Linux-Networking Digest #449, Volume #10 Wed, 10 Mar 99 16:13:52 EST
Contents:
3C503 or 3C507 (John Kenyon)
Re: Basic Samba configuration problem (TS Stahl)
NIS+ for Linux (Brian Vogle)
Re: Newbie question (Paul Criswell)
DownloadMaster - downloading solution for LANs and ISPs ("Cogin Software")
Re: SSH Question (Christian Dysthe)
Re: Drivers for SMC EZ 10/100 1211 card??? Where??? (Will)
Re: Software RAID ("Bruno Prior")
RH52 printing to HP4 fails only on large jobs ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ppp-on problem (David Kirkpatrick)
Re: RH52 printing to HP4 fails only on large jobs (Grant Taylor)
Re: PCI modems in linux? (Richard Nelson)
Re: PCI modems in linux? (Richard Nelson)
Re: Linux + 2 Ethernet cards (Raymond Doetjes)
Re: MS Explorer 4.0 for Unix (Penn Stater)
stopping/starting FTPD from command line ("John Madden")
Re: Linux+Win95 networking problem (Stone)
Newbie Network Admin ("Brian D. Cook")
Re: localhost connecting to port 111 (Dan Srebnick)
Re: init_module: device or resource busy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Boot hangs at Ethernet probe... Help! (David Burlage)
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From: John Kenyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: 3C503 or 3C507
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 16:32:20 +0000
Should I replace my 3C507 with a 3C503, or stick with the 3C507?
I don't have any problems with the 3C507, and recompiling the kernel
to suit the 3C503 isn't a problem. (The 3C507 uses one of the
"experimental" aka not so well supported kernel drivers.)
Please direct your replies to the NG please.
/John
.x. becomes x for email
Views expressed are mine and not those of my employer.
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From: TS Stahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Basic Samba configuration problem
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 13:15:09 -0600
Two out of three is pretty good, your on your own with this one <BSG>
Andy Jaworski wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have the smallest network of two machines: Win 95 OSR2 and Linux RH 5.2
> with 2.2.2 kernel running together with all required updates (including
> Samba 2.0.3). I have them connected using a crossover twisted-pair cable.
> The machines see one another. I can ping from both machines.
>
> I have a feeling that I am missing something very basic, but I cannot put my
> finger on it. Any insight/help will be appreciated
>
> Andy
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Andy Jaworski
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
Scott Stahl
MIS Asst.
Illinois Housing Development Authority
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From: Brian Vogle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NIS+ for Linux
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 10:05:47 -0600
Can someone point me to the NIS+ files for Linux? The NIS/NIS+ HOWTO is
has an outdated link.
Thanks,
--Brian Vogle
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From: Paul Criswell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie question
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 14:26:21 -0500
Mel wrote:
>
> Interested in building a new machine for running RH on. What hardware
> "motherboard, video card, modem" would be the most easiest to find drivers
> for and somewhat hassel free? Probably would be using a AMD 233 chip.
> Thanks in advance.
Go to www.redhat.com. They have lists of supported hardware. Don't be
scared off by that though, often there are drivers availible from 3rd
party vendors to be sure to check with them also.
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From: "Cogin Software" <NOSPAM [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.networking,comp.os.os2.networking.server
Subject: DownloadMaster - downloading solution for LANs and ISPs
Date: 10 Mar 1999 16:04:28 GMT
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From: Christian Dysthe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SSH Question
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 15:56:31 GMT
In article <7bsqeg$m4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> > > : 3) Where I can find a SSH Client that run on Windowz?
>
> Can't help there. Another problem is that, to my knowledge, there is *no*
> windows `scp` client. Bummer.
>
DataFellows latest SSH2 offering includes SCP, and it is a Windows
application. Not free though... :)
www.datafellows.com
>
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>
//Christian
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Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 15:23:35 +0000
From: Will <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Drivers for SMC EZ 10/100 1211 card??? Where???
On 23 Feb 1999, me wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> >
> >Does anyone know where I can get 1211 drivers for Red Hat 5.2?
> >
> >I would like to get this card to work.
> >
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I have the same card ... I think the drivers come with the card. It's a
> Realtek card ... you need to use the rtl8139.o module.
>
> I have RedHat 5.1 and the card is recognized, now I'm just having a hell of a
> time getting the thing to talk to the win 98 box.
>
> If the driver is not part of your distribution, check
> cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers
>
> Sean
>
>
>
I have got this module working in the 2.2.1 kernel I am however havig a
problem in that I get the error
SIOCSIFADDR: Operation not supported by device
eth0: unknown interface: operation not supported by device.
