From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N3IN8-0000Z7-OM for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:56:11 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AD3E5E085B; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:56:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eastrmmtao103.cox.net (eastrmmtao103.cox.net [68.230.240.9]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86705E085B for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:56:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eastrmimpo03.cox.net ([68.1.16.126]) by eastrmmtao103.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.00.01.00 201-2244-105-20090324) with ESMTP id <20091028235608.IDDZ913.eastrmmtao103.cox.net@eastrmimpo03.cox.net> for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:56:08 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.101] ([24.252.133.128]) by eastrmimpo03.cox.net with bizsmtp id yPw81c00Z2mNiMC02Pw9MC; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:56:09 -0400 X-VR-Score: -100.00 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=rF5s2ZGxEKQA:10 a=sP0Thg2AkFCa-41zye8A:9 a=yOr7Ebkw86QeTe2X4qn57n5g0WAA:4 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Message-ID: <4AE8DA18.4080109@cox.net> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:56:08 -0400 From: Marcus Wanner User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Ethernet card not working, tried tulip drivers... [resolved] References: <4AE782F7.9010409@cox.net> <200910280741.15269.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <4AE7FA4F.5090906@gmail.com> <4AE863B5.2000603@cox.net> <4AE8B9F4.6000205@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4AE8B9F4.6000205@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: b3a35dab-40d4-4b56-81be-f430deda8282 X-Archives-Hash: 4016f180bb8c85be3ad8d3918b6b06c4 On 10/28/2009 5:39 PM, Dale wrote: > Marcus Wanner wrote: > >> On 10/28/2009 04:01 AM, Dale wrote: >> >>> Mick wrote: >>> >>> >>>> To read your PCI connected devices you need: >>>> >>>> lspci -v >>>> >>>> HTH. >>>> >>>> >>> That is the key command in my opinion. That will tell you what driver >>> it is using for what device. If it works while booted on the Live CD, >>> then that driver is most likely what you need. Take the name of the >>> driver, then search for it in menