Hello. I had a similar problem, but solved it in another quick & dirty way. Instead if meddling with the module-parameters I simply took the 3Com Utility-disk, which was delivered with the card, booted it and used their setup-program to switch to the Coax-port and not go by autodetect.
It might be an unusual solution, but it works fine. The utility/diagnostics-disk can be downloaded from 3Coms site also. /Andreas/pucko Matthew Munsey wrote: > > I've been unsuccessful in getting my 3Com 3c529 MCA Ethernet card to > communicate with the network using the AUI port, although the 10baseT > (twisted pair) connection with the card works fine. The 3c529 is the MCA > (IBM's proprietary microchannel architecture for the PS/2 and other > machines) version of the 3c509 (same chipset), so I use the 3c509.o module > that came with my Debian installation (Linux 2.0.36). The 3c509.c file in > the 2.0.36 source tree actually has MCA detection code for the 3c529, > although I'm not sure that it's complete. > > To debug the problem, I've tried compiling the module myself from the > 2.0.36 source tree, sometimes with certain modifications and also without > any changes. However, I have the problem that the newly compiled 3c509.o > will not work at all with my network card, even though the one that came > with Debian (supposedly 2.0.36) does work. Is it possible that the 3c509.c > source that was used in this version of Debian is different than the one in > the 2.0.36 source tree I've been using to compile my own? Does anyone know > what version of 3c509.c is in this Debian distribution? > > When I insmod the correct 3c509.o module without any arguments (insmod > 3c509), I get the following (note that the card identification on the first > line comes directly from the MCA card and thus has nothing to with the > module's detection mechanism): > # insmod 3c509 > 3c509: found 3Com 3c529 EtherLink III (10baseT) at slot 3 > eth0: 3c509 at 0x200 tag 0, 10baseT port, address 00 20 af 99 a8 1e, IRQ 5. > 3c509.c:1.16 2/3/98 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > After this, I manually run /etc/init.d/network, and the card then works > fine off the 10baseT port. > > [Note: The version of 3c509.c in the 2.0.36 source tree is also identified > as v1.16 2/3/98, so it seems like it should be the same.] > > However, when I run the version that I compiled myself from the 2.0.36 > source tree, I get the following: > # insmod 3c509 > /lib/modules/2.0.36/net/3c509.o: init_module: Device or resource busy > > If I subsequently replace the 3c509.o file with the correct module (the one > that came with the Debian distribution), it then works as shown above. > > However, I want to enable the AUI port on the network card, so I use the > xcvr option to set the transceiver port to 1 (AUI), but I get the same > response from the module (which still claims that I am using the 10baseT > port, as seen in the second line of output, where it should instead say AUI > port): > # insmod 3c509 xcvr=1 > 3c509: found 3Com 3c529 EtherLink III (10baseT) at slot 3 > eth0: 3c509 at 0x200 tag 0, 10baseT port, address 00 20 af 99 a8 1e, IRQ 5. > 3c509.c:1.16 2/3/98 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I then run the /etc/init.d/network script as before, but I get no ping > response from any hosts (including IPs on my local subnet). If I then > unplug the AUI connector and plug in the 10baseT cable, thinking that the > program decided to use the 10baseT port as it claimed (ignoring my xcvr=1 > option), it still fails to work, and I am unable to use the network card > until I reboot (because rmmod does not properly allow me to insmod again > without the xcvr=1 option). > > Please cc: any responses to me, as the debian-user web archive only seems > to store mail from the first few days of each month. > > Thanks for any advice or information on this setup and my difficulties. > > Matt > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