Can anyone tell me if there is anything I need to try to get the card to
work?
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From: "Bruno Prior" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Software RAID
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 16:13:43 -0000
Roger Harstein wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I have a would-be 26 Gig software raid 5 setup that is giving me huge
>amounts of grief. I finally got the raid structure built by
>installing the raid-tools package (mdtools doesn't cut it any more,
>apparently). However, now I am running into a problem putting the
>ext2 filesystem on the array. The drive is just too dang big and
>mke2fs craps out. Anyone know of a work-around for this?
>
>System: RedHat 5.2, kernel 2.2.2
Matthew Jacob just sent the following message to the linux-RAID mailing
list. If he's right, then I guess the problem isn't with software RAID.
Notice that the original sender also has no problem with 32Gb arrays.
I think your problem may be the combination of kernel 2.2.2 and software
RAID. Ingo has just released a new patch/raidtools for 2.2.3, which I
believe fixes this problem. Try upgrading.
Here's the message:
===================
ds1.nas.nasa.gov > df -k
Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on
/dev/hda1 1981000 1152042 726547 61% /
/dev/md0 210337359 97028285 100987226 49% /storage
ds1.nas.nasa.gov >
That's a 210+GB filesystem.
On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Dietmar Stein wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I am new to this list and not so familiar with the rules (I think there
> are some...) but I hope I will do it right.
> Here are my questions:
>
> 1.) I use an ext2-filesystem over an raid0, size 32 GB and got no
> problems with ("normal") files, filesize and -structure, but I remember,
> that I read, the ext2-system can handle filesystems up to 16 GB, not
> above.
> Is that right?
>
> 2.) Does anybody know a tool for watching/diagnosting the I/O of each
> disk - like sar or glance under HP-UX - for linux?
>
> Greetings, Dietmar
>
> p.s: you know....
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: RH52 printing to HP4 fails only on large jobs
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 16:20:49 GMT
I am having problems printing large jobs from a vanilla RedHat 5.2 box
to a Laserjet 4si (using its JetDirect MIO card) via ip. Hold on to
your seat, this isn't as straightforward as it sounds at first ...
A 400+ page report is generated vi Universe on HPUX 10.20. This report
is pretty much plain text, just very large. The report prints
correctly if I print from HPUX directly to the printer via IP (not
using JetDirect software). However, if I redirect the print job to a
queue on the RedHat box, the printer spits out 20-30 pages and gives
an error: "80 SERVICE 001F", then promptly dies. A power cycle is
needed to get the printer working again.
Printing from HPUX through the Linux queue works fine on all jobs
except the big one - the smaller ones are anywhere between 1-20 pages.
The Linux box has sufficient resources - it's ONLY used for print
spooling, has 128MB RAM and 4GB dedicated to /var/spool/lpd ...
The ONLY difference in printer definitions on the HPUX box is the
destination IP address and queue name (direct: printer_ip & raw;
linux: linux_ip & queuename). This anomaly shows up whether the linux
queue is using the laserjet filter or none at all. The printcap entry
on linux looks like:
pr0_manual:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/pr0_manual:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:rm=pr0:\
:rp=raw:
(pr0 is listed in the /etc/hosts file)
The inability to print this report correctly is causing several people
to lose hair. It's being generated at one of the larger local
hospitals. I'd greatly appreciate any help you can offer me in this
matter. Thanks!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: David Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ppp-on problem
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 14:46:37 +0000
No text made it but here is some generic info.
d
Generic info for RH 5.2. Assumption: you installed PPP.
===================================================================
RH puts ppp scripts in /usr/doc/ppp-2.3.5
Copy ppp-on, ppp-on-dialer, options to /etc/ppp.
BTW:I have copied /dev/null to options.
These need to be made execuitable. Execute chmod 755 on ppp-on
and ppp-on-dialer
===================================================================
Modify ppp-on by editing the following:
TELEPHONE, ACCOUNT, PASSWORD
==================================================================
For exec command. put in correct device probably
cua1 (for RH5.2) and modem speed
===================================================================
Edit /etc/resolv.conf and put in ISP nameserver given you by your
ISP.
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
You usually get two from your isp.
====================================================================
execute ppp-on & and monitor logs with
tail -f /var/log/messages.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
OR:
Control Pannel: Modem configuration. Select
correct device. (used in ppp-on script)
===================================================================
Control Pannel: Network Configurator: Routing: Defaults blank
PPP0 will use this so needs a blank here.
===================================================================
Network Configurator: Names: insert ISP
nameserver addresses.
