On-Board ehernet card on Morphix

Hi guys.
I just downloaded Morphix live-cd (actually a morphix mod).
everything is working great, but it does not recognize my ethernet card...
it is an on-board 3com card, the board is ABIT IS7-E.

can anybody help?

Probably you or the modders did not enable all 3com NIC when re-compiling the kernel.

What does "cat /proc/pci" lists?

well, turns out the card is recognized, but i have no access to it... (or something like that)

morph@Morphix:~$ cat /proc/pci
PCI devices found:
  Bus  0, device   0, function  0:
    Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 2).
      Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0000000 [0xf7ffffff].
  Bus  0, device   1, function  0:
    PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev 2).
      Master Capable.  Latency=64.  Min Gnt=12.
  Bus  0, device  29, function  0:
    USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #1 (rev 2).
      IRQ 10.
      I/O at 0xbc00 [0xbc1f].
  Bus  0, device  29, function  1:
    USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #2 (rev 2).
      IRQ 9.
      I/O at 0xb000 [0xb01f].
  Bus  0, device  29, function  2:
    USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #3 (rev 2).
      IRQ 11.
      I/O at 0xb400 [0xb41f].
  Bus  0, device  29, function  3:
    USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #4 (rev 2).
      IRQ 10.
      I/O at 0xb800 [0xb81f].
  Bus  0, device  29, function  7:
    USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 2).
      IRQ 3.
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfa100000 [0xfa1003ff].
  Bus  0, device  30, function  0:
    PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB/EB/ER Hub interface to PCI Bridge (rev 194).
      Master Capable.  No bursts.  Min Gnt=6.
  Bus  0, device  31, function  0:
    ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Bridge (rev 2).
  Bus  0, device  31, function  1:
    IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) Ultra ATA 100 Storage Controller (rev 2).
      IRQ 10.
      I/O at 0xf000 [0xf00f].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x20000000 [0x200003ff].
  Bus  0, device  31, function  2:
    IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB (ICH5) Serial ATA 150 Storage Controller (rev 2).
      IRQ 11.
      I/O at 0xc000 [0xc007].
      I/O at 0xc400 [0xc403].
      I/O at 0xc800 [0xc807].
      I/O at 0xcc00 [0xcc03].
      I/O at 0xd000 [0xd00f].
  Bus  0, device  31, function  3:
    SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 2).
      IRQ 5.
      I/O at 0x500 [0x51f].
  Bus  0, device  31, function  5:
    Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 2).
      IRQ 5.
      I/O at 0xd800 [0xd8ff].
      I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdc3f].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfa101000 [0xfa1011ff].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfa102000 [0xfa1020ff].
  Bus  1, device   0, function  0:
    VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AP [Radeon 9600] (rev 0).
      IRQ 10.
      Master Capable.  Latency=32.  Min Gnt=8.
      Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd0000000 [0xdfffffff].
      I/O at 0x9000 [0x90ff].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf9000000 [0xf900ffff].
  Bus  1, device   0, function  1:
    Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AP [Radeon 9600] (Secondary) (rev 0).
      Master Capable.  Latency=32.  Min Gnt=8.
      Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0000000 [0xefffffff].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf9010000 [0xf901ffff].
  Bus  2, device   2, function  0:
    Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c940 10/100/1000Base-T [Marvell] (rev 18).
      IRQ 11.
      Master Capable.  Latency=32.  Min Gnt=23.Max Lat=31.
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfa000000 [0xfa003fff].
      I/O at 0xa000 [0xa0ff].
 
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sh-3.00# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) Ultra ATA 100 Storage Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB (ICH5) Serial ATA 150 Storage Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AP [Radeon 9600]
0000:01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AP [Radeon 9600] (Secondary)
0000:02:02.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c940 10/100/1000Base-T [Marvell] (rev 12)

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sh-3.00# ifconfig
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:700 (700.0 b)  TX bytes:700 (700.0 b)

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sh-3.00# ifconfig eth0 up
eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

did anybody encounter this problem?

The reason you have no access is because the module (driver) for the NIC is not loaded.

Have a look at http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/sh...hp?product=516

Originally posted by Zvi Hi guys. I just downloaded Morphix live-cd (actually a morphix mod). everything is working great, but it does not recognize my ethernet card... it is an on-board 3com card, the board is ABIT IS7-E. can anybody help?

Weird according to abits site its a realtek nic, but you have a 3com, same one I have in fact.
try entering

lsmod | less

and see if a sk98lin module is loaded, if not try typing modprobe sk98lin then lsmod | less
again and see if it is loaded, if so, now all you need to do is assign it an ip address or run dhcpcd for it to get one via a dhcp server, depending on your specific network setup.

If is not already loaded and does not load from the modprobe, then its is fun time.

Originally posted by Zvi did anybody encounter this problem?

Yeah slackware 10.0 failed to load mine on my asus P4P800, but modprobe proved to work manually and I wasn't using alive CD so I just recompiled the kernel and included support for the thing.

Originally posted by WhiteChedda try entering lsmod | less and see if a sk98lin module is loaded, if not try typing modprobe sk98lin then lsmod | less again and see if it is loaded, if so, now all you need to do is assign it an ip address or run dhcpcd for it to get one via a dhcp server, depending on your specific network setup.

well, that was the case. sk98lin was not loaded, and modprobe loaded it. after "ifconfig eth0 up" i managed to see the card...
now i need to know how to assign it an IP address (i'm a newbie )...
i have alcatel router, i think i have 2 options:
1) request a dynamic IP from alcatel (DHCP)
2) enter an IP+MASK+DNS+Default Gateway manually (like i do in windows).

how do i do that?

WEEEE!!!! I'm on Morphix right now!!!
turns out that "dhclient" assigns a dynamic IP address (you probobly know that...)
so the commands are:

modprobe sk98lin
ifconfig eth0 up
dhclient

thanks for the help!!!


P.S.
i would still like to know how to assign IP manually, if anyone cares to explain.