Do you have an eth0 alias in /etc/modules.conf

yes I have alias eth0 3c2000

I got this from the Libranet folks, and it worked with their distribution.

Installing the 3Com 3c2000/3c940 driver
Installation notes
This procedure requires you to have first compiled and rebooted on a new kernel.
Use adminmenu to compile a kernel with the default Libranet configuration, reboot on the new kernel, and begin this procedure.

Driver installation
Download 3c2000.tar.gz and transfer it to /tmp.

Run the following commands as root:

cd /tmp
tar xzf 3c2000.tar.gz
cd 3c2000
make
make install
Load the driver with the following command:

modprobe 3c2000
To have the driver load at startup edit the file /etc/modules and add the following line:

3c2000

I don't know if this will help with another distribution, but it ran fine on Libranet's Debian based product... Now the sound on the board (P4P800 Dlx) is another matter!

I tried this and it didn't seem to work on Fedora amd my p4r800 MB.

I had the same problem with Mandrake 9.2 and the ASUS P4P800 (using the 3c2000 aka 3c940). I used the sk98lin as it was the only one I could get to work, but the system would freeze after a while.

Thankfully, I am now using Mandrake 10.0 rc1 and it recognised it as "Intel Corp.|82865G [Springdale-G] Chipset Host Bridge" straight away. Now everything is fine and dandy!

I can't find the kernel version linux-{xxxx}.ntplsmp in the usr/src directory. There is a version linux-{xxxx}.ntpl in usr/src.
When I unload the module for 3c2000 it installs the driver in the lib/modules/kernel/linux-{xxxx}.ntpls/driver/net directory instead of the ntplsmp path.

I tried locating the Linux smp kernel and thought it was in the root directory but I'm not sure. I tried linking by editing the makefile for 3c2000 and changing the include line but I'm not sure where to point it to?
Can anyone help??

I got the same problem. Asus P4C800 Deluxe over here / RH9 2.4.20-smp.
Driver will not compile without tons of lib packages installed, so if you get 999 errors I suggest you install some more libs.

I did that, the driver compiled, but then my kernel wouldn't read vfat fs anymore and X wouldn't start.

Since I don't understand what kind of stuff I need to go through to fix all the not working stuff I just reïnstalled Linux and now I got other problems I don't understand. When that is fixed, I'll try to get google to work :P

I know MS ain't all that, but RH Linux 9 spawns more strange failures then XP. I'd like to get it working tho.

Got it back working. There's a 'new' (as in the last version mentioned in the thread was 0.44) version of the 3com driver provided by Asus, 0.46. I don't know if it fixes the problem. I tried to install it as specified in the package readme, but it made my kernel lose the vfat fs support and Xwindow video support.

I'll try some more later.

Hi All,
i got the 3c2000 T working under linux with the sk98lin driver.

I wanted to build a monolithic kernel and could not find out how to include a forgein driver in there (and after lots of
reading, i know it is complicated)

I was looking trough all your posts and decided to try the easy thing first:
i downloaded the latest driver http://www.syskonnect.com/syskonnect...l-7_09.tar.bz2
also i got the 2.4.28 kernel sources at kernel.org
The install.sh script is able to patch the lin98 driver in the downloaded sources -- (big kudos to the syskonnect people !!!)
And that is what i did - i let install.sh make a patch file, patch the kernel sources (don't worry, after install.sh it will tell you what to do!
Booted into the new kernel, and withou hesitation, the 3c2000 shows up.

hope you are as lucky as i am, i had a spare modular kernel in case it would go wrong, but i can sent that to bit-nirvana.

Vince


Again, the Syskonnect people did a great job!