On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 16:58 +0000, Beartooth wrote: > On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:02:06 -0800, Rick Stevens wrote: > > > On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 18:50 -0500, Jim Cornette wrote: > [...] > >> The 3c501 could be removed. You might want to investigate whether the > >> Intel 82557/8/9 is supported and by what driver. > > > > Should be the "e100" driver. According to the source code: > > > > * I. General > > * > > * The driver supports Intel(R) 10/100 Mbps PCI Fast Ethernet > > * controller family, which includes the 82557, 82558, 82559, > > * 82550, 82551, and 82562 devices. 82558 and greater controllers > > * integrate the Intel 82555 PHY. The controllers are used in > > * server and client network interface cards, as well as in > > * LAN-On-Motherboard (LOM), CardBus, MiniPCI, and ICHx > > * configurations. 8255x supports a 32-bit linear addressing > > * mode and operates at 33Mhz PCI clock rate. > > > > So verify that the "e100" driver is loaded via "/sbin/lsmod". > > All right, making assurance doubly sure, I logged in using "su - root" > *and* did cd before /sbin/lsmod. > > I see columns labelled Module, Size, and Used by. "e100" is not mentioned > in any of them -- and without a Net connection, I have no way to download > anything. Can I get it off the CDs, as I must have been doing before? It should have been installed by default. Verify that you have the following file on the system: /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/e100.ko (yes, those are graves or "backticks"--the other character on the "~" key). If you do have the file, then (as root via the "su -") try this command: modprobe e100 to force the driver to load. Then run: ifconfig -a and see if eth0 doesn't magically show up. If it does, NOW you have a driver loaded and the NIC is seen. Add the line: alias eth0 e100 to your /etc/modprobe.conf file and you should be good to go. Configure the NIC as you wish and "Bob's your Uncle!". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - "Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes." - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
