At 14:57 12.03.2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Well it still didn't work. I am at a complete loss. I even tried another
>3c509 card I had just in case this one was bad. No diffrence. It just does
>not see the card. Anyone have any more ideas?
post the output of following commands :
dmesg
cat /proc/ioports
cat /proc/interrupts
cat /proc/devices
is your card recognized at bios initalization, that means does it show up
when u power up your computer (after the ram count) ?
--quay
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Quaylar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 3:14 AM
>Subject: Re: [newbie] 3com card problem
>
>
> > At 02:51 12.03.2001 -0500, you wrote:
> > >I have a model 3c509b ethernet card. I use a utility from 3com to disable
> > >PnP. I get the following error message when using modprobe 3c509 at
> > >command prompt:
> > >
> > >/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/net/3c509.o: invalid parameter parm_io
> > >/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/net/3c509.o:
> > >insmod/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/net/3c509.o failed
> > >/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/net/3c509.o: insmod 3c509 failed
> > >
> > >can anyone advise on how to fix this problem and get my card working ?
> > >
> > >THanks, Jeff
> >
> >
> > hi jeff,
> >
> > this is what worked for me :
> >
> > 1) enable pnp on your 3com card
> > 2) set irq and io with the 3com utility according to the free resources on
> > your machine
> > 3) set "pnp os=no" in your computers bios
> > 4) on next bootup your bios will init the 3com card and linux will
> > recognize it with the parameters u have set before in your 3com config
> > utility, upon loading the 3c509 module.
> >
> > try this (it HAS to work) and come back if any problems occur...:)
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > quay
> >
> >
> >
