Guys I have a little problem configuring my 3Com 3CCFEM556B ( Lan+ Modem
card)
here is the history
remember I am very neww to Linux, I do not understand a lot of complex
Linux expressions.
here is the history of e-mails between myself and the Mandrake support guys
hopefully you can make it simple and help me fix my problem.
Thanks
I downloaded pcmcia-cs.06-jul-00.tar.gz to /usr/src
I used the right click --> Archiver.
from the Edit menu I choose Extract.I pointed to /usr/src, so that extracted
the file to a directory called pcmcia-cs-3.1.18.
Fron the Konsole I typed the following commands in order:
cd ..
cd usr
cd src
cd pcmcia-cs-3.1.18
make config
this exactly the response I got
--------------Linux PCMCIA Configuration Script----------------
The default reponses for each question are correct for most users.
Consult the PCMCIA-HOWTO for additional info about each option.
Linux source directory [/usr/src/linux]:
( I press Enter key)
Linux source tree /usr/src/linux is incomplete or missing !
See HOWTO for a list of FTP sites for current kernel sources
Configuration failed.
make:***[config] Error 1
Please tell me what did I do wrong.
Thanks
Alfred
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Network Card Installation [Incident:mcpaid 000708-0020]
>
>Recently you requested personal assistance from our on-line
>support center. Below is a summary of your request and our
>response.
>
>If we do not hear from you within 48 hours we will assume your
>issue has been resolved.
>
>Thank you for allowing us to be of service to you.
>-------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Summary: Network Card Installation
>SUGGESTED SOLUTION:
>At 07/09/2000 12:52 AM we wrote -
>
>Dear Alfred,
>
>Thank you for contacting Linuxcare Technical Support.
>
>If Lothar can not detect your 3Com PC-Card then you will have to
>manually install the eithernet and network.
>
>A quick check at : http://pcmcia.sourceforge.org/ftp/SUPPORTED.CARDS
>said that the [3c574_cs driver] is used under [x86] for the 3Com
>Megahertz 3CCFEM556B PC-Card.
>
>Please reference the "Linux PCMCIA Information Page" at :
>http://pcmcia.sourceforge.org/ and the " Linux PCMCIA HOWTO" at :
>http://pcmcia.sourceforge.org/ftp/doc/PCMCIA-HOWTO.html .
>
>Please note :
>http://pcmcia.sourceforge.org/ftp/doc/PCMCIA-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.9
>where it said "Simultaneous use of two card functions is ``tricky''
>and various hardware vendors have implemented interrupt sharing in
>their own incompatible (and sometimes proprietary) ways. The drivers
>for some cards (Ositech Jack of Diamonds, 3Com 3c562 and related
>cards, Linksys cards) properly support
>simultaneous access, but others (older Megahertz cards in
>particular) do not. If you have trouble using a card with both
>functions active, try using each
>function in isolation. That may require explicitly doing an
>``ifconfig down'' to shut down a network interface and use a modem
>on the same card."
>
>Do a find file on 3c574_cs searching all the subdirectories and you
>do not find 3c574_cs.o then you will have to obtain the driver from
>3Com or one of the sites referenced above.
>
>Once installed you would , as root, type "modprobe 3c574_cs.o" and
>checked that it loaded with a "lsmod" to list the load modules.
>
>Some basic commands first:
>
> /sbin/lsmod shows all configured
>modules on your system.
> /sbin/modprobe -l lists all
>available modules.
> /sbin/modprobe -c lists all
>configured aliases, options and commands concerning
> modules. Note that system
>defaults (like alias eth0 off) overridden by entries in
> '/etc/conf.modules' are listed
>nevertheless (which may be somewhat confusing).
> /sbin/modprobe [module] loads a
>module. It is the successor to insmod. So if you read
> insmod ... somewhere replace it
>with modprobe ....
> /sbin/modprobe -r [module]
>unloads a module. Successor to rmmod.
> man modprobe is a must-read.
>Concise and really easy to understand.
>
> If you've downloaded a driver from
>the net and compiled it yourself (or if it came precompiled for
> your kernel version), move it to the
>appropriate sub directory of '/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/. If you
> can't figure out which one to use,
>choose 'misc'.
>
> Test the module by loading it:
>
> modprobe [module name]
>
> The module name is the file name of
>the driver without its ending (e.g. 'joy-sidewinder.o' becomes
> 'joy-sidewinder'). If you get no
>error messages here, the module has loaded ok (run lsmod to
> make sure) and you're - almost - set.
> If you get Device or resource busy,
>it is either the wrong module, or you need to do some
> additional configuration (modprobe
>[module] [options], see below).
>
> Configuration and loading of modules
>is done via '/etc/conf.modules' (or 'modules.conf' in older
> releases). If you have a look at it,
>you will see that there's already some configuration done. You
> will also note that there are some
>switches which allow you to control the loading procedure:
>
> alias [class] [module]. This
>assigns a specified module / driver to a class of devices.
> alias eth0 ne2k-pci for example
>tells GNU/Linux to use a networking card controlled
> by the ne2k-pci driver as the
>first ethernet interface. Other popular classes are
> 'scsi_hostadapter' and 'sound'.
>alias [class] off tells GNU/Linux to refrain from
> loading any driver for this
>device class.
>
> options [class or module]
>[value1] [value2] Some modules may require further
> configuration, like IRQ numbers
>or I/O addresses. Valid options are either described in the
> documentation file of the module
>(in /usr/src/linux/Documentation), in a README file
> included in the source directory
>of the module (subdirectories of '/usr/src/linux/drivers') or
> in the source file itself
>('[module].c']).
>
> pre/postinstall [module]
>[command] tells GNU/Linux to run a command before or
> after a module is loaded into
>memory. In LM 7 for example, you will find this line (if you
> have a SCSI controller, that
>is):
> post-install supermount modprobe
>scsi_hostadapter
> This means: after the
>'supermount' module is loaded, load the module 'scsi_hostadapter'.
> Loading this module will allow
>'supermount' to handle devices which are connected to the
> SCSI bus.
> Ok, let's say you do not use
>'supermount', but want to load the module for the SCSI host
> adapter every time you are
>mounting your SCSI-CD drive. Look at 'devices.txt' in
> 'linux/Documentation' and you'll
>find that SCSI CD-ROMs are block devices with the
> major number '11'. Run modprobe
>-c and you see that there's already an alias for
> block-major-11 called sr_mod.
> Now put it all together:
>
> pre-install sr_mod modprobe
>scsi_hostadapter
>
> Obviously this line must be
>inserted into '/etc/conf.modules' below the alias for the
> adapter...
> Fun, isn't it? ;-)
>
> Now you are on your own: Read the
>docs for the modules and try the available options
>
>Samba configuration is normally dependent on obtaining the network
>connection first.
>
>Please refference http://us4.samba.org/samba/samba.html for the
>Samba web pages and http://www.mandrakeuser.org/connect/csamba.html
>for the first of four SAMBA Setup pages.
>
>If you have any questions about the above, or need any other advice,
>please don't hesitate to contact us.
>
>Thank you very much,
>Linuxcare Support Team
>
>At 07/10/2000 06:28 AM we wrote -
>
>Dear Alfred,
>
>Thank you for contacting Linuxcare Technical Support.
>
>We appreciate that you were specific in your question and
>disappointed that you found our answer less than concise.
>
>Please reference the following web site :
>http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/pcmcia/pcmcia.html where you will
>find "Adding the 3c574 driver to the standard PCMCIA package"
>
>Note: The 3c574 driver is now in the released 3.0.0 PC Card package
>(and above).
>
>Please ignore the following seventeen lines if you have a 3.0.0 or
>above package.
>---------------------------------------------
>These instructions are only for those still using earlier versions.
>
>Edit modules/Makefile to add the 3c574 driver:
>Change "3c589_cs.o" to "3c574_cs.o 3c589_cs.o"
>Change "3c589_cs.c" to "3c574_cs.c 3c589_cs.c"
>
>Follow the normal installation instructions. You may simply need to
>run 'make install' from the top-level directory.
>
>Put the following lines in /etc/pcmcia/config.opts
>
>device "3c574_cs"
> class "network" module "3c574_cs"
>
>card "3C574-TX Fast EtherLink PC Card"
> version "3Com", "3C574-TX Fast EtherLink PC Card"
> bind "3c574_cs"
>-------------------------------------------------
>
>Since you have pcmcia-cs-3.1.?.tar.gz questions that are addressed
>at : http://pcmcia.sourceforge.org/ftp/doc/PCMCIA-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.2
>we will reprint the authoratative test as follows :
>
>Here is a synopsis of the installation process:
>
> Unpack pcmcia-cs-3.1.?.tar.gz in /usr/src.
