hi

thanks to all your guys help, my list of issues are widdling down. i an having a problem with my nic now.

before recompiling my kernel i was using dhcp to connect to a network, now i am not getting a ip address. i have the drivers for 3c509/3c529 "EtherLink III"

i cant find the "tornado" drivers on the list. I have a 3c905c [tornado] according to lspci -v. have this module been taken out. it is integrated into an i810e mobo (dell gx150) what is my alternative?

thanks

Just compile support for 3com cards. I have just the 3c509 (boomerang) card myself and added the support for it just under 3com cards. Then I simply loaded the 3c95x module which works flawlessly with it.

hi, i have tried enabling support for *ALL* 3com cards (at the same time) and i still can not get my 3com 905c card to get an ip address if i do ifconfig all i see is the lo (loopback) info. what am i doing wrong.

if i do lspci -v the second line of the card reads: "Subsystem: Dell Computer Systems: Unknown device 00be" does that mean there is a problem with the drivers. also when i do lsmod, i do not see my nic drivers listed, even though i have compiled as a module.

thank you.

Have you tried to load the module?

/sbin/modprobe 3c59x

If it loads, then try to set-up your networking again. If that works, then just uncomment the line from /etc/rc.d/rc.modules (/sbin/modprobe 3c59x), or if it's not there, just add it. This way the module will load at boot.

i have that exact same card, and i got it because i've heard its one of the most common cards around, and was sure to have an easy install in linux. sure enough it was. just compile the kernel with it as a module and just modprobe it in. you may need to add it to your /etc/rc.d/rc.modules to make it load every time your computer boots up. i was using kernel 2.4.22 though...hope any of this helps.

*edit* wow didn't see the post above mine saying the exact same stuff i said =) hope it works anyway!

Sorry for the untimly delay on responding to the post. I do have my card up and running now! I think it was mostly my lack of understanding how to compile the kernel. Thanks to all of your guys help. I really apreaciate it.

Only think left to tackle is sound.

thanks again. linux is happily on the net again.

gm

I've been having that same problem and it's driving me crazy! gman, will you please post your solution? Thanks --Dane

This isn't all that hard....

cd /usr/src/linux
make menuconfig

Network device support --->
Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) ---> [*] 3COM cards
< > 3c501 "EtherLink" support (NEW)
< > 3c503 "EtherLink II" support (NEW)
< > 3c505 "EtherLink Plus" support (NEW)
< > 3c507 "EtherLink 16" support (EXPERIMENTAL) (NEW)
< > 3c509/3c529 (MCA)/3c579 "EtherLink III" support (NEW)
< > 3c515 ISA "Fast EtherLink" (NEW)
<*> 3c590/3c900 series (592/595/597) "Vortex/Boomerang" support (NEW)
< > 3cr990 series "Typhoon" support (NEW)


Then hit the space bar on your type of card. You need to have an asterik on both "3COM cards" and your specific card model.... Make sure it has a "*" instead of a "M"... Then you wont have to worry about a module not loading... It will just work period... keep backing out until it asks you to save your configuration. Say yes.

You have a tornado running on Drake... Just saw your other post. I've used that same card for a while. It works flawlessly in Linux. Clear ALL of the 3COM heading and then make it look just like it is above. Get rid of any modifications you've done in modules.conf and elsewhere... Recompile your kernel and it will be permanetly built in....

Thank-you very much for your quick reply! I'll take a crack at it the way you said and let you know if it works. --Dane

DaneM, i see you are using Mandrake 10, you shouldn't have to recompile anything. This "might" work and i would try this first before doing a recompile :

root#> modprobe 3c59x

Try that first and see what happens. Mandrake usually has all of the modules compiled already and will automatically "modprobe" the modules needed at boot (probably didn't detect your NIC card - happens to me a lot too). See what happens.

well, he keeps getting a 3c5 module loading on him... I don't know if Mandrake has module unloading or not. I would assume so... Could try a rmmod <whatever-wrong-mod-keeps-getting-loaded> and then do a insmod or modprobe... It's best to recompile your kernel anyway. Why have modules for literally 50 different NIC's when you just need one? Thats the first thing I do is spend ALOT of time and slash the hell out of all those defaults.... You just don't need em. Whatever gets it running I suppose.