On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 11:00:16AM -0700, Jason Majors wrote: > > > I am trying to get my aging machine as far away from > > > Windows as humanly possible. I can't, however, get > > > Debian to recognize my NIC. When I try to run modprobe > > > rtl8139 as root, I get an error telling me that the > > > Device is not ready or in use.
There is also a driver named 8139too. Sometimes if works when rtl8139 doesn't. Try it. > > > > > > I'm running Debian 2.2r2 Kernel 2.2.17 > > > > > > > What does 'lsmod' output and does 'dmesg' say anything about the NIC? Are > > you > > absolutely sure this is the correct chipset too? > It is. I have the same card and it's rtl8139 under 2.2.x. 8139too under > 2.4.x. > > > > Well, I have had the strangest problems with NIC's sometimes. The machine > > that I'm writing this from right now has two NIC's (one realtek 8139, the > > other is a 3COM 905C). However, they would not work in _any_ OS unless I > > switched the order in the slots. If worst comes to worst, try putting it > > in a > > different slot, and when the table of IRQ's shows at boot up, pause it, and > > check to make sure it has an IRQ too. Another thing that I find helps on > > some > > systems is toggling the option of Plug and Play in the BIOS setup, ie. if > > it's > > on, try turning it off. There also seems to be another realtek 8139 driver > > called 8139too in the Linux kernel, I have never used this, but maybe it > > might > > solve your particular problem. > > > This reminds me of a similar problem with my tv card... > Check in your mobo book (or at the manufacturer's site) to see what IRQs are > assigned to which PCI slot. Some are shared. Then switch the card to a > non-shared slot. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED]