After another 4 hours of working on this things are much more clear. For starters I
printed
out David Hinds instructions, so that i could make notes on paper, and not repeat
steps etc.
For starters I downloaded a GNU zipped tar file that contained a package of loadable
kernel
modules and drivers (David Hinds words) which I untar'd/unzip'd into /usr/src/linux.
It created
a directory called pcmcia-cs-3.X.X. The PCMCIA package version I downloaded was 1
"dot" newer than RH
Linux 6.0 had (this is what we used to call releases back at Sun in the bad old days,
dot releases
and dot.dot releases). I cd'd into that dir, and did three makes (according to David
Hind's instructions),
after that I checked configurations and made a few more changes, for example the
"probe" utility showed that
the config files were set for the wrong card chipset.
There seemed to me to be a few contridictions in the instructions, no doubt my
stupidity, for
example in one paragraph it seemed to say that you would need the whole LINUX source
tree,
because when you build the kernel modules it will look for certain object files, then
in
another paragraph it seemed to say that you could build these modules without
rebuilding the
main kernel. Any opinions?
It also seemed a little unclear, does installing a new pcmcia loadable module package
break
the net config utility. For example does the linuxconf utility still work? And, why
doesn't
"pcnet_cs" driver come up as an option, that is the driver that is supposed to work
with my DLINK card.
I followed the specific instructions for Red Hat Linux as well (in an older release of
RH
pcmcia support was actually turned off in the config files) it no longer is. However
my
card is still not networking. My test is to ping another PC that is connected to a
shared
10BASET HUB (repeater), this test passed using my Windoze 98 bootable partition and
all the
same HW.
It has been suggested that i use another PCMCIA card and I will try that soon, but
because
I don't have ready access to one I want to try other config options first.
Any new ideas, based upon the above information?
Thanks, David
On 09/21/99 18:34:02 Abhinav wrote:
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>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>> 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
>
>ahhh the old "Delaying eth0 installation" line that means everything but doesnt
>really tell you anything at
>all...
>
>I found myself at the same spot just a few days ago (but on my PC) and I found that
>getting a newer driver
>(I needed a tulip driver) and compiling it and placing the resultant object file in
>the correct directory
>helped tremendously
>
>for a set of instructions I recommend you check out a tulip site - but transpose the
>instructions across
>for your DLink driver
>
>http://www.bmen.tulane.edu/~siekas/tulip/
>
>as for finding your driver I dunno - I use a DLink DE660 and fortunately its driver
>is included in the RH6
>package....
>
>now then - wrap this one around your brain:
>
>I still get "Delaying eth0 installation." on my laptop (Micron Transport VLX)
>
>but I can ping other machines on my little home LAN (currently setting up a NFS)
>
>now when starting up (when all the initialisation takes place and all interfaces are
>brought up...) I can
>see that the card actually starts up (ie lights flashing and the hub picks it up
>then...) when pcmcia is
>brought up....eth0 is still delayed....
>
>does that shed any light on your issue David? or even give you any ideas...??
>
>sorry if this doesnt help any - just managed to get through the above prob so I
>thought I'd have a go at
>helping ya...
>
>cheers
>Abhinav
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