> Run ``make config'' in the new pcmcia-cs-3.1.? directory.
> Run ``make all'', then ``make install''.
> Customize the startup script and the option files in
>/etc/pcmcia for your site, if needed.
>
>If you plan to install any contributed client drivers not included
>in the core PCMCIA distribution, unpack each of them in the
>top-level directory of the
>PCMCIA source tree. Then follow the normal build instructions. The
>extra drivers will be compiled and installed automatically.
>
>Running ``make config'' prompts for a few configuration options, and
>checks out your system to verify that it satisfies all prerequisites
>for installing PCMCIA
>support. In most cases, you'll be able to just accept all the
>default configuration options. Be sure to carefully check the output
>of this command in case there
>are problems. The following options are available:
>
>Alternate target install directory?
>
> If you are compiling the package for installation on another
>machine, specify an alternate target directory when prompted. This
>should be an absolute
> path. All files will be installed relative to this directory.
>You will then be able to tar this directory tree and copy to your
>target machine, and unpack
> relative to its root directory to install everything in the
>proper places. Newer PCMCIA releases do not ask for this; instead it
>can be set with the
> --target= command line option to the Configure script.
>
>If you have any questions about the above, or need any other advice,
>please don't hesitate to contact us.
>
>Thank you very much,
>Linuxcare Support Team
>
>Incident Details:
> Reference #: 000708-0020
> Product: Macmillan
> Sub-Product: Deluxe Linux OS 7.0
> Category: Macmillan
> Sub-Category: Unspecified
> Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date Created: 07/08/2000 12:30 PM
> Last Updated: 07/10/2000 07:10 AM
> Elapsed Time: 1 Day, 18 Hours
> Status: Escal2ndLevel
> Origin: Email
>
>Description:
>Name: Alfred Basta
>e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Phone: (416)492-6323
>Product Name:LINUX Mandrake 7.0 Deluxe
>Computer: Toshiba Satellite 4020 Laptop
>Processor: Intel Pentuim II 300MHZ
>Ram:64 MB
>Cards: 3Com Megahertz 3CCFEM556B ( Lan + 56K Modem) PCI
>Printer: HP Deskjet 722C
>Scanner: Storm Scanner
>
>Problem: I need detailed instruction of how to setup my 3Com Network
>card,
>My PCMCIA card was detected in "Laptop Control Panels as
>Card 1: 3Com/Megahertz 3CCFEM556 Ethernet/Modem.
>My Modem is working properly as I can connect to the Internet.
>when I go to Lothar 0.5.3 there is NO plus sign next to Network
>device Card.
>
>My second Problem is that I am trying to configure Samba using SWAT,
>following the intructions on page 214 section 17.9 on the User guide
>and
>reference manual, when I go to netscape and insert the URL
>http://127.0.0.1:901
>I do not get the Login screen, instead I get some page about Apache.
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Alfred
>________________________________________________________________________
>Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at
>http://www.hotmail.com
>
>
>
>
>At 07/09/2000 11:30 PM you wrote -
>Thank you for your reply
>
>I have to tell you that I am fairly new to Linux, and I am coming
>from the
>Microsoft world, anyway...
>
>I did not find 3c574_cs searching all the subdirectories and you
>did not find 3c574_cs.o
>
>then I called 3Com for the driver all I got is
>http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/kernel/pcmcia/New
>
>I could not follow this part of the pcmcia-Howto
>"
>Here is a synopsis of the installation process:
>
> + o Unpack pcmcia-cs-3.1.?.tar.gz in /usr/src.
>
> + o Run ``make config'' in the new pcmcia-cs-3.1.? directory.
>
> + o Run ``make all'', then ``make install''.
>
> + o Customize the startup script and the option files in
>/etc/pcmcia
> for your site, if needed.
>"
>
>as it asks for the source files and it is pointing to usr/src/linux,
>Itried
>pointing it to /usr/src/pcmcia-cs-3.1.17 and I got the error message
>that
>the header was found but the source files are not available.
