sorry if we seem to be going over the same stuff, but what does (in a text console, without the quotes) "ifconfig" say? On Saturday 08 September 2001 18:16, ryan_steffes wrote: > Clarification, it's modprobe that won't work, but I can insmod 3c59x. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [Fwd: Re: [newbie] Hardware detect lockup, installing new > network card] > Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 17:53:45 -0400 > From: ryan_steffes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: Mandrake Newbies List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Very helpful, thanks. > cat /proc/pci says, in abstract > Device:IRQ > > Video card:11 > 3com LAN:10 > Realtek (which is actually my D-link LAN, go figure):9 > USB Controller:3 > > The on board sound and or parallel port (I think you are right, since > shortly after it mentions lp0, even though I don't have a printer) > aren't mentioned. > > > By the way, after having watched it a dozen times, I can figure out that > there do seem to be two errors in the insmod for the eth0 and eth1 at > boot. (If anyone has a good way to see boot errors besides dmesg, I'm > all ears). > One of the errors is a device does not appear to be present, and the > other is that the irq_param is invalid. > > If I do an "insmod 3c59x" as root, I can ping the internal network. > However, "insmod 8130too" messes that all up, and doesn't bring up the > outside network. > Thank, > Ry > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [newbie] Hardware detect lockup, installing new network > card > Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 12:11:49 -0400 > From: etharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > gee,, I had always guessed th parport stuff refered to a parralle port > (also > known as printer port. what does (in a text console,without the quotes) > "cat > /proc/pci" say? > > On Friday 07 September 2001 23:10, you had thoughts to the concept of: > > The network cards are not next to my video card. In my bios I have the > > option of turning plug and play off, but the only assigment I can seem > > to do is locking the IRQ for "An ISA card". I'm not sure how that > > relates to PCI slots. The other network card is a D-Link 530TX+, and > > seems to need module 8130too. > > > > The only errors I'm getting during boot up come from insmod and don't > > show up in dmesg, which is why I haven't posted them; I don't know how > > to capture them. > > > > I also have onboard sound which is auto detected and seems to run on IRQ > > 7. > > (Based on the line: PnPBios Parport found PNPBIOS PNP0400 at i:0370, > > 0000 irq=7 dma =-1) > > > > The mother board, and most of the hardware, come from a Dell Dimension > > XPS_h266 if that helps. > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Hardware detect lockup, installing new network > > card > > Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 00:49:19 -0400 > > From: civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], ryan_steffes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > On Friday 07 September 2001 17:27, ryan_steffes wrote: > > > I just tried to upgrade to Mandrake 8.1 beta (but I had the same > > > problem > > > > > > with 8.0) to fix some problems I was having with x windows. > > > > > > After having installed Mandrake successfully, I needed to add a network > > > card to my setup, a 3com 905 series card. It was working fine under > > > Mandrake 7.0. > > > > > > What happens is this, I turn the box on, it boots up, does the > > > Harddrake > > > > > > probe, then goes into the detected new hardware. I hit enter to > > > configure the device, it tells me it is about to, then the screen goes > > > blank and nothing happens. I can reboot the computer with ctl-alt-del > > > and that's about it. > > > > > > I don't have any trouble running X from the command line, if I skip the > > > detecting new hardware stage. > > > > > > Any advice? > > > > > > Ryan Steffes > > > > It is pretty obvious that you have a conflict in IRQ between your > > graphics > > card and your video. Windows assigns them different interrupts through > > Plug'NPray, but linux does not, depending instead on the BIOS and on the > > PCI > > 2.0 specification that says devices can share interrupts (not all > > devices > > comply though the 3C905 models do). The easiest solution is to move the > > network card to a different slot in your box or to play with the > > assignment > > of IRQs to PCI slot numbers in the BIOS setup. If the network card is > > next > > to the video card, there is your problem. > > > > Civileme > > ---------------------------------------- > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > Content-Description: > ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
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