[lug] 3Com 905c problem

[Doug Wendel]

Sorry for not being completely clear in my first email: The 3com 905c NIC
never works. I do have the alias in my config file (alias eth0 3c59x)
already, but it doesn't help. I can load the driver, and it assigns
resources to the NIC, but I cannot get it on the network at all...

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us]On
Behalf Of Bonnell, Doug
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 8:49 AM
To: 'lug at lug.boulder.co.us'
Subject: RE: [lug] 3Com 905c problem


So the card driver fails at bootup, but works when you manually
invoke the driver module?

If so, the system may not be finding the driver module because it
will be looking in /lib/modules/2.2.14/net for the module. The distro
came with /lib/modules/2.2.12 for the original kernel version.
There may also be some confusion on the name of your latest
kernel ( perhaps the map file in /boot? ) preventing the module
installer from getting the the modules at 2.2.14.

Hope this helps....
Doug Bonnell

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Doug Wendel [SMTP:wendel at colorado.edu]
> Sent:	Tuesday, January 11, 2000 11:48 PM
> To:	lug
> Subject:	[lug] 3Com 905c problem
>
> Hello all,
>
> First of all, I'm glad to be aboard the Linux list! I'm a relatively new
> Linux user but I think I've got a sticky problem. I have a 3Com 905c
> Ethernet adapter that just won't work under Linux, though it functions
> normally under Windows 2000 so I know the hardware is fine. I'm running
> kernel version 2.2.14 under RedHat 6.1. I had previously been using 2.2.12
> until a friend suggest updating. Apparently someone else on this list has
> a
> very similar setup and had success with the newer kernel. In any case,
> neither kernel works with my device.
>
> The driver I've been using is the 3x59x supplied with the distribution.
> Each
> time I boot the system I get a [FAILED] entry under eth0. The board does
> show up under /proc/ioports and /proc/interrupts with the correct hardware
> settings if I manually load the driver (i.e. "modprobe 3c59x", "ifconfig
> eth0 up").
>
> I have also tried the drivers supplied by 3Com on their website (released
> sometime in September of 99 I think, called 3c90x). They build properly
> into
> object code, but they will not load. I get a device busy error even though
> there is nothing listed under "lsmod".
>
> I'm also using a Cisco 675 external router for DSL. I need Linux to use
> DHCP
> to assign its network settings.
>
> I appreciate any thought you all have to offer.
>
> Thanks!
> Doug Wendel
>
>
>
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