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Marcus Wanner wrote: |
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> On 10/28/2009 5:39 PM, Dale wrote: |
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>> Marcus Wanner wrote: |
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>>> On 10/28/2009 04:01 AM, Dale wrote: |
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>>>> Mick wrote: |
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>>>>> To read your PCI connected devices you need: |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> lspci -v |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> HTH. |
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>>>>> |
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>>>> That is the key command in my opinion. That will tell you what driver |
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>>>> it is using for what device. If it works while booted on the Live CD, |
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>>>> then that driver is most likely what you need. Take the name of the |
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>>>> driver, then search for it in menuconfig. You hit the "/" key to |
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>>>> search. Its like the ? key without hitting shift. It should show you |
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>>>> exactly where the driver is located so you can go enable it. Then you |
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>>>> just recompile the kernel and copy it to /boot. |
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>>>> This is what the output should look like: |
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>>>> 01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. Ethernet |
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>>>> 100/10 |
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>>>> MBit (rev 31) |
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>>>> Subsystem: ARCHTEK TELECOM Corp Device 0008 |
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>>>> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16 |
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>>>> I/O ports at 9800 [size=256] |
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>>>> Memory at df002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] |
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>>>> [virtual] Expansion ROM at 88100000 [disabled] [size=256K] |
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>>>> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 1 |
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>>>> Kernel driver in use: dmfe |
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>>>> The last line is the key. If I were searching for that driver, I |
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>>>> would |
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>>>> search for dmfe and enable it as built in or a module. |
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>>>> If that command doesn't show the driver, then you may need to start |
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>>>> with |
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>>>> some of the other commands to see what you can test to get it working. |
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>>>> |
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>>>> Dale |
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>>>> :-) :-) |
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>>> I booted up the livecd and ran lspci -v, it worked great. I got |
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>>> similar output to that above, and found out that I am using a "3Com |
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>>> Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)" and that "Kernel driver |
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>>> in use: 3c59x". Great! Only problem was that when I went to look for |
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>>> that driver in menuconfig, all I found were two other drivers for |
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>>> similar cards (one of which had "[Typhoon]" in the name). |
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>>> However, I enabled those drivers, recompiled, rebooted, and everything |
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>>> works great. Thanks for all your help. |
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>>> |
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>>> By the way, I have never had such great technical support before. I am |
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>>> really amazed that within 12 hours, I had about 3 different ways of |
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>>> fixing this, and was able to have it up and running within 45 minutes |
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>>> of checking my email this morning. Wonderful! |
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>>> |
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>>> Marcus |
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>>> |
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>>> |
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>> Now I'm confused. I did a search here as well and it returned nothing |
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>> matching that driver. This is a first for me. Has anyone else ever |
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>> searched for a driver when you have the exact name and not get a match |
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>> when the driver is actually there? I did a manual search and the driver |
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>> is there. |
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>> Glad you got the network working tho. |
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>> Dale |
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>> :-) :-) |
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> Yeah, I guess it's because you have to download that particular driver |
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> separately? |
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> Marcus |
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It's in the kernel tho. This appears to be the one: |
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3c590/3c900 series (592/595/597) "Vortex/Boomerang" support |
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The help screen lists your card. Just weird to me. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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