Dan, If you wouldn't mind trying the e100 driver, the results would be useful to the project.
Lonnie On Jan 16, 2012, at 3:50 PM, d...@ryson.org wrote: > Lonnie, > > I'll likely order the new NIC - in hopes of saving heartburn that would > surely come about later. However, if there are others on the list using the > eepro100 driver, I'll gladly "...choose to accept this mission*" and test the > e100 kernel driver instructions that you kindly provided. > > Again, thanks for your help! > > Dan > > * - Mission Impossible reference noted. > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 4:33pm > To: "AstLinux Users Mailing List" <astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] AstLinux 1.01 Released > > Dan, (update) > > > There's really nothing special about this NIC card. It's a garden variety, > > low-profile PCI card that can easily be replaced - at far less cost than > > the value of AstLinux developers' time. Ironically, the reason I bought it > > in the first place is because the chipset (at one time) was quite widely > > supported. > > Ahhh, updating to a "e1000" card would be a good idea, an Intel PCI PRO/1000 > would be good. Note you would have to edit your > "/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules" file to make the new card eth0, > it will appear as eth2, remove the old eth0 and rename eth2 to eth0 in the > "/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules" file. > > But... > > It appears the "e100" kernel driver *might* work for you in the newer kernel. > > If you choose to accept this mission... > > Given you are now back at 0.7.10, Follow the "Upgrade from 0.7.x to 1.0.x" as > before: > > http://doc.astlinux.org/userdoc:upgrade-0.7 > > When in AstLinux 1.0.1 we know it still won't recognize your old NIC for > eth0, but you can SSH in from a LAN computer using eth1. Then type: > > modprobe e100 > > and see if you old NIC comes to life, looking at /var/log/messages or dmesg . > > If so, edit "/etc/rc.modules" and change the "eepro100" line to "e100", save > and reboot. You should be good to go. > > If the modprobe did nothing, you need a new NIC, but to get back to 0.7.10, > simply do a "Revert to Previous" for *both* the Firmware and RUNNIX, then > reboot, you are back at 0.7.10. > > > Lonnie > > > > On Jan 16, 2012, at 2:53 PM, Lonnie Abelbeck wrote: > > > Hi Dan, > > > > Thanks to your logs I see your problem. > > > > Your box has two NIC's one is a: > > > > eepro100 0000:07:04.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20 > > eth0: 0000:07:04.0, 00:d0:b7:xx:xx:xx, IRQ 20. > > > > and the other... > > > > e1000e 0000:00:19.0: PCI INT B -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 > > 0000:00:19.0: eth1: (PCI Express:2.5GB/s:Width x1) 00:21:5a:xx:xx:xx > > 0000:00:19.0: eth1: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection > > > > The problem is with your first NIC, eepro100, is not longer support in > > AstLinux 1.0.x kernel 2.6.35. It appears to be last available in Linux > > Kernel 2.6.28. > > > > http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/EEPRO100.html > > > > http://lwn.net/Articles/216082/ > > > > So question to Darrick, and others, is support for this "eepro100" NIC > > included in another driver, or is "eepro100" NIC hardware SOL? > > > > Dan, what kind of a box is this, can the eepro100 NIC be upgraded or is on > > the motherboard. ie, more info on your hardware. > > > > Lonnie > > > > > > On Jan 16, 2012, at 9:20 AM, d...@ryson.org wrote: > > > >> AstLinux Team, > >> > >> Thank your for your tireless efforts. I know it's often said, but it truly > >> bears repeating. > >> > >> I also appreciate the clear, unambiguous upgrade instructions, which I > >> followed explicitly when making the effort to upgrade from 0.7.10 to > >> 1.0.1. Everything was going according to the instructions until I > >> rebooted. My first indication that things hadn't gone well came from the > >> Web Interface, which revealed a number of failed registrations. > >> ("Registration Sent" was shown for all providers under SIP Trunk > >> Registrations.) > >> > >> Further investigation revealed many pages of Notices, Warnings, and Errors > >> in the log. There are too many to list here, but I saved the file and > >> would gladly forward it to one or more developers by private e-mail. > >> Although I was able to access the machine by SSH and HTTPS, it was > >> apparent that much of the trouble impacted network functionality. Even a > >> PING to one of our providers didn't work. No IP address was revealed, > >> suggesting we were having trouble with DNS resolution. I regret that I > >> wasn't able to do more troubleshooting; I was anxious to get the unit back > >> in service. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > > Metro Style Apps, more. 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