:
DLINK DMF560TX, (this is the card I'm trying to get to work first), AND
Adaptec 1460 (which also wasn't recognized during the upgrade). (install option)
I've been working as a UNIX system admin for 15 years, but feel like all thumbs doing
kernel work
under Linux (everything is different from SunOS, Solaris, IRIX, HPUX, AIX, etc.) Been
reading
this list for months in hopes someone else would resolve this problem, or I'd find a
clue.
"cardctl status" does show the cards as being there. But under the system admin utils
eth0 is
always inactive, and in fact absent I think.
Linux# cardctl status
Socket 0:
5V 16-bit card preent
Function 0: ready write protect
Socket 1:
5V 16-bit card preent
Function 0: ready write protect
Does anyone know what kernel module the DMF560TX should use under linuxconf?
eth0 is neither in /dev, nor in the directory that Linux said it should be in. Sorry
if I'm not being exact but the computer is at work and I'm at home. When I use
netcfg, or run
/etc/rc.d/../network start I get the message, (lo0 OK), "Delaying startup of eth0.
Would someone please
help me? I read and reread David Hind's HOWTO instructions a few months ago, and tried
everything. Nothing seems to work for me. I'm picking this up again after a few
months
of rest, from the frustration.
Linux itself works great, Enlightnement works great, Gnome, works great.
Your help would be greatly appreciated, David
