insmod 8139too in RH linux 9.0 gives errors
 

I have redhat 9.0 installed on two linux machines, insmod 8139too on either does not work. it gives the following errors :

Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o
/lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o: unresolved symbol mii_link_ok_R59a901a8
/lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o: unresolved symbol mii_ethtool_sset_R7218f2da
/lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o: unresolved symbol generic_mii_ioctl_R6bf3e1d6
/lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o: unresolved symbol mii_nway_restart_R9d2585b5
/lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o: unresolved symbol mii_ethtool_gset_R111992a1

the realtek ethernet card is not detected, i.e ifconfig does not show eth0 as up, ifconfig eth0 up says, "no such device ".


How do I fix this, I have seen certan posts with these problems in 7.2 and 8.0 but havent seen any fixes posts.

TIA
Amit

hi gooner, welcome to lq. try a modprobe instead, the 8139too module needs the mii module as well. modprobe should handle that dependancy.
good luck.

On RH 9.0 what version of the kernel are you running? You might want to visit RH and pick up the most current version of the kernel, I beleive it is 2.4.20-30.9. Just by updating to the current kernel, your problem may go away all on it's own....

modprobe 8139too
 

Hi PEACEDOG,

I tried mopdobe 8139too, this time I didnt get errors related to mii module, but my ethernet card is still not detected,it says
__init_module : no such device ...

why does it say so since a realtek card is plugged into the pci slot in my PC's motherboard. Though I have not connected it to the LAN yet, i.e the LAN cable is not plugged into the realtek card. Does this make a difference ? or what else might be the problem .

TIA
Amit

nop it is not necessary to plug net cable. what does "lspci" show about your NIC?
maybe there is a conflict between your NIC and another device. have u tried to move your NIC to another pci slot?

lspci doesnt show me any ethernet controller
 

Hi,

I tried lspci but that doesnt show me the ehternet controller(i.e my card is not detected ?), I have two pci slots, I tried moving my card to the other vacant one, but still no success.
One interesting thing is that when my kernel 2.4.20-8 boots, it shows ...
Bringing up loopback interface.............. [ok]
Bringing up eth0 ...................... [ok]

So if my card is not detected at any time is this kernel boot message incorrect ?

but after it boots ifconfig just shows lo as up, rather ifconfig -a also just shows lo, so the device eth0 is never detected after booting ... and as the system goes down on shutdown it shows ...

bringing down loobpack interface ..... [ok]

doesnt try bringing down eth0 while shutdown.


Help!

this is my lspci output:
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. Ethernet 100/10 MBit (rev 31)
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

if lspci doesnt show any ethernet device . it means there s a trouble with your NIC. maybe NIC doesnt work. maybe it is not pluged into pci slot well.

Redhat 9 should detect that card automatically with Kudzu (or whatever it is called). I have the same card and you just plug it in and then do #redhat-config-network (its been a while, I think that is the command)

What happens when you do
# ifconfig -a | more

Can you see eth0?

What about if you enter the command:

#cat grep /proc/pci

Can you see you ethernet device then?

Have you got onboard LAN as well as a pci card? If so try turning off the onboard LAN, seems to help sometimes, especially with redhat??

just another thought. Are you sure you should be using 8139too and not 8139cp ? Maybe try:

#modprobe 8139cp