>
>I am kind of lost as I do not know how to compile a driver and I
>thought
>that this thing was designed for normal users, it is supposed to be
>easy
>plug and play to compete with the microsoft world.
>
>Please I need a specific answer as i was very specific in my
>question
>
>Your help is appreciated
>
>
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Network Card Installation [Incident:mcpaid 000708-0020]
> >
> >Recently you requested personal assistance from our on-line
> >support center. Below is a summary of your request and our
> >response.
> >
> >If we do not hear from you within 48 hours we will assume your
> >issue has been resolved.
> >
> >Thank you for allowing us to be of service to you.
> >-------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Summary: Network Card Installation
> >SUGGESTED SOLUTION:
> >At 07/09/2000 12:52 AM we wrote -
> >
> >Dear Alfred,
> >
> >Thank you for contacting Linuxcare Technical Support.
> >
> >If Lothar can not detect your 3Com PC-Card then you will have to
> >manually install the eithernet and network.
> >
> >A quick check at :
>http://pcmcia.sourceforge.org/ftp/SUPPORTED.CARDS
> >said that the [3c574_cs driver] is used under [x86] for the 3Com
> >Megahertz 3CCFEM556B PC-Card.
> >
> >Please reference the "Linux PCMCIA Information Page" at :
> >http://pcmcia.sourceforge.org/ and the " Linux PCMCIA HOWTO" at :
> >http://pcmcia.sourceforge.org/ftp/doc/PCMCIA-HOWTO.html .
> >
> >Please note :
> >http://pcmcia.sourceforge.org/ftp/doc/PCMCIA-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.9
> >where it said "Simultaneous use of two card functions is ``tricky''
> >and various hardware vendors have implemented interrupt sharing in
> >their own incompatible (and sometimes proprietary) ways. The
>drivers
> >for some cards (Ositech Jack of Diamonds, 3Com 3c562 and related
> >cards, Linksys cards) properly support
> >simultaneous access, but others (older Megahertz cards in
> >particular) do not. If you have trouble using a card with both
> >functions active, try using each
> >function in isolation. That may require explicitly doing an
> >``ifconfig down'' to shut down a network interface and use a modem
> >on the same card."
> >
> >Do a find file on 3c574_cs searching all the subdirectories and you
> >do not find 3c574_cs.o then you will have to obtain the driver from
> >3Com or one of the sites referenced above.
> >
> >Once installed you would , as root, type "modprobe 3c574_cs.o" and
> >checked that it loaded with a "lsmod" to list the load modules.
> >
> >Some basic commands first:
> >
> > /sbin/lsmod shows all
>configured
> >modules on your system.
> > /sbin/modprobe -l lists all
> >available modules.
> > /sbin/modprobe -c lists all
> >configured aliases, options and commands concerning
> > modules. Note that system
> >defaults (like alias eth0 off) overridden by entries in
> > '/etc/conf.modules' are listed
> >nevertheless (which may be somewhat confusing).
> > /sbin/modprobe [module] loads
>a
> >module. It is the successor to insmod. So if you read
> > insmod ... somewhere replace
>it
> >with modprobe ....
> > /sbin/modprobe -r [module]
> >unloads a module. Successor to rmmod.
> > man modprobe is a must-read.
> >Concise and really easy to understand.
> >
> > If you've downloaded a driver from
> >the net and compiled it yourself (or if it came precompiled for
> > your kernel version), move it to
>the
> >appropriate sub directory of '/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/. If you
> > can't figure out which one to use,
> >choose 'misc'.
> >
> > Test the module by loading it:
> >
> > modprobe [module name]
> >
> > The module name is the file name of
> >the driver without its ending (e.g. 'joy-sidewinder.o' becomes
> > 'joy-sidewinder'). If you get no
> >error messages here, the module has loaded ok (run lsmod to
> > make sure) and you're - almost -
>set.
> > If you get Device or resource busy,
> >it is either the wrong module, or you need to do some
> > additional configuration (modprobe
> >[module] [options], see below).
> >
> > Configuration and loading of
>modules
> >is done via '/etc/conf.modules' (or 'modules.conf' in older
> > releases). If you have a look at
>it,
> >you will see that there's already some configuration done. You
> > will also note that there are some
> >switches which allow you to control the loading procedure:
> >
> > alias [class] [module]. This
> >assigns a specified module / driver to a class of devices.
