Re: Errors with Ethernet module installation...
Tim Sailer wrote: > > In your email to me, Bill Vinson, you wrote: > > > > I just decided to reinstall so I would have the chance to install modules > > to work with the SN2000CT ethernet card. It says it is 100% NE2000 > > Ethernet compatible and when I opted to install the NE2000 module I got the > > following error: > > > > nc.c: module autoprobing not allowed. Append "io=0xNNN" value(s). > > Initialization of ne failed > > > > Installation failed. > > > > What does this mean? I'm pretty sure the card is set in the 16-bit slot > > firmly. Did I get a useless ethernet card? Is there a good way to test if > > it is in fact available? > > I think 0x320 it the 'standard' spot the ne2k cards live. At the prompt > for additional command line options (or what ever it is), add > "io=0x320" and see if that works > > Tim > I have an NE2000 card that is working under linux. My understanding is that you *have* to set an i/o base and irq for the card, there is no default, and autoprobing is not allowed. What I did (originally under slackware -- yuck!) was edit the /etc/rc.d/rc.modules and put in the following: ne.o io=0x340 irq=15 substitute your own values there. Under debian, there is an additional piece of info you will need. That is where the file that loads the modules is. I would start in /etc/init.d if I had to guess. Also, at install time (this was how I did it under debian) when it gives you the option to choose modules it prompts for an i/o base and irq if you choose the NE2000. Good Luck, -- #include #include [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux - Why use windows when there is a door? Uptime(LinuxSystemDoingTaskA) >= Uptime(WindowsSystemNotDoingADamnThing) (c) 1996 Christian Watts Redistribution via the Microsoft Network Prohibited. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Errors with Ethernet module installation...
Tim Sailer wrote: > > In your email to me, Bill Vinson, you wrote: > > > > I just decided to reinstall so I would have the chance to install modules > > to work with the SN2000CT ethernet card. It says it is 100% NE2000 > > Ethernet compatible and when I opted to install the NE2000 module I got the > > following error: > > > > nc.c: module autoprobing not allowed. Append "io=0xNNN" value(s). > > Initialization of ne failed > > > > Installation failed. > > > > What does this mean? I'm pretty sure the card is set in the 16-bit slot > > firmly. Did I get a useless ethernet card? Is there a good way to test if > > it is in fact available? No, the card probably isn't causing this problem, you need to tell it where to find the card. > > I think 0x320 it the 'standard' spot the ne2k cards live. At the prompt > for additional command line options (or what ever it is), add > "io=0x320" and see if that works > In my /etc/conf.modules I have: options ne io=0x340 irq=10 which indicates that my card is at io address 0x340 and irq10. You probably need to insert this line into yours as well, or specify it on the command line when you call depmod. You can use the io=0xNNN to get it to autoprobe, apparently, I read this somewhere when I was trying to do understand modules, but can't give you a precise reference. It was probably in one of the files in /usr/doc/modules, the modules howto or /usr/src/linux/Documentation An alternative is to build the driver into the kernel, when it will autoprobe and find out the correct addresses. The kernel prints up this info when it boots (I think), enabling you to find out the the io address and irq if you don't know them. Sorry I can't point you to an exact reference, but I hope this helps. Chris, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Errors with Ethernet module installation...
On Sat, 26 Oct 1996, Tim Sailer wrote: > I think 0x320 it the 'standard' spot the ne2k cards live. At the prompt > for additional command line options (or what ever it is), add > "io=0x320" and see if that works anything from 200-360 usually is "normal" for a ne2000 board. 320 is the RECOMMENDED port for most systems, but from what I have seen, most boards default to something completely off. (I'm a computer tech, so I see lots of boards...) -- Daniel Stringfield mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jax-inter.net/user/servo Send email for more information on the Jacksonville Linux Users Group! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Errors with Ethernet module installation...
On 26 Oct 1996, Bill Vinson wrote: > I just decided to reinstall so I would have the chance to install modules > to work with the SN2000CT ethernet card. It says it is 100% NE2000 > Ethernet compatible and when I opted to install the NE2000 module I got the > following error: > > nc.c: module autoprobing not allowed. Append "io=0xNNN" value(s). > Initialization of ne failed > > Installation failed. > > What does this mean? I'm pretty sure the card is set in the 16-bit slot > firmly. Did I get a useless ethernet card? Is there a good way to test if > it is in fact available? You must specify port address manually. (the initial installation lets you do this, but you can also load it by hand by load 8390.o (or something similiar named) and then ne.o with io=0x???. HTH -- Daniel Stringfield mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jax-inter.net/user/servo Send email for more information on the Jacksonville Linux Users Group! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Errors with Ethernet module installation...
In your email to me, Bill Vinson, you wrote: > > I just decided to reinstall so I would have the chance to install modules > to work with the SN2000CT ethernet card. It says it is 100% NE2000 > Ethernet compatible and when I opted to install the NE2000 module I got the > following error: > > nc.c: module autoprobing not allowed. Append "io=0xNNN" value(s). > Initialization of ne failed > > Installation failed. > > What does this mean? I'm pretty sure the card is set in the 16-bit slot > firmly. Did I get a useless ethernet card? Is there a good way to test if > it is in fact available? I think 0x320 it the 'standard' spot the ne2k cards live. At the prompt for additional command line options (or what ever it is), add "io=0x320" and see if that works Tim -- (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] / (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.buoy.com/~tps "It's almost impossible to overestimate the unimportance of most things." -- John Logue ** Disclaimer: My views/comments/beliefs, as strange as they are, are my own.** -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Errors with Ethernet module installation...
I just decided to reinstall so I would have the chance to install modules to work with the SN2000CT ethernet card. It says it is 100% NE2000 Ethernet compatible and when I opted to install the NE2000 module I got the following error: nc.c: module autoprobing not allowed. Append "io=0xNNN" value(s). Initialization of ne failed Installation failed. What does this mean? I'm pretty sure the card is set in the 16-bit slot firmly. Did I get a useless ethernet card? Is there a good way to test if it is in fact available? Bill -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
