Hi all,

I have a Dell Dimension 8300 PC, and it has a Ethernet Card in the motherboard (PRO/100 VE Network Connection).

I don't get make it work and I am a bit stuck, I don't know what I should do. Any ideas would be welcome...

I have tried to install the e100 driver, but it gives me this error:

Using /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o
/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o: init_module: No such device


Here you have the information of my system:

[root@localhost root]# lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2578 (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 0157
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Capabilities: [e4] #09 [2106]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 3.0

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2579 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
Memory behind bridge: fd000000-feafffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f0000000-f7ffffff

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24d2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 0157
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
I/O ports at ff80 [size=32]

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24d4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 0157
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
I/O ports at ff60 [size=32]

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24d7 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 0157
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
I/O ports at ff40 [size=32]

00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24de (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 0157
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
I/O ports at ff20 [size=32]

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24dd (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 0157
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
Memory at ffa80800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] #0a [20a0]

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge (rev c2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: fce00000-fcffffff

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24d0 (rev 02)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24db (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 0157
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 03f4
I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0374
I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16]
Memory at febffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]

00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24d1 (rev 02) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 0157
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
I/O ports at fe00 [size=8]
I/O ports at fe10 [size=4]
I/O ports at fe20 [size=8]
I/O ports at fe30 [size=4]
I/O ports at fea0 [size=16]

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24d3 (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 0157
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 3
I/O ports at eda0 [size=32]

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24d5 (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 0157
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 3
I/O ports at ee00 [size=256]
I/O ports at edc0 [size=64]
Memory at febffa00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
Memory at febff900 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0322 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01b9
Flags: 66Mhz, medium devsel, IRQ 11
Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Expansion ROM at fea00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [44] AGP version 3.0

02:01.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)
Subsystem: 3Com Corporation 3C905C-TX Fast Etherlink for PC Management NIC
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
I/O ports at de80 [size=128]
Memory at fcefef00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
Expansion ROM at fcf00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

02:02.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)
Subsystem: 3Com Corporation 3C905C-TX Fast Etherlink for PC Management NIC
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 3
I/O ports at df00 [size=128]
Memory at fcefef80 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
Expansion ROM at fcf00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 1050 (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 0157
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5
Memory at fceff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at de40 [size=64]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2


#lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
sr_mod 18136 0 (autoclean)
soundcore 6532 0 (autoclean)
binfmt_misc 7524 1
autofs 13348 0 (autoclean) (unused)
3c59x 30640 2
iptable_filter 2412 0 (autoclean) (unused)
ip_tables 14936 1 [iptable_filter]
microcode 4668 0 (autoclean)
ide-scsi 10512 0
scsi_mod 107176 2 [sr_mod ide-scsi]
ide-cd 33608 0
cdrom 33696 0 [sr_mod ide-cd]
mousedev 5524 1
keybdev 2976 0 (unused)
hid 22244 0 (unused)
input 5888 0 [mousedev keybdev hid]
usb-uhci 26188 0 (unused)
ehci-hcd 17480 0 (unused)
usbcore 77024 1 [hid usb-uhci ehci-hcd]
ext3 70368 2
jbd 52212 2 [ext3]



What can I do??

Your current kernel most likely isn't compiled with the proper support. Have you tried to recompile your kernel to add such support? You could possibly attain the driver from download and or install it as well without compiling your kernel.

Problems solved!

I needed to "make install" before "insmod e100"... Upps!!

Thanks anyway