===================================================================
System Configurator: PPP/SLIP/PLIP: Configurations, Add
Fill in Hardware, Communication. Assumes PAP not
required - If things do not work check with ISP.
==================================================================
Save quit. Verify /etc/resolv.conf has your ISP
addresses.
==================================================================
The linuxconf sets up most things but does not
setup the ppp-on script - that must be done by hand.
==================================================================
Testing:
cd /etc/ppp
execute ppp-on
Ping locally between your network machines to insure your ok.
Ping some net address by ip number like 10.220.10.120. Once ppp
is connected.
Verify your name server working, ping boston.com or do an
nslookup microsoft.com
When not dialed in ping someother box locally by name
to insure yor local resolution is working say if
done by the /etc/hosts and /etc/lmhosts.
=============================================================
If things do not work turn on debugging or up the level of
debugging. Edit the scripts and put debug 7 in there.
For LCP errors two common causes are the ISP is not responding
to you - he's down or you and the ISP are out of sync on PAP.
Jonathan A Birchall wrote:
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: RH52 printing to HP4 fails only on large jobs
Date: 10 Mar 1999 15:02:57 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Printing from HPUX through the Linux queue works fine on all jobs
> except the big one - the smaller ones are anywhere between 1-20 pages.
> The Linux box has sufficient resources - it's ONLY used for print
> spooling, has 128MB RAM and 4GB dedicated to /var/spool/lpd ...
> The ONLY difference in printer definitions on the HPUX box is the
> destination IP address and queue name (direct: printer_ip & raw;
> linux: linux_ip & queuename). This anomaly shows up whether the linux
> queue is using the laserjet filter or none at all. The printcap entry
> on linux looks like:
> pr0_manual:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/pr0_manual:\
> :mx#0:\
> :sh:\
> :rm=pr0:\
> :rp=raw:
> The inability to print this report correctly is causing several people
> to lose hair. It's being generated at one of the larger local
> hospitals. I'd greatly appreciate any help you can offer me in this
> matter. Thanks!
Well, there are two "poor" programs involved in this:
- The rather buggy BSD lpd running on Linux.
- The rather buggy lpd implementation inside the JetDirect device.
The HP one is unchangeable (actually, you can probably get a firmware
upgrade or something, but that's too much trouble).
You can change or go around the linux lpd by either using a program
like netcat or a Perl quickie to spit the print jobs into the HP's
port 9100, or you can replace BSD entirely with LPRng (which has the
ability to print to random ports built-in).
LPRng is probably recommended for any "real" installations, anyway, so
that's what I'd suggest.
There are discussions of all of these things in the Printing HOWTO.
--
Grant Taylor - gtaylor@picante<dot>com - http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Cellphone information: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/cell/
Libretto information: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/
Linux Printing HOWTO: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/
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From: Richard Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: PCI modems in linux?
Date: 10 Mar 1999 19:32:48 GMT
Hello,
My name is Richard Nelson, and I am a Technical support engineer for
Actiontec Electronics, INC
We do have a PCI modem that is NOT a "Win" modem, it is controller based,
and uses the Lucent Venus chipset.
I need as much help as I can possibly get for this, as I would like it to
become the first officially supported PCI modem for Linux, and I repeat,
it IS CONTROLLER based, NOT windows based, etc....
My direct number is 408-548-4772
and my email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you
Doug wrote:
> Can a PCI modem be used in linux? If so how? Something called a modem
> enumerator is installed in windows along with the modem itself and i
> dont know what that is. Its creative modmeblaster DI5630 v.90. Its
> being used as PnP right now but there are jumpers on it I dont have the
> manual so im trying to find out if com and irq can be hard set..
> Thanks for any help and please email me a response if possible at
> ratchet at tir dot com
> Doug
>
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From: Richard Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: PCI modems in linux?
Date: 10 Mar 1999 19:32:43 GMT
Actually, that is incorrect
Hello,
My name is Richard Nelson, and I am a Technical support engineer for
Actiontec Electronics, INC
We do have a PCI modem that is NOT a "Win" modem, it is controller based,
and uses the Lucent Venus chipset.
I need as much help as I can possibly get for this, as I would like it to
become the first officially supported PCI modem for Linux, and I repeat,
it IS CONTROLLER based, NOT windows based, etc....
My direct number is 408-548-4772
and my email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you
Eugene wrote:
>
> AFAIK all PCI modems are winmodems
>
> Doug wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Can a PCI modem be used in linux? If so how? Something called a modem
> >enumerator is installed in windows along with the modem itself and i
> >dont know what that is. Its creative modmeblaster DI5630 v.90. Its
> >being used as PnP right now but there are jumpers on it I dont have the
> >manual so im trying to find out if com and irq can be hard set..
