NIC Intel I217 chip on Slackware 12

dannythach · 05-17-2015, 08:50 AM

I've read several other threads, but none I've found success.
I have an server Dell PowerEdge T20. It's running on Slackware 12 installed with kernel 2.6.36.1 and cannot connect when I boot up.
I have some information:

Code:

lspci -v
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I217-LM (rev 04)
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 05a6
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
        Memory at f7d00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
        Memory at f7d39000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        I/O ports at f080 [size=32]
        Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
        Capabilities: [e0] #13 [0306]

I searched and download driver e1000e http://www.intel.com/support/network....htm#build_e1e
When run "make install" I had error:

Code:

Makefile:67: *** Kernel header files not in any of the expected locations.
Makefile:68: *** Install the appropriate kernel development package, e.g.
Makefile:69: *** kernel-devel, for building kernel modules and try again.  Stop.

Code:

 dmesg |grep Intel
Performance Events: no PEBS fmt2+, generic architected perfmon, Intel PMU driver.
CPU0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1225 v3 @ 3.20GHz stepping 03
e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 1.2.7-k2
e1000e: Copyright (c) 1999 - 2010 Intel Corporation.
e100: Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Driver, 3.5.24-k2-NAPI
e100: Copyright(c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation

Please advise for me to fix this problem, thank you !

gengisdave · 05-17-2015, 12:07 PM

you're missing package "kernel-header" from d/ tree; probably, you'll need the whole kernel source code

dannythach · 05-17-2015, 08:11 PM

Thank you your quick reply !

Can you explain more. How to install/update kernel-header on Slackware 12?

gengisdave · 05-18-2015, 05:20 AM

Code:

wget http://slackware.org.uk/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/linux-2.6.27.31/kernel-headers-2.6.27.31_smp-x86-1.tgz
installpkg kernel-headers-2.6.27.31_smp-x86-1.tgz

it doesn't match your kernel version, but you're not forced to do it

dannythach · 05-18-2015, 08:04 AM

I tried and had result:

Code:

#installpkg kernel-headers-2.6.27.31_smp-x86-1.tgz
Installing package kernel-headers-2.6.27.31_smp-86...
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
kernel_headers: kernel-headers (Linux kernel include files)
Kernel-headers:
Kernel-headers: There are the include files from the Linux kernel.
Kernel-headers:
Kernel-headers: You'll need these to compile most system software for Linux.
Kernel-headers:
Executing install script for kernel-headers-2.6.27.31_smp-x86-1...

Then, I try to re-install e1000e.3.1.0.2.tar.gz but still have error:

Code:

#make install
Makefile:67: *** Kernel header files not in any of the expected locations.
Makefile:68: *** Install the appropriate kernel development package, e.g.
Makefile:69: *** kernel-devel, for building kernel modules and try again.  Stop.

Do you have new idea?

gengisdave · 05-18-2015, 08:14 AM

you'll need the whole kernel source (here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...6.36.1.tar.bz2)

then cd to /usr/src and untar (tar xv)

dannythach · 05-19-2015, 07:06 AM

It's still have once error:

Code:

Makefile:104: *** Linux kernel source not configured - missing version header file.  Stop.

gengisdave · 05-19-2015, 09:14 AM

in /usr/src/linux-2.6.36.1 do a

Code:

zcat /proc/config.gz > .config

dannythach · 05-19-2015, 09:22 AM

Thank you for your quick reply, but still have error:

Code:

Makefile:104: *** Linux kernel source not configured - missing version header file.  Stop.

gengisdave · 05-19-2015, 09:33 AM

yup, forgot; do a

Code:

make prepare

. If it fails, runs a

Code:

make oldconfig

first

dannythach · 05-19-2015, 09:36 AM

Sorry, but still same error.

dannythach · 06-06-2015, 09:02 AM

Dear gengisdave,

Can you guide me how to change kernel from 2.6.36.1 to 2.6.27.31 ?

dannythach · 06-09-2015, 08:56 AM

Dear
I had installed e1000e driver success. But have issue when "modprobe e1000e". Please help me!

Code:

modprobe e1000e
FATAL: Error inserting e1000e (/lib/modules/2.6.36.1/kernel/drivers/net/e1000e/e 1000e.ko): Invalid argument

onebuck · 06-12-2015, 03:14 PM

Hi,

Welcome to LQ!

Why are you using Slackware 12? Why not use a new version from; http://slackware.mirrors.tds.net/pub/slackware/

Slackware 12 is no longer supported by PV. You could try slackware-14.1-iso/ You should use the DVD install(no source). Be sure to verify md5sum for the downloaded ISO image before you burn the image. If you need CD then you will need to download each image for the particular CD. You will need CD1, CD2 & CD3. CD4 if you need KDEi for your system.

Your Intel wireless will be supported by Slackware 14.1. Look at: Slackware Doc Project to get helpful information when setting up the machine.

Hope this helps.
Have fun & enjoy!

dannythach · 06-12-2015, 08:16 PM

Dear onebuck,

We cannot change to Slackware 14. Because this Slackware have an software build-in this version. Do you know how to fix the issue?