Hi.

I am trying to get the network card to work on a HP e-pc 40 with linux.

Intel Pro/100 VE card (onboard)
Intel i815 chipset
Is using eepro100 module
Mandrake 10.1


I have had it working once when i did an installed. I have no idea why or what i did. The when i changed something or install some software it stopped working. Now all i get if i try to ping is destination unreachable.
It works fine under windows xp/server 2003

cat /proc/pci shows network card listed, with irq 5

Also using the irq is onboard sound & ide controller - maybe this is part of problem.

I have also download latest driver from intel (e100), compiled it, used modprobe to load it... and it made no difference.

There isnt any errors when linux boots etc.

How can i get rid of everything else that is being loaded and maybe using the same irq - maybe there is a conflict.

How can i manually force the driver to use irq's i want. I have tried using ether= in lilo.conf, and options in module.conf - but maybe i havent done it properly.. I have noticed that windows xp assigns irq 20 to card.

Hi davonz,

I encountered the same problem as you. Today, I managed to install Debian (Sarge) on my HP e-pc 40 with a working NIC. I think, the problem is the apic stuff with that machine. So I disabled the apic at boot time with 'noapic, nolapic' and it works for me.

Btw. On my Debian system, the EtherExpress PRO/100 VE uses the e100 module.


Hope this helps

binary regards

Kurt

Hi Kurt,

Thanks for the help, just added the noapic and nolapic to the append line in lilo.conf and everything works fine now...

Thanks alot
Davo