DecChip 21041 and Mandrake 10.1 Official problem

Hi!

I have an ethernet adapter called Decchip 21041 and I have serious problems with it. I have MDK 10.1 official with 2.6 default kernel. I have tried to set up my network as LAN ( like I did in MDK 10 community with 2.4 kernel and with 2.4 kernel it worked fine ) but now with 2.6 kernel I couldnt get it to work.

I have also tried other mods in the network wizard like ppoe, but still no acces to Internet.

/etc/modprobe.conf says:

alias eth0 de2104x


When I went to console and typed as root:

lsmod | grep de2104x

I got this:

de2104x 18208 0


All the cables are ok. My ADSL modem is Zyxel Prestige 600 series. Could you help me with my network issue? I'm quite newbie.

Sounds like you have a driver problem which is not uncommon for DEC type chipsets. Have a look at this link:
http://www.scyld.com/tulip.html

Joni,

I had exactly the same problem and I found a solution at http://lkml.org/lkml/2004/6/6/155 . In a nutshell, I went to /etc/modprobe.conf where I removed

alias eth0 de2104x
alias eth0:9 de2104x

and added

 
alias eth0 de4x5
alias eth0:9 de4x5

Then I rebooted the box and eth0 started successfully.


Additional info.

I tried to do it without reboot by running

 
rmmod de2104x
modprobe de4x5

but it never removed the module regardless whether I executed rmmod before or after modprobe, i.e.

lsmod | grep de

was showing both de2104x and de4x5 modules. After I made changes to reboot,

lsmod | grep de

returned only de4x5 module. Perhaps, there is a way to do it without reboot but I am not sure how.

BTW, this seems to be related to the kernel as I was able to bring the interface up using Knoppix 3.3 (it's either 2.2 or 2.4) but with Knoppix 3.8 (kernel 2.6) I was unable to establish the connection.

I hope this helps.

Originally posted by pysar Joni, I had exactly the same problem and I found a solution at http://lkml.org/lkml/2004/6/6/155 . In a nutshell, I went to /etc/modprobe.conf where I removed alias eth0 de2104x alias eth0:9 de2104x and added alias eth0 de4x5 alias eth0:9 de4x5 Then I rebooted the box and eth0 started successfully. Additional info. I tried to do it without reboot by running rmmod de2104x modprobe de4x5 but it never removed the module regardless whether I executed rmmod before or after modprobe, i.e. lsmod | grep de was showing both de2104x and de4x5 modules. After I made changes to reboot, lsmod | grep de returned only de4x5 module. Perhaps, there is a way to do it without reboot but I am not sure how. BTW, this seems to be related to the kernel as I was able to bring the interface up using Knoppix 3.3 (it's either 2.2 or 2.4) but with Knoppix 3.8 (kernel 2.6) I was unable to establish the connection. I hope this helps.

Thank you very much!

You're my god! Finally able to use Mdk 10 Official with my DecChip! I'd give you a medal if possible! Keep up the good work