> >Thanks for any help and please email me a response if possible at
> >ratchet at tir dot com
> >Doug
> >
>
>
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From: Raymond Doetjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux + 2 Ethernet cards
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 21:25:02 +0100
Read the Multi Homed howto. There you see how to add a eth1 as lilo
parameters this does work.
Raymond
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Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.linux,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc,comp.windows.x.kde
From: Penn Stater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MS Explorer 4.0 for Unix
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 19:45:33 GMT
On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, muppet wrote:
> Really? I thought the whole point was that it was generally a better system
> for a lot of people out there.
It's better because the people who use it are not forced to succumb to
Microsoft architecture limitations.
> Stop trying to be cool.
What the hell kind of comment is this?
==================================================
Bill Gates is not god and Microsoft is not heaven.
Letterbox -- the way a movie is MEANT to be seen
The Letterbox and Widescreen Advocacy Page
http://home.epix.net/~pennstat
==================================================
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From: "John Madden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: stopping/starting FTPD from command line
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 15:15:53 -0500
Hello,
Yes, I'm a Linux newbie with a few Q's for the pros out there.
1. How can you stop/start FTPD from the command line?
2. where are the FTPD logs kept?
3. Is there a command that lets you see all the currently running daemons?
4. What is the BEST book on linux from an administrator/programmer
standpoint?
the book I have now "Using Linux" from Que is almost worthless
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From: Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Linux+Win95 networking problem
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 15:15:10 -0500
Go to My computer--> control pannel----> internet----->connection and deselect
connect as needed.
Andy Jaworski wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I hope somebody just knows an answer to this.
>
> I just set a two-machine network between a Linux and a Win95 (OSR 2) boxes.
> They are connected with a crossover twisted-pair cable. The connection
> seems to be working - I can ping each machine from the other one. I can
> also ping the machines themselves.
>
> Now here is the problem. On my Win95 machine I also have a couple of
> dial-up accounts configured (one to my ISP and one to my work LAN). When I
> try to do telnet or ftp from Win95 to Linux, I get a dial-up popup window
> asking me to connect to my ISP account. When I cancel this, nothing
> happens. It seems that neither telnet nor ftp can see the ethernet
> connection.
>
> Why is this happening and how can I fix it? I tried to remove the
> "TCP/IP -> Dial-up adapter" from the Network applet, but this did not change
> anything.
>
> Additional info. I have a small Win98 partition on my Linux box and when I
> boot it, my "network" works with no problems. I can see both machines in
> the "network neigborhood" and I can mount local disk dirives and copy files
> between them.
>
> Any info will be appreciated. Thanks in advance,
>
> Andy
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Andy Jaworski
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Opinions expressed herein are my own and may not represent those of my employer.
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From: "Brian D. Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.security.firewalls,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Newbie Network Admin
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 16:41:39 GMT
I have a small network that I have been put in charge of. It consists of
about 10 computers, mostly running 95 few running 98 and two people running
NT 4 and a separate redhat box for myself. I have also recently acquired a
128k frame relay line. I have that connected to a linux box. It's a redhat
5.2 machine w/ a 2.0.36 kernel. It's a dual homed box, one for the local
network, 192.168.1. and the other for the Internet connection. We only have
5 valid IP's. After much help on irc I have configured my system to the
*best* that I think I can do. I am asking for help because, the network is
not right. On the linux box, I can access any site on the internet but on
the client machines I cannot. For example www.amazon.com does *not* open on
any client machine, same goes for www.aj.com and various other sites. How I
would like the network to be configured is that I would like to assign the
one valid IP to the linux box, (gateway) one IP to one of the NT boxes, and
one to the other linux box that I have. That still leaves me w/ two valid
IP's to have for the future. The others only really need www access. But I
can't see why I would want to cut off ftp, irc, icq... I really would like
to try to figure this out, but I feel that this is now getting beyond me,
and I would like some help if at all possible. If anyone could offer some
help, please let me know. Below is my rc.firewall script
#!/bin/bash
ipfwadm -I -f #flush input rules
ipfwadm -F -f #flush forwarding rules
ipfwadm -O -f #flush output rules
arp -Ds <IP-of-the-router> eth0 netmask 255.255.255.248 pub
route add -host <IP-of-the-NT-box> dev eth0
arp -Ds <IP-of-the-NT-box> eth1 pub
ipfwadm -F -a masquerade -S 192.168.1.0/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0 #setup the masq
#ipfwadm -F -a deny #when I uncomment this, nothing works.
ipfwadm -F -a accept -b -S 192.168.1.0/24 -D
<IP-of-the-IP-before-the-router>/29
/usr/bin/fetchmail
#EOF
I was given the subnet of 255.255.255.248 to use with my IP's. I think is
part of my problem. Please keep in mind that I am not network certified in
anything and that this is just, as I said, the *best* thing that I came up
with. It works but it's obviously not right. Right now only the people on
the 192.168.1. network can see each other, as in the NT box isn't seen by
the 192.168.1. people. Some people told me that I should upgrade the
kernel, to a newer 2.2 version, and they also said that ipfwadm isn't
supported, and that I should use ipchains. Is this true? If there is some
thing else that I should get, someone please let me know.