> > alias eth0 ne2k-pci for
>example
> >tells GNU/Linux to use a networking card controlled
> > by the ne2k-pci driver as the
> >first ethernet interface. Other popular classes are
> > 'scsi_hostadapter' and
>'sound'.
> >alias [class] off tells GNU/Linux to refrain from
> > loading any driver for this
> >device class.
> >
> > options [class or module]
> >[value1] [value2] Some modules may require further
> > configuration, like IRQ
>numbers
> >or I/O addresses. Valid options are either described in the
> > documentation file of the
>module
> >(in /usr/src/linux/Documentation), in a README file
> > included in the source
>directory
> >of the module (subdirectories of '/usr/src/linux/drivers') or
> > in the source file itself
> >('[module].c']).
> >
> > pre/postinstall [module]
> >[command] tells GNU/Linux to run a command before or
> > after a module is loaded into
> >memory. In LM 7 for example, you will find this line (if you
> > have a SCSI controller, that
> >is):
> > post-install supermount
>modprobe
> >scsi_hostadapter
> > This means: after the
> >'supermount' module is loaded, load the module 'scsi_hostadapter'.
> > Loading this module will allow
> >'supermount' to handle devices which are connected to the
> > SCSI bus.
> > Ok, let's say you do not use
> >'supermount', but want to load the module for the SCSI host
> > adapter every time you are
> >mounting your SCSI-CD drive. Look at 'devices.txt' in
> > 'linux/Documentation' and
>you'll
> >find that SCSI CD-ROMs are block devices with the
> > major number '11'. Run
>modprobe
> >-c and you see that there's already an alias for
> > block-major-11 called sr_mod.
> > Now put it all together:
> >
> > pre-install sr_mod modprobe
> >scsi_hostadapter
> >
> > Obviously this line must be
> >inserted into '/etc/conf.modules' below the alias for the
> > adapter...
> > Fun, isn't it? ;-)
> >
> > Now you are on your own: Read the
> >docs for the modules and try the available options
> >
> >Samba configuration is normally dependent on obtaining the network
> >connection first.
> >
> >Please refference http://us4.samba.org/samba/samba.html for the
> >Samba web pages and http://www.mandrakeuser.org/connect/csamba.html
> >for the first of four SAMBA Setup pages.
> >
> >If you have any questions about the above, or need any other
>advice,
> >please don't hesitate to contact us.
> >
> >Thank you very much,
> >Linuxcare Support Team
> >
> >Incident Details:
> > Reference #: 000708-0020
> > Product: Macmillan
> > Sub-Product: Deluxe Linux OS 7.0
> > Category: Macmillan
> > Sub-Category: Unspecified
> > Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Date Created: 07/08/2000 12:30 PM
> > Last Updated: 07/09/2000 01:29 AM
> > Elapsed Time: 12 Hours, 59 Minutes
> > Status: Escal2ndLevel
> > Origin: Email
> >
> >Description:
> >Name: Alfred Basta
> >e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Phone: (416)492-6323
> >Product Name:LINUX Mandrake 7.0 Deluxe
> >Computer: Toshiba Satellite 4020 Laptop
> >Processor: Intel Pentuim II 300MHZ
> >Ram:64 MB
> >Cards: 3Com Megahertz 3CCFEM556B ( Lan + 56K Modem) PCI
> >Printer: HP Deskjet 722C
> >Scanner: Storm Scanner
> >
> >Problem: I need detailed instruction of how to setup my 3Com
>Network
> >card,
> >My PCMCIA card was detected in "Laptop Control Panels as
> >Card 1: 3Com/Megahertz 3CCFEM556 Ethernet/Modem.
> >My Modem is working properly as I can connect to the Internet.
> >when I go to Lothar 0.5.3 there is NO plus sign next to Network
> >device Card.
> >
> >My second Problem is that I am trying to configure Samba using
>SWAT,
> >following the intructions on page 214 section 17.9 on the User
>guide
> >and
> >reference manual, when I go to netscape and insert the URL
> >http://127.0.0.1:901
> >I do not get the Login screen, instead I get some page about
>Apache.
> >
> >Thanks for your help.
> >
> >Alfred
> >________________________________________________________________________
> >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at
> >http://www.hotmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >If your issue remains unresolved, please update your incident at
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> >
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