Yes, but you might be holding on to other problems that have since been fixed - a double edged sword.
----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kevin Toppenberg Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 1:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] Linux question: Detecting ethernet card I might consider it if I need to. But I have the RH9 disks, and a RH9 manual, so it would be nice to get RH9 to work. If I changed to Fedora, I might run into other problems. Thanks Kevin --- Nancy Anthracite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about going to Fedora Core 2, which is a Red Hat > offspring but is being > brought up to date, maintained, etc., and is more > likely to recognize your > card? If you want a DVD of it and don't have a high > speed line, you or > anyone else on the list who writes to me is welcome > to it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Kevin > Toppenberg > Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 12:49 PM > To: Hardhats Sourceforge > Subject: [Hardhats-members] Linux question: > Detecting ethernet card > > > Linux question here. I know this is not a linux > form, > but you all often have the answer. > > I inherited a PC at the office that I decided to > switch from Windows ME to Linux Hat 9, with plans to > make a web server out of it. I thought I might even > put my test VistA system on it so that I could work > with it during the upcoming WorldVistA conference. > > I didn't pay too much attention during the redhat > installation process. I just accepted all the > defaults. > > The problem is that it is not properly detecting the > network card. I put a second ethernet card in it > that > I had laying around, and I can't get that to work > either. > > I have done some searching on the linux boards, but > couldn't find my answer. > > Here is the output from the PCI bus (lspci) > (I am having to hand type out the following because > I > have to email from a second computer) > > >lspci > ... > 01:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Acton Technology > Corporation SMC2-1211TX (rev 10) > 01:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor > Co., Ltd. RTL-8029(AS) > > > >lspci -v -s 01:0b > > 01:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor > Co., Ltd. RTL-8029(AS) > Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > RTL > 8029(AS) > Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11 > I/O ports at 2420 [disabled] [size=32] > > > When I run redhat-config-network-druid I get an > option > to choose what kind of ethernet card I have. But I > can't seem to find a way for it to probe the card > and > detect the correct settings. The closest I can come > to this card is "Realtek RTL8129" The other two > options are "Realtek RTL-8139C+ " and "Realtek > RTL-8139 SMC EZ Card". > > It then wants to know what IRQ, MEM, IO, IO1, IO2, > DMA0, DMA1 to use. I thought that modern devices > were > plug and play. Is this only a windows thing? I > thought my days of parselling out IRQ's were past. > > Anyone have any ideas how to fix this, or links to > where I might find an answer? > > Thanks > Kevin > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. > Be one of 170 > Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE > for your judgement on > who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. > Sponsored by IBM. > Deadline: Sept. 13. 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