LinuxQuestions.org
Help answer threads with 0 replies.
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Hardware
User Name
Password
Linux - Hardware This forum is for Hardware issues.
Having trouble installing a piece of hardware? Want to know if that peripheral is compatible with Linux?

Notices


Reply
  Search this Thread
Old 08-28-2003, 01:58 PM   #1
tshannon92
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: BRONX, NY
Distribution: Mandrake 9.1
Posts: 5

Rep: Reputation: 0
Anyone Have Rtl8100 etho and Optimum?Help me Config.


I have tried sooo many things at this point and I still have many problems but my BIGGEST is having to use WXP to search my problems because L MDK cant config my LAN.

Mdk 9.1
Emachines t1840
40g HD NTFS XP
80/ 40 Linux 40 Fat32
Intel 845G chipset
Imperial Motherboard
Pheonix Bios

1. When booting GRUB choose Lnx All good...while loading it Sticks at:
etho---------------------------------------------------( )
eventually it says (OK) but it takes about 1 minute its the longest part of boot.
2. Not Connected, it sees the rtl8139 (thats the driver thats there) but many attempts at different configs (static and dhcp) wihth IP's and autodetecting, EVERYTHING....BUT
I called Optimum Online and while he said "we do not support linux" he kind of hinted I should be able to get it up so Im sure Im doing something wrong or missing something

Is there anybody outthere with a similar configuration that got theirs up and can help.....................please.....................
 
Old 09-25-2003, 09:09 PM   #2
menis
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Sydney Australia
Distribution: mdk 8.2 9.0 9.1 redhat 8.0 9.0
Posts: 4

Rep: Reputation: 0
Hi there,

I have had exactly the same problem!
I have done a lot of scratching around over the last couple of day to find uptodated source code for the driver 8139too and it seems that there is only source for the 8.2 kernel version 2.4.18-6mdk so if you compile this source it wont install due to kernel issues i ended up using mdk8.2 and it works fine.
the problem is wide spread also from nis, vga and sound cards to motherboards.
it seems alot of people are having the same problem and it seems funny that an older kernel works fine and a new kernel dosen't. mdk9.2 is in beta release so i was going to down load that and give it a try.
 
  


Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
optimum distro jwijesundra Linux - Newbie 2 02-07-2005 05:45 AM
found etho, but no eth1? Help! fa_king Red Hat 3 01-05-2005 05:40 PM
Switching etho and eth1 mrsolo Linux - Networking 3 09-19-2003 06:05 PM
Optimum Online connection tckarthik Linux - Networking 1 07-10-2003 09:30 PM
etho not initializing oke Linux - Newbie 4 12-10-2002 08:08 AM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Hardware

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:23 PM.

Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration