3c509 won't connect -- how do i poke and prod to find out what's needed? okay, i inherited this skanky acer (amd k6) and i've got a 3c509 ethernet card in there -- plus a network everywhere card as well (nc100?). booted under windows, i can get to the 'net through the network everywhere card; restarting under linux, i once had the 3c509 working, but after having some windows-related trouble, and having repartitioned the linux drive and reinstalled potato, i can't get to the 'net again.
question: how to diagnose the trouble? i try "ping aa.b.cc.dd" and get 100% packet loss. ifconfig says the connection is up. (ifup at first reports rx on 1 address; if i ifdown and then ifup again, it reports rx on 0, rx on 1. what's up with that?) yes, the 10baseT cable is actually connected. :) i can ifdown and then remove the module (via modconf) and then try new options -- but what syntax are the arguments there? (rtfm bait, i know, just point the way...) and how do i find out what irq/io parameters would be appropriate anyhow? and what about naomi? :) -- DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #119 from Jonathan D. Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Having trouble RUNNING REMOTE X APPLICATIONS? You've tried "xhost +<host>", set the DISPLAY variable on the remote session, and checked that the "-nolisten tcp" flag is *not* being sent at X startup, right? Verify that X is really listening: "netstat -tl" will show all listening tcp ports; you should see port 6000 open if display :0 is listening (6001 for :1 etc.) If it is listening, I'd start wondering about packet filtering rules. Check ipchains or iptables... Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...