problem with ethernet card

bpmovva · 11-29-2001, 10:06 PM

redhat 7.2 is not detecting my ethernet card.

/sbin/ifconfig shows only the loopback and no eth0.

will reinstalling linux solve my problem ?

i am a newbie....... so i request the linux guru's out there to plz help me out asap.

mcleodnine · 11-29-2001, 10:32 PM

post some info about your ethernet card (manufacturer, model no.) ASAP.

bpmovva · 11-29-2001, 10:39 PM

windows 98 recognises my ethernet card as

Hp EN1207D-TX PCI 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter

mcleodnine · 11-29-2001, 10:48 PM

Try 'modprobe tulip alias eth0' or 'modprobe rtl8139 alias eth0' and see what you get.

bpmovva · 11-29-2001, 11:07 PM

modprobe tulip alias eth0 gave the following output

/lib/modules/2.4.7-10/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/tulip.o: init_module: no such device

/lib/modules/2.4.7-10/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/tulip.o: insmod/lib/modules/2.4.7-10/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/tulip.o failed

whereas the second command
modprobe rtl8139 alias eth0 just executed without any output. i checked ifconfig to see if linux detected the ethernet card but it didnt.

mcleodnine · 11-29-2001, 11:14 PM

If tulip worked - that's good as modprobe usually only reports bad news. Try 'ifup'or whatever script Red Hat uses to get the network started.

bpmovva · 11-29-2001, 11:29 PM

ifup eth0 gave the following output

/sbin/ifup: configuration for eth0 not found

Aussie · 12-03-2001, 08:19 AM

According to this redhat page your card is supported, there should be links there to the info you need to get it working.

bpmovva · 12-03-2001, 05:48 PM

I managed to get it to work but thankx anyway for the info aussie.

pqs0103 · 01-23-2002, 04:31 PM

Can you tell me how? I got the same problem, redhat doesn't recognize my Hp EN1207D-TX PCI 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter. Thanks

finegan · 01-23-2002, 06:05 PM

modprobe rtl8139 alias eth0
ifconfig eth0 up
netconfig (or is it netconf... its been a while since I used RH)
Follow the steps in netconfig.

This should then come up like this every boot... hopefully.

Cheers,

Finegan

bpmovva · 01-23-2002, 08:40 PM

try the following pqs0103.... it worked for me

insmod 8139too
ifconfig eth0 <ip address> netmask <mask> up

pqs0103 · 01-31-2002, 07:06 PM

Thanks for the reply, Finegan and Bmpovva.

Modprobe does not find rtl8139 module.

And unfortunately 8139too module does not work for me. Redhat says device cannot be initialized.
I also tried to compile the rtl8139.c myslef. But I got unresolved symbol(such as kmalloc) when "insmod pci-scan.o rtl8139.o"

Any idea what's to do next. I am using Redhat 2.4.7-10 release.