Thank you to anyone in advance
Brian
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From: Dan Srebnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: localhost connecting to port 111
Date: 27 Feb 1999 23:34:18 -0500
I've determined more or less what was happening here. The answer lied in
the nsswitch.conf file, which seemed to be ignored before, but now was
passing off requests to nisplus. I've removed the references to nisplus,
and the problem disappeared.
If anyone can provide a technical explanation for exactly why this
behavior changed, I'd appreciate it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: init_module: device or resource busy
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 20:07:01 GMT
Yowza-let's try that again:
I'm having the same problem (that is to say, my ethernet card suddenly
decided that it was busy every time I try to insert the module, although it
still works under windows.) I am not using a custom kernel, just a stock RH
5.2 one, and it worked fine in the past...I have done no low-level driver
type stuff and have not changed any hardware.
now-
To attempt a solution, I compiled a new kernel, making sure that I had the
appropriate option selected as "module", and no other ethernet devices
included at all. I still got the same message when trying to insert the
module manually, or just start the eth0 interface:
/lib/modules/2.0.36/net/3c501.o: init_module: Device or resource busy eth0
initialization delayed
Next, I compiled a new kernel making sure that I had the appropriate option
selected as part of the kernel (not a module). Now, when I start the
interface, the message is just: eth0 initialization delayed
so-
I read the HOWTO-Ethernet:
3) After booting, do a cat /proc/ioports and verify that the full
iospace that the card will require is vacant.
I don't really understand what this means, but I can follow directions, so I
did this. The HOWTO continues:
If you are at 0x300 then
the ne2k driver will ask for 0x300-0x31f. If any other device driver
has registered even one port anywhere in that range, the probe will
not take place at that address and will silently continue to the next
of the probed addresses. A common case is having the lp driver reserve
0x378 or the second IDE channel reserve 0x376 which stops the ne
driver from probing 0x360-0x380.
indeed, their was an IDE channel at 376. Unfortunately, the HOWTO did not
say what to do about this problem. I'll RTFM, I just need some context for
what steps I need to take to fix this (it this is indeed what is causing the
problem)
Thanks in advance-Ben
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
J J <541
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hmm, puzzling.
>
> Have you done an lsmod to be sure the module isn't already loaded ?
> I take it the 3c509 is PCI ? If so, if you cat /proc/pci do you see it ?
> If you cat /proc/ioports do you see eth0 ? If so, maybe you compiled
> the driver into the kernel, rather than as a module.
>
> Hope that helps,
> J J
>
> dave caputo wrote:
>
> > i just started getting this error while trying to install my 3c509 module
> > ...
> >
> > init_module: device or resource busy
> >
> > this had been working for years, and now doesn't ... the most significant
> > change i made today was going into windows for the first time in a looong
> > time ... i think things still worked after that though, which is puzzling
> > ...
> >
> > i've tried putting the card into pnp mode and using isapnptools, which
> > seemed to configure it correctly, and also disabling pnp and setting the
> > card with the 3com install program -- no luck ... still works for windows
> > though ... there are no irq or ioport conflicts that i can see, and i
> > can't think of any reason why it would be thought that the 'device or
> > resource' is busy ...
> >
> > any help?
> >
> > -dave
> >
> > --
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Burlage)
Subject: Boot hangs at Ethernet probe... Help!
Date: 28 Feb 1999 06:09:34 GMT
[ Article reposted from comp.os.linux.misc ]
[ Author was David Burlage ]
[ Posted on 28 Feb 1999 06:08:26 GMT ]
In an attempt to get my RTL8029 ethernet card working, I added
the line '/sbin/modprobe ne io=0x6800' to /etc/rc.d/rc.modules.
Now, booting hangs at the 'NE*000 ethernet probe at 0x6800:'
line.
I tried booting into single user mode using 'linux single' at the
LILO prompt, but had the same problem. How can I boot to undo the
damage? Booting from floppy with 'mount root=/dev/hdb2' failed
also.
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