From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E2Ns5-0000iB-7D for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2005 06:45:57 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j796icom006486; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 06:44:38 GMT Received: from mail.t-systems.cz (mail.t-systems.cz [212.67.76.249]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j796fAZd004984 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 06:41:10 GMT Received: from mefisto.t-systems.cz (faust.t-systems.cz [10.246.110.12]) by mail.t-systems.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E1AF8A484 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 08:41:31 +0200 (CEST) Received: from andre.t-systems.cz ([10.246.112.240]) by mefisto.t-systems.cz with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Tue, 9 Aug 2005 08:41:31 +0200 Received: andre.t-systems.cz 10.246.112.240 from 10.246.112.176 10.246.112.176 via HTTP with MS-WebStorage 6.5.6944 Received: from frankies by andre.t-systems.cz; 09 Aug 2005 08:41:33 +0200 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Acer TM2313 NIC problems From: Frank Schafer To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <42F75C07.1060904@asmallpond.org> References: <1123485124.6085.23.camel@localhost.localdomain> <42F75C07.1060904@asmallpond.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 08:41:32 +0200 Message-Id: <1123569693.6323.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.1.1 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Aug 2005 06:41:31.0318 (UTC) FILETIME=[608EE560:01C59CAD] X-T-Systems_Czech-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-T-Systems_Czech-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), SpamAssassin (score=-5.493, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -3.30, AWL 0.41, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-MailScanner-From: frank.schafer@t-systems.cz X-Archives-Salt: c4126c67-2e4f-4680-9d63-fef3678c3ea5 X-Archives-Hash: 86085db3fc0c29ff876b8a78d148e977 On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 06:20 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: > Frank Schafer wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >I've bought a new Acer TravelMate 2313. I've tried to install this > >weekend. > >Everything seemed to go fine but I don't have a network connection. > > > >The NIC is a SiS 900 PCI fast ethernet adapter. Looking at ``dmesg'' > >there everything looks O.K. I see the driver loading, finding the card > >and bringing the link up. > > > >The lights on the NIC are both (continous) lighting. If I do an > >``ifconfig eth0 down'' followed by an ``ifconfig eth0 up`` the lights > >turn both off for about one second and then both on again. > > > > > > Did you assign an address when you did "ifconfig eth0 up"? Or does your > network use DHCP, and if so, did you run dhcpcd/dhclient to get an address? > > The output of "ifconfig -a", "route -n", and "cat /etc/conf.d/net" might > give us some more clues. > > -Richard > Thanks Richard, I've configured eth0 using net-setup (wired network, fixed address). At the moment I can't send any output of anything. The comp now for about one week belongs to an authorized service partner of Acer. There are messages apout resetting the PCI bus and about a failing and resetting hda in the syslog. These messages convinced me to give it away for a while. Regards Frank -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list