Tom, The eth0 card is SMC-ultra hardware assigned IRQ 3 at io 280. So I am not nuts Mandrake has a problem with 3c905b cards! Tom Berkley wrote: > Well, so far I cannot find an IRQ assigned to either eth0 or eth1. That > is suspect and something to query the expert list about for starters. If > it were not for the eth0 also having no interrupt. Is the cable modem an > internal card type of device and if it is then its configuration is > probably conflicting with the eth0. I have no knowledge in that area and > cannot help there. > > Yeah, the more I look at the files you sent, the more I suspect either > the cable modem conflict or the 3Com just decided to pass on to the next > life. To verify the conflict, remove the modem install and see if it > works then. If not then contact 3Com for a swap. > > Tom Berkley > > Jeff Hoffman wrote: > > > > Tom, > > > > Thank you for some good input hard to find! > > > > I checked everything you said and it seems ok. Take a look at my > > configuration files I have attached.. > > > > Card comes UP when Linux starts however it just gets configured and never > > really comes UP. > > > > My eth0 is connected to my Cablemodem and is working fine. The 3com card is > > eth1and is connected to a 10/100 switch and I have good link lights. > > > > Tom Berkley wrote: > > > > > I take it that you have fired up linuxconf and gone to the network > > > section to configure the card. I looked at my config there and it uses > > > the 3c59x driver in mandrake 7.2... Its set to manual, there is a > > > primary name + domain (elbert.lunkhead), an ip address, the netmask is > > > 255.255.255.0, (if your netmask is not the same on all your machines, it > > > may not work) the net device is eth0, and the kernel module is 3c59x. I > > > do not us bind so I have all my machine names and ip addresses in > > > /etc/hosts and the /etc/resolv.conf has > > > > > > search my_isp_domainname > > > nameserver ipaddress > > > nameserver another ipaddress > > > nameserver yet another ipaddress > > > > > > and that's it. > > > > > > If that does not work when you restart the network, I would look in > > > /proc/interrupts and see what interrupt linux assigned to the nic. If > > > that is shared, then I would disable the hardware that it is shared with > > > (ie remove it or disable it in the bios if its usb). I would also remove > > > the nic and plug it back in just to make certain that its seated > > > properly in the slot. Don't laugh or sneer, I've seen hardware the > > > stopped working and started working again when this was done. > > > > > > While you're poking around in /proc look at the ioports and see what io > > > port is assigned to the nic. Do you have anything that is coming on line > > > later that has an ioport conflict. In laptops there can be conflicts > > > between pcmcia cards and the sound card that will lock a machine and you > > > have to power off to recover. I do not know of what would cause an > > > ioport conflict outside of this but there are some people around who may > > > know if you get this far. Poke around in /proc/net: cat out the dev file > > > and look at the eth0 status. > > > > > > How are you connected to the rest of your network? What are you plugging > > > into this nic? What mobo? Hub, switch, modem (dsl or cable), ??? > > > > > > I too have installed turbo linux. It did not like my hardware and made a > > > mess out of the partition that it was on, but redhat, mandrake, debian, > > > and win98se are very fond of my hardware. I don't know how to make your > > > hardware work, but I hope this gets you pointed in that direction. > > > > > > Tom Berkley > > > > > > Then I would look at the bios on the your motherboard and see if there > > > is an update. Next check with 3com and see if there is a firmware update > > > ( i've never seen a firmware update for an nic but this is the next step > > > on my list of things to check). > > > Jeff Hoffman wrote: > > > > > > > > Tom, > > > > > > > > OK I give up how do you make them work. > > > > > > > > The card is seen by harddrake and identified correcly. I have tried to > > > > use both the 3c59x and 3c90x drivers. Card configures just does not come > > > > "UP". > > > > > > > > So what am I missing? > > > > > > > > Turbo Linux on the same hardware will operate the card. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > PCI devices found: > > Bus 0, device 0, function 0: > > Host bridge: Intel 82439TX (rev 1). > > Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=64. > > Bus 0, device 7, function 0: > > ISA bridge: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 1). > > Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. No bursts. > > Bus 0, device 7, function 1: > > IDE interface: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 1). > > Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. Latency=64. > > I/O at 0xf000 [0xf001]. > > Bus 0, device 7, function 2: > > USB Controller: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 1). > > Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11. Master Capable. >Latency=64. > > I/O at 0x6400 [0x6401]. > > Bus 0, device 7, function 3: > > Bridge: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 1). > > Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. > > Bus 0, device 16, function 0: > > VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. ViRGE/DX or /GX (rev 1). > > Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=4.Max Lat=255. > > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0000000 [0xe0000000]. > > Bus 0, device 17, function 0: > > Ethernet controller: 3Com 3C905B 100bTX (rev 36). > > Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=10.Max Lat=10. > > I/O at 0x6800 [0x6801]. > > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe4000000 [0xe4000000]. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Name: Dmesg.lst > > Dmesg.lst Type: application/x-unknown-content-type-lst_auto_file > > Encoding: base64 > > > > Name: Eth1up.lst > > Eth1up.lst Type: application/x-unknown-content-type-lst_auto_file > > Encoding: base64 > > > > Name: Ifconfig.lst > > Ifconfig.lst Type: application/x-unknown-content-type-lst_auto_file > > Encoding: base64 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > CPU0 > > 0: 49923 XT-PIC timer > > 1: 631 XT-PIC keyboard > > 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade > > 3: 208 XT-PIC SMC Ultra > > 6: 55 XT-PIC floppy > > 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc > > 12: 19313 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse > > 13: 1 XT-PIC fpu > > 14: 14437 XT-PIC ide0 > > 15: 20 XT-PIC ide1 > > NMI: 0 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 0000-001f : dma1 > > 0020-003f : pic1 > > 0040-005f : timer > > 0060-006f : keyboard > > 0070-007f : rtc > > 0080-008f : dma page reg > > 00a0-00bf : pic2 > > 00c0-00df : dma2 > > 00f0-00ff : fpu > > 0170-0177 : ide1 > > 01f0-01f7 : ide0 > > 0280-029f : SMC Ultra > > 0376-0376 : ide1 > > 0378-037f : parport0 > > 03c0-03df : vga+ > > 03f0-03f5 : floppy > > 03f6-03f6 : ide0 > > 03f7-03f7 : floppy DIR > > 0778-077a : parport0 > > 6800-687f : eth1 > > f000-f007 : ide0 > > f008-f00f : ide1 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Inter-| Receive | Transmit > > face |bytes packets errs drop fifo frame compressed multicast|bytes packets >errs drop fifo colls carrier compressed > > lo: 3628 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 3628 56 > 0 0 0 0 0 0 > > eth0: 27244 267 0 0 0 0 0 210 6065 58 > 0 0 0 0 0 0 > > eth1: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > 0 0 0 0 0 0
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