I am having a hard time getting a network card to configure and work properly. I am using RedHat Linux 6.2 and need to install a 10/100 ethernet card. I have tried to set up a Linksys LNE100TX card and it just will not configure properly. This card uses tulip.o driver module. I have followed the instructions in the readme file to compile and try to get it installed. But when I use the command 'insmod tulip.o', I receive the following messages:

unresolved symbol init_etherdev_R4468631d
unresolved symbol eth_type_trans_R6e012c3d
unresolved symbol pci_drv_unregister
unresolved symbol __kfree_skb_R461d1b3d
unresolved symbol netif_rx_R82bc91e7
unresolved symbol dev_close_R2b99a8df
unresolved symbol skb_over_panic_RB602a3db
unresolved symbol eth_copy_and_sum_R52fec224
unresolved symbol allot_skb_Rd4215602
unresolved symbol pci_drv_register
unresolved symbol usregister_netdev_R27198b1f

Is there anyone that knows about this card and what might be causing these errors during the install operation. When I boot the machine and it attempt to set up eth0 or if I attempt to initialize the eth0 adapter with the "ifup eth0" command, it returns the message "Delaying eth0 initialization". I have checked this card in a Windows 95 machine and it configures and operates ok. Being new with this operating system, I could sure use some help with this problem. Any ideas???

quite frankly, it may be that that driver module isn't working right with that nic, i would suggest getting 7.1, it has a lot more drivers and better compatibility with some nics

I would like to upgrade to 7.1 but the application programs that I will be using this for were written for RH 6.2 and I don't think that I have enough knowledge yet to attempt the upgrade. I need to get it working with this OS first and then maybe try the upgrade. This machine will be dedicated strictly for this one application and don't know what problems I would run into by upgrading.

I have heard that the realtek chipset seems to work better with Linux so I think I will try a NIC card using it. Any opinions there?

Unresolved symbols are usually the result of a bad compile. Why did you have to compile the tulip module? If I recall, the kernel that shipped with RD 6.2 (kernel v2.2.14-5.0) had built-in support for the tulip module. You should have been able to fire up netconf, go to Client tasks-->Host name and IP network devices-->Adaptor 1, choose eth0 as the net device, and chose the tulip module from the drop-down list.

Actually the kernel has been upgraded to 2.2.17-14 which may be causing my problem. Since I may have messed up some of the modules with trying to update the drivers, I reloaded the code so I would have a cleaner system. But I still can't get it to configure the Linksys card correctly. Here is some of the things that I have done to check out the card.

I think the problem that we are having is that the system does not know what to do with this Linksys card so it can't get it started. I have checked what the system sees by using the following commands . I included the results to show what I see and maybe someone can suggest something to help.

The command cat /proc/pci returns the message:
Bus 0, device 11, function 0:
Ethernet controller: Unknown vender Unknown device (rev. 17)
Vender id =1317. Device id= 985
Medium devsel. Fast back to back capable. IRQ=11 Master
Capable. Latency=208. Min Gnt=255. Max Lat=255
I/O at 0x1000 (0x1001)

The command lspci returns the following: 00:0d:00 Ethernet Controller Bridgecom, Inc: Unknown device 0985 (rev 11)

I had someone suggested that I edit linuxconf to set "0x1000 for the base address and the IRQ at 11" and then at the root prompt do "/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart". When it tried to bring up interface eth0 it said "Delaying eth0 initialization" [Failed] Also when it tried ifup eth0, it said "Delaying eth0 initialization" and
when I tried ifconfig eth0 it said: eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found.

If any one has any suggestions that can help, let me know.

do this

[david@echo /lib]$ ls -l /usr/src
total 12
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Oct 19 23:59 linux -> linux-2.4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Oct 19 23:48 linux-2.4 -> linux-2.4.9-6
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Oct 9 22:06 linux-2.4.2
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 Oct 19 23:48 linux-2.4.9-6
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Oct 9 14:36 redhat



ok


look for lrwxrwxrwx the l means link

if you dont have a link named linux pointing to your kernel make one

mine puts a link named linux-2.4 linked to linux-2.4.9-6

I added the link named linux linked to the link named linux-2.4

ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.4 /usr/src/linux


do this and try rebuilding the driver

I have three LN100TX cards in my system

I did not have to do all this in 7.1

but I had to compile the tulip driver in 6.1


the link think is something I ran into with another driver I was trying to install.

If you have a link named linux disregard.


But remember to do this for later versions.
---------------------------------------------------------


be sure to copy to the right kernel folder

cp tulip.o /lib/modules/2.4.9-6enterprise/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/tulip.o

replace the old file.

if you use more than one copy it to all of them, the old tulip.o file would not work for me in 6.1

[david@ccxxxxxx-a david]$ slocate tulip.o
/lib/modules/2.4.2-2enterprise/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/tulip.o
/lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/tulip.o
/lib/modules/2.4.3-12/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/tulip.o
/lib/modules/2.4.3-12enterprise/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/tulip.o
/lib/modules/2.4.9-6/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/tulip.o
/lib/modules/2.4.9-6enterprise/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/tulip.o


dont forget modules.conf

[david@ccxxxxx-a david]$ cat /etc/modules.conf
alias eth0 tulip
alias eth1 tulip
alias eth2 tulip


insmod tulip

depmod -a

Maybe we are getting close to the answer. When I do the command:

ls -l /usr/src I get back the following:
total 8
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Oct 20 09:35 linux -> linux-2.2.14
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Oct 20 09:35 linux-2.2.14
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Oct 20 09:35 redhat

when I do the command slocate tulip.o it returns the following:

/lib/modules/2.2.17-14/net/old_tulip.o
/lib/modules/2.2.17-14/net/tulip.o

What do I need to do to get it to point it toward the kernel
2.2.17-14 so that it finds the tulip driver.

I have been told the the tulip.o driver is the very latest so maybe I don't need to compile the new one.

One other question though, on the driver diskette, it says that I need a driver called pci-scan.o but I can't find it on this kernel that I have. Do I really need it???