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Distribution: Gentoo, Ubuntu,and sometimes something from billy gates (when Im desperate)
Posts: 179
Rep:
network card not initializing
I have a problem with the drivers for my network card (on board) using FC4.
I have two kernels installed
2.6.17-1.2142_FC4smp
and
2.6.11-1.1369_FC4smp
When I boot with 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4smp, I get an error on the startup screen, but it works and I get internet access.
When I boot with 2.6.17-1.2142_FC4smp I get the error
Quote:
sk98lin device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.
The system will continue to load and everything works, except the card.
I tried uninstalling that kernel the reinstalling (using yum), but the problem is still there.
Under both kernels I get the lspci message
Quote:
02:09.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Gigabyte)
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
I/O ports at ac00 [size=256]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 50000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
which to me says it is there, but I still cant get it to work under kernel 2.6.17-1.2142_FC4smp, only the old one.
It was working under 2.6.17-1.2142_FC4smp for a while but just lately decided to go nuts.
Distribution: Gentoo, Ubuntu,and sometimes something from billy gates (when Im desperate)
Posts: 179
Original Poster
Rep:
I tried that but it didn't help.
I installed a pci 10/100 card I had lying around which works fine now.
For some reason during the startup messages still say device not found for eth0 and also the same for eth1.
When the gui is loaded, eth0 is working fine (the pci card) with internet access but there is no eth1 present.
yet in lscpi both are present.
Quote:
02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] ALN-325
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 177
I/O ports at 9000 [size=256]
Memory at fb005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
02:09.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Gigabyte)
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5
Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
I/O ports at a000 [size=256]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 50000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
Is there any way I can uninstall these cards and let the operating system reinstall them automatically..
eg when I remove a card like a sound card, on the next startup a program something like kuduz runs and sorts it out for me.
If I remove the pci network card, this does not happen, it still thinks its there but displays an error saying not present.
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