hmmm...i'll throw one more question at you...do you have another version of linux installed...an older mandrake or an other distribution using lilo...if so lilo may be sabotaging the module loading... frank ---------------------- On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Joshua Holland wrote: > > To: Linux Mandrake List > From: Joshua Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Ethernet cards won't initialize > Cc: > Bcc: > X-Attachments: > I searched through archive and could not find anything that changed > the situation. > I have 1 Ethernet card (manufacturer installed) in my Dell Optiplex > GX Pro 200mhz (64RAM, 3 gig HD) machine. > > I went to KDE Control Center - Information - PCI > and found info there on my card: > > Bus 1 Ethernet Conroller: 3Com 3C905 > IRQ 19, I/O at 0excc0 [0excc1] > > above is abbreviated info. > > lib/modules/2.2.14-15mdksecure/net has both 3c90x.o and 3c59x.0 drivers. > > I've tried a couple of things: > > 1) I used DrakConf to set ethernet card 1 to DHCP and eth0. I used > 'etherconfig' and it said 'card already configured' then 'card found' > and highlighted 'DECchip 21052' in the list (which actually matches a > listing in KDE Ctrl Panel-info-pci for Bus 0 device PCI Bridge DEC > CD21052. I tried that and it didn't work. So I went to > 'etherconfig' again and set the list to '3Com 3C905'. Still no luck. > > 2) I set up the card with DrakConf - Network Configuration - Basic > Host Information and added i/o address and irq. Set it to DHCP > > /etc/conf.modules has the following lines, first time without 2nd line. > > alias eth0 3c90x > options 3c90x io=0xecc irq=19 > > > On boot up, I get these messages > > Bringing up interface eth0 > delaying eth0 initialization > > ifconfig shows only loopback > If I do 'ifup eth0' I get the Delaying initialization message > If I do 'ifup eth0' after using etherconfig and DrakConf it works (no > error msg) > Then ifconfig still shows only loopbak info (lo) > 'ifconfig eth0' shows stuff but no IP assigned > if I assign an IP with ifconfig, it will show up with the inconfig > (no arg) command, but then it's not the address assigned by DHCP from > DSL router. > > When an ethernet cable from my hub is connected to either card, the > green light on the card comes on solid. My G3 Powerbook connects to > internet through hub just fine. > > Is it an issue with kernel being secure? > Maybe something to do with pnp BIOS? (I wasn't really able to figure > out how to turn it off in Windows, I started up with Windows95 and > went into System Configuration mode, but there weren't really any > options for that.) > > Help please. > > Josh. ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
