Re: D-Link DFE-530-TX NIC install probs.
try the drivers and the diagnostic stuff on www.scyld.com, it helped me a lot. it's the site of the official mantainer of most of the nic drivers. pietro.
D-Link DFE-530-TX NIC install probs.
I hope that this is the right list for a question like this. Please forgive the newbie if not. I'm having problems getting my D-Link DFE-530-TX network card to work with Debian. I've seen a few posts on this subject on various mailing list archives (including this one) so am pretty sure my card need the via-rhine.o module, but during troubleshooting I've also tried the rtl8319.o and tulip.o modules. When installing the same card in Windows 98 (the same computer dual boots using LILO) I found that the driver downloaded from the US D-Link site (www.dlink.com) wouldn't work - I had to download a driver from the UK site, www.dlink.co.uk instead. This made me wonder if my card is a different regional version or something. The UK site also allowed me to download a driver but it turned out to be source code and I'm still a bit new and I don't think I've got the right packages installed to compile them. Here's all the information I got when troubleshooting. the command modprobe via-rhine gives something like /lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/net/via-rhine.o : Init_module : device or resource busy Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. /lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/net/via-rhine.o : insmod /lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/net/via-rhine.o failed the command lspci -v gave (first couple of lines) 00:0d.0 Ethernet controller : VIA Technologies, iNc. : Unknown device 3065 (rev 42) Subsystem : D-Link System Inc : Unknown device 1400. Does anyone know what I should try next? regards Julian Church
Re: D-Link DFE-530-TX NIC install probs.
/lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/net/via-rhine.o : Init_module : device or resource busy Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. /lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/net/via-rhine.o : insmod /lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/net/via-rhine.o failed if you cat /proc/pci you'll probably see the nic has no irq configured. try to tell the bios you DON'T have a pnp operating system. it took me days to find out!!! (same nic) hope it helps pietro.
Re: D-Link DFE-530-TX NIC install probs.
At 13:49 13/03/01 +0100, Pietro Cagnoni wrote: if you cat /proc/pci you'll probably see the nic has no irq configured. try to tell the bios you DON'T have a pnp operating system. it took me days to find out!!! (same nic) hope it helps Cheers Pietro cat /proc/pci tells me that the card has IRQ 10 and I/O 0xe000, so I'm not sure if PnP is the problem. Are you using the via-rhine driver? Do you have to use pci-scan.o too? thanks for trying regards Julian
Re: D-Link DFE-530-TX NIC install probs.
Are you using the via-rhine driver? Do you have to use pci-scan.o too? via-rhine.o on kernel 2.2.17. no trace of pci-scan in the source tree! never tried 2.2.18 yet.
Re: D-Link DFE-530-TX NIC install probs.
There is a peculiar problem with this card: I believe its ID has changed, and hence the driver included in 2.2.X kernel does not work with it any longer. You need to upgrade to 2.4.2-ac series kernel. More details are available: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-0103/msg00507.html Although I am a linux newbie, and not quite sure the card works correctly for me with 2.4.2-ac16 kernel, looking though the patch, I am certain that the driver has been modified. Hope it helps. sasha. On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Pietro Cagnoni wrote: Are you using the via-rhine driver? Do you have to use pci-scan.o too? via-rhine.o on kernel 2.2.17. no trace of pci-scan in the source tree! never tried 2.2.18 yet. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
