Can't get LAN to be detected on any of my Intel motherboards (RH9.0)
 

Hello

I just can't seem to find info on this anywhere on this forum by searching, nor through Google. Maybe I am not looking hard enough, please forgive me.

I've built two RH9.0 systems using Intel 915GEV boards and am building three RH9.0 systems using the D945Gtp mother boards. Unfortunately, I just can't seem to get the on-board LAN to be detected. In the past (for the two GEV systems), I got around this by installing separate ethernet cards and not using the on-board LAN. But now I have the three that I'm building with the D945GTP boards that present the same problem. That is, ethernet is not detected at RH install time (which is what usually happens if I have a working LAN card). Moreover, I can't seem to identify the right drivers to install even after the OS install. The Intel support website doesn't help, I'm afraid, since it only has driver downloads for RH Enterprise Linux.

Yet I'm sure this must be a common problem. Aren't there folks out there who've build RH9 servers using Intel motherboards? Can someone help please? I need to build several more systems for my server farm and would rather not go and buy lots of ethernet cards.

Much appreciated. Thanks.

avenk

Chack this thread, I had problems with LAN on my Intel Motherboard:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=391668

Still no luck (LAN on Intel D945GTP)
 

Pddm, I followed the thread you pointed me at and tried all of the modprobes. Unfortunately, this is what I get:

[root@zeta-003 grub]# /sbin/modprobe e100
/lib/modules/2.4.20-6smp/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.20-6smp/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-6smp/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.20-6smp/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o: insmod e100 failed
[root@zeta-003 grub]# /sbin/modprobe eepro
/lib/modules/2.4.20-6smp/kernel/drivers/net/eepro.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.20-6smp/kernel/drivers/net/eepro.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-6smp/kernel/drivers/net/eepro.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.20-6smp/kernel/drivers/net/eepro.o: insmod eepro failed
[root@zeta-003 grub]# /sbin/modprobe eepro100
/lib/modules/2.4.20-6smp/kernel/drivers/net/eepro100.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.20-6smp/kernel/drivers/net/eepro100.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-6smp/kernel/drivers/net/eepro100.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.20-6smp/kernel/drivers/net/eepro100.o: insmod eepro100 failed

Dmesg shows:
eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker http://www.scyld.com/network/eepro100.html
eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.36 $ 2000/11/17 Modified by Andrey V. Savochkin <saw@saw.sw.com.sg> and others
eepro_init_module: Probe is very dangerous in ISA boards!
eepro_init_module: Please add "autodetect=1" to force probe
eepro_init_module: Probe is very dangerous in ISA boards!
eepro_init_module: Please add "autodetect=1" to force probe
eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker http://www.scyld.com/network/eepro100.html
eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.36 $ 2000/11/17 Modified by Andrey V. Savochkin <saw@saw.sw.com.sg> and others

and lspci -v shows:

...
06:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27dc (rev 01)
Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 308d
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
Memory at 50004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at 1100 [size=64]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
...

I went out and got some cheap US Robotics ethernet cards, for 7.99 apiece from Fry's because I was stuck for time and these worked like a charm. Practically plug and play. Still I would have liked to have the native solution going! I'm sure there's a fix somewhere.

If there is a simple fix, I have the same question an earlier poster asked. Why aren't these posted on the Intel support website?

Thanks.

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