Hi Michael and Lennie - Thanks so much for your quick replies. I was just about to check Michael's solution when your reply came in, Lennie.
*B I N G O !* I had used the VM image instead of the non-VM generic image of AstLinux. A re-installation resolved my issue without any tinkering! Thanks to you both for your help. I knew it had to be something very simple! Tim On Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 8:50 AM Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> wrote: > > > > On Dec 9, 2022, at 2:57 AM, Michael Keuter <li...@mksolutions.info> > wrote: > > > > > > > >> Am 09.12.2022 um 04:33 schrieb Tim Griffin <t...@enwood.ca>: > >> > >> Hi all; I've just blown the dust off of an HP T150 thin client box (4GB > RAM/16GB Flash, VIA Eden X2 U4200 processor @ 1Ghz) and installed the > latest x64 version of ASTLinux (1.4.7). > >> The operating system installs without error, but after booting, and > despite apparently installing the > >> "Intel PRO/1000 Network Driver 3.8.7-NAPI" driver, ASTLinux cannot find > "eth0", and there is consequently no network available. > >> > >> Yet, if I boot the machine just to a RUNNIX shell, "lspci" shows the > network adapter (Broadcom Inc. BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)) > installed as "eth0" (albeit without an IP address): > >> > >> <IMG_4382.JPG> > >> If I let ASTLinux boot to completion, it seems to load the "Intel > PRO/1000 Network Driver 3.8.7-NAPI" and the "8139 Fast Ethernet drive > 0.9.28", but then cannot find "eth0" (last line of screen shot). > >> <IMG_4384.JPG> > >> > >> <IMG_4386.JPG> > >> > >> When boot into ASTLinux, my installation does not have anything > pertaining to "net" in the /etc/udev/rules directory either: > >> > >> <IMG_4396.JPG> > >> > >> I can confirm that the network cable was attached to the box and > connection/activity indicators were illuminated, so the hardware seems okay. > >> > >> After booting into ASTLinux, "ifconfig" shows the following: > >> > >> <IMG_4394.JPG> > >> > >> One other interesting anomaly is that "eth0" *is* reported right at the > end of the boot: > >> > >> <IMG_4395.JPG> > >> > >> But then the OS doesn't seem to initialize "eth0" leaving the > environment networkless. > >> > >> While I am relatively used to working on Ubuntu servers, I've never had > to operate at the level of network interface drivers, so I'm a little lost > as to where to look for the problem and how to attempt a resolution. > >> > >> Is there something about 1.4.7 that it would not necessarily include > and enable a network driver for this adapter? > >> > >> > >> Thanks! > >> Tim > > > > Hi Tim, > > > > the available network drivers can be found in "/etc/rc.modules". > > I think for Broadcom NICs you can try the "tg3" driver. > > > > Michael > > Hi Tim, > > Your mistake was to use the "Guest VM x86-64bit (Video Console):" ISO > (genx86_64-vm) instead of the "Generic x86-64bit (Video Console):" ISO > (genx86_64) more tuned to your hardware. Probably a misclick. > > -- Quick solution > > modprobe tg3 > > and see if the NIC comes alive, if so, edit /etc/rc.modules and add tg3 > and comment out virtio_net > > -- Better solution > > Reinstall via USB boot drive using the "Generic x86-64bit (Video > Console):" ISO download (genx86_64) > > > Cool to see such an old box come alive! > > Lonnie > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org. >
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