RE: [Cooker] Problems with 3Com 3c905C-TX
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 1:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] Problems with 3Com 3c905C-TX > Curious... > I also have a 3com905C, and i use the 3c59x driver on a 2.2.17 kernel > without problem. I also tested it on a 2.4.0pre-release. It is the one from > www.scyld.com, written by Donald Becker, that is considered glabally better > as 3c90x driver, written by 3COM themselves. Both are in kernel 2.2 > sources, so you should be able to compile them without problems. See this > post on mandrake archive list, and this page on scyld.com for details: > http://www.mail-archive.com/cooker%40linux-mandrake.com/msg22893.html > http://www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html > I also had problems with DHCP, but as our DHCP servers are are very > ill-configured, i assume those are not driver's issues. > -- > Guillaume Rousse > > Murphy's law : If anything can go wrong, it will. > O'Tool's commentary : Murphy was an optimist. I tried to compile the driver from the source provided by Mandrake, by 3Com, and by www.scyld.com. None of the 3c59x would work. The only driver that I could get to work was the 3c90x, but I couldn't get it to work automatically on bootup. I had to manually load the driver, and manually "ifup eth0." I tried everything I could think of. I tried re-installing several times, with PnP turned off, and turned on. The 3c59x driver just plain wouldn't work under *any* Linux distro I tried. Only the 3c90x would work. I eventually solved the problem by getting an Intel EtherExpress Pro 100 instead. It works beautifully. However, when I first installed it, I couldn't get it to work either. It wouldn't work under Windows 9x/Windows 2000/ or Linux. Finally, I tried unplugging the cable modem and plugging it back in. Now it works. Evidently the cable modem had something stored in NVRAM which got cleared out when I unplugged it. It's possible that that might have been the problem with the 3com 3c59x driver, but since I've removed it, I haven't been able to test out that theory. Raymond S. Swaim
Re: [Cooker] Problems with 3Com 3c905C-TX
El Viernes 12 Enero 2001 00:06, escribiste: > I just bought a new PC: a Dell Dimension 4100 which came > with a 3com 3C905C-TX Fast Etherlink). > > I can't get the 3com NIC to initialize and retrieve my > IP address via DHCP on bootup. During bootup, when it > tries to initialize the NIC, it hangs, and eventually > times out with a error that DHCP retrieval failed. The > NIC is connected to a cable modem and I use the Austin > Roadrunner service. > > HardDrake identifies my NIC as a 3c905 NIC (which is > correct), but it installs the 3c59x module instead of the > 3c90x module. From what I've gathered from the newsgroups, > it appears that the 3c59x module works for *some* 3c905 > NICs, but not all of them. Perhaps it works with earlier > kernel revisions, or with earlier 3c905 NICs. All I know > is that it definitely does not work with mine. > > If I unload the 3c59x module, and install the 3c90x module, > I can get the NIC to work after two ifup attempts. In other > words, I type the following: > > rmmod 3c59x > modprobe 3c90x > > and then type: > > ifup eth0 > > The first time I use the ifup command, it hangs when it > tries to retrieve my IP address. I Cntl-Z to stop it, > then try again, and it works on the 2nd attempt. > > I then replaced the line in modules.conf that read: > "alias eth0 3c59x" with "alias eth0 3c90x." The module > loads when I boot up, but I still hang on bootup when > the NIC tries to retrieve my IP address. > > The only way I've managed to get on the net with the > card is to manually load the module and manully > "ifup eth0" each time I boot up, which is a pain. > > I have a multi-boot setup in which I was running > Linux-Mandrake on one partition and use another partition > as a test-bed. I decided to see if any of the other > distributions had the same results, so I decided to reformat > my test-bed partition and try the other distros . So far, > Suse Linux 6.4 and 7.0 is the only ones I've had success > with. Suse loads the 3c90x module instead of the 3c59x, > and works on bootup without any problems. I've also tried > Storm and Debian, but neither one of them worked because > they both loaded the 3c59x module and don't even include a > 3c90x module at all. > > I've tried the drivers from http://www.scyld.com/ but have > had no success in compiling them, and the drivers from > supplied from 3Com were developed for kernel rev 2.2.12 and > earlier. > > Anyway, I think this might be something you'll want to > address before the next release of Linux-Mandrake. These > 3Com NICs are very common. > > Raymond S. Swaim Hi Raymod, I have a 3Com 3c905B-TX, and i had too the same problem: Hardrake detects my NIC, but the kernel can't. It isn't a driver problem. In my case (i think the same as you) the problem was i had the Plug and Play Bios Support on. Review this in your bios and turn it off. When i did that everything goes right. Datl
Re: [Cooker] Problems with 3Com 3c905C-TX
Le 2001.01.12 03:06:12 +0400, Raymond S. Swaim a écrit : > > I just bought a new PC: a Dell Dimension 4100 which came > with a 3com 3C905C-TX Fast Etherlink). > > I can't get the 3com NIC to initialize and retrieve my > IP address via DHCP on bootup. During bootup, when it > tries to initialize the NIC, it hangs, and eventually > times out with a error that DHCP retrieval failed. The > NIC is connected to a cable modem and I use the Austin > Roadrunner service. > > HardDrake identifies my NIC as a 3c905 NIC (which is > correct), but it installs the 3c59x module instead of the > 3c90x module. From what I've gathered from the newsgroups, > it appears that the 3c59x module works for *some* 3c905 > NICs, but not all of them. Perhaps it works with earlier > kernel revisions, or with earlier 3c905 NICs. All I know > is that it definitely does not work with mine. [...] Curious... I also have a 3com905C, and i use the 3c59x driver on a 2.2.17 kernel without problem. I also tested it on a 2.4.0pre-release. It is the one from www.scyld.com, written by Donald Becker, that is considered glabally better as 3c90x driver, written by 3COM themselves. Both are in kernel 2.2 sources, so you should be able to compile them without problems. See this post on mandrake archive list, and this page on scyld.com for details: http://www.mail-archive.com/cooker%40linux-mandrake.com/msg22893.html http://www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html I also had problems with DHCP, but as our DHCP servers are are very ill-configured, i assume those are not driver's issues. -- Guillaume Rousse Murphy's law : If anything can go wrong, it will. O'Tool's commentary : Murphy was an optimist.
Re: [Cooker] Problems with 3Com 3c905C-TX
I've had the same problem.. Aside from Cooker not wanting to mount my local CD-rom drives. I figured I had a bad image and made it work, but when I tried a network install I received the same error about not being able to connect to the DHCP server. I'm afraid I didn't write down the information found in the other terminals. - Original Message - From: "Raymond S. Swaim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 6:06 PM Subject: [Cooker] Problems with 3Com 3c905C-TX > > I just bought a new PC: a Dell Dimension 4100 which came > with a 3com 3C905C-TX Fast Etherlink). > > I can't get the 3com NIC to initialize and retrieve my > IP address via DHCP on bootup. During bootup, when it > tries to initialize the NIC, it hangs, and eventually > times out with a error that DHCP retrieval failed. The > NIC is connected to a cable modem and I use the Austin > Roadrunner service. > > HardDrake identifies my NIC as a 3c905 NIC (which is > correct), but it installs the 3c59x module instead of the > 3c90x module. From what I've gathered from the newsgroups, > it appears that the 3c59x module works for *some* 3c905 > NICs, but not all of them. Perhaps it works with earlier > kernel revisions, or with earlier 3c905 NICs. All I know > is that it definitely does not work with mine. > > If I unload the 3c59x module, and install the 3c90x module, > I can get the NIC to work after two ifup attempts. In other > words, I type the following: > > rmmod 3c59x > modprobe 3c90x > > and then type: > > ifup eth0 > > The first time I use the ifup command, it hangs when it > tries to retrieve my IP address. I Cntl-Z to stop it, > then try again, and it works on the 2nd attempt. > > I then replaced the line in modules.conf that read: > "alias eth0 3c59x" with "alias eth0 3c90x." The module > loads when I boot up, but I still hang on bootup when > the NIC tries to retrieve my IP address. > > The only way I've managed to get on the net with the > card is to manually load the module and manully > "ifup eth0" each time I boot up, which is a pain. > > I have a multi-boot setup in which I was running > Linux-Mandrake on one partition and use another partition > as a test-bed. I decided to see if any of the other > distributions had the same results, so I decided to reformat > my test-bed partition and try the other distros . So far, > Suse Linux 6.4 and 7.0 is the only ones I've had success > with. Suse loads the 3c90x module instead of the 3c59x, > and works on bootup without any problems. I've also tried > Storm and Debian, but neither one of them worked because > they both loaded the 3c59x module and don't even include a > 3c90x module at all. > > I've tried the drivers from http://www.scyld.com/ but have > had no success in compiling them, and the drivers from > supplied from 3Com were developed for kernel rev 2.2.12 and > earlier. > > Anyway, I think this might be something you'll want to > address before the next release of Linux-Mandrake. These > 3Com NICs are very common. > > Raymond S. Swaim >
[Cooker] Problems with 3Com 3c905C-TX
I just bought a new PC: a Dell Dimension 4100 which came with a 3com 3C905C-TX Fast Etherlink). I can't get the 3com NIC to initialize and retrieve my IP address via DHCP on bootup. During bootup, when it tries to initialize the NIC, it hangs, and eventually times out with a error that DHCP retrieval failed. The NIC is connected to a cable modem and I use the Austin Roadrunner service. HardDrake identifies my NIC as a 3c905 NIC (which is correct), but it installs the 3c59x module instead of the 3c90x module. From what I've gathered from the newsgroups, it appears that the 3c59x module works for *some* 3c905 NICs, but not all of them. Perhaps it works with earlier kernel revisions, or with earlier 3c905 NICs. All I know is that it definitely does not work with mine. If I unload the 3c59x module, and install the 3c90x module, I can get the NIC to work after two ifup attempts. In other words, I type the following: rmmod 3c59x modprobe 3c90x and then type: ifup eth0 The first time I use the ifup command, it hangs when it tries to retrieve my IP address. I Cntl-Z to stop it, then try again, and it works on the 2nd attempt. I then replaced the line in modules.conf that read: "alias eth0 3c59x" with "alias eth0 3c90x." The module loads when I boot up, but I still hang on bootup when the NIC tries to retrieve my IP address. The only way I've managed to get on the net with the card is to manually load the module and manully "ifup eth0" each time I boot up, which is a pain. I have a multi-boot setup in which I was running Linux-Mandrake on one partition and use another partition as a test-bed. I decided to see if any of the other distributions had the same results, so I decided to reformat my test-bed partition and try the other distros . So far, Suse Linux 6.4 and 7.0 is the only ones I've had success with. Suse loads the 3c90x module instead of the 3c59x, and works on bootup without any problems. I've also tried Storm and Debian, but neither one of them worked because they both loaded the 3c59x module and don't even include a 3c90x module at all. I've tried the drivers from http://www.scyld.com/ but have had no success in compiling them, and the drivers from supplied from 3Com were developed for kernel rev 2.2.12 and earlier. Anyway, I think this might be something you'll want to address before the next release of Linux-Mandrake. These 3Com NICs are very common. Raymond S. Swaim
