On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Allen Brown <abr...@peak.org> wrote: > Not sure, but I think this should be supported. OTOH if it doesn't > show up on the PCI bus, there's no way for Linux to do anything with > it. > > Any chance there is a MoBo jumper to enable it? > > Or maybe the LAN interface chip just died and that's why the former > owner dumped it.
I did some more digging with Google. Apparently "Realtek RTL8100C 10/100 LAN." is the physical device but the driver used for it on Linux is the 8139C driver found in the Linux kernel's 8139too component, i.e., the same driver used by my new ethernet PCI card. I'm wondering if there are issues with having two ethernet controllers on the same system sharing the same driver? The thought here is that I could test by pulling the PCI card, now that I've learned the trick with NetworkManager, and see if the onboard controller comes to life. -- Hold the presses. I just remembered that I hadn't tested the on-board controller after I got the PCI card talking to the router and thought I'd test that. I look at the back of the machine and to my chagrin, I discover that I have the router connected to the onboard ethernet controller! In other words, the malfunction on this issue was in my own brain. Tried powering down, switching the cable to the PCI card, rebooting, and running NetworkManager again. No joy. But switching the cable back to the on-board controller I get a message on the screen that the ethernet connection is restored and I have internet access through th on-board controller. So please pardon my dumb-out. It looks as though all that's needed to get that PCI slot back is to remove the blankety-blank card from it. :-) I apologize for the extra bother. I really thought that jack was plugged into the PCI card controller when things started working. Best regards, Paul -- Universal Interoperability Council <http:www.universal-interop-council.org> _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
