Help required to configure network card on Fedora 10

vikyath · 04-25-2006, 02:12 AM

Hi,

I have just installe fedora 10 on my system.
I am not able to get the OS to detect the network card.
Whenever i type "ifconfig eth0" it shoots back saying "error feching interface information"

Let me know if any other input is required from my end.

Vikyath

bathory · 04-25-2006, 02:47 AM

Code:

lspci -v

should tell you what is your nic model

zulfilee · 04-25-2006, 03:29 AM

What is fedora 10

Ok try running kudzu
See if it detects your network card

Check in file /etc/sysconfig/hwconf
Search for NETWORK in this file and see if any entry is available.
If no entry is present then the card is not detected.

If an entry is available and driver is not known then the driver for the card is not available.

Just post the NETWORK section of that file
Also lspci will help

Also try "netconfig" to configure the interface.

Cheers
Zulfi

vikyath · 04-25-2006, 10:43 PM

class network
bus

ci
detached 0
device eth0
driver unknown
desc Broadcom corporation unknown device 14e4:1659
vendor id 14e4
subvendor1659
pci type 1
pci bus 3
pci dev 0
pcifn 0

The NIC is Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5701 Gigabit Ethernet

Like Zulfi mentioned i am am downloading the driver for the same.

Thanks for your help guys!!

Vikyath

vikyath · 04-27-2006, 04:27 AM

Hi,

I switched the OS to RedHat 9. and tried to install the drivers Broadcom tg3 Linux Driver. I followed the REAME file but i get the following error message
"makefile :58 Linux kernel source tree not found stoperror bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.82762(%build)RPM build errors" while doing a rpmbuild.

The command issued is rpmbuild -bb SPECS/tg3.spec

rpm version is 4.2.3

Vikyath

zulfilee · 04-27-2006, 05:57 AM

Why?
Didnt you get a compiled driver?

And why have you taken a source rpm.Get a rpm instead and install it.

[Or]
Check if kernel source is available [I am not sure of this]

I should be available in /usr/src/2.4.Version/ directory.
Or install the kernel source[it will be available as an RPM in your red-hat 9 CD] and try again.

The best way would be to get the driver [it will be a .o file or the rpm rather than src.rpm ]

Cheers
Zulfi

vikyath · 05-02-2006, 04:10 AM

Hi,

Could not get the rpm's. Howevere installed a Dlink NIC which worked fine.
Thank you all for your inputs.

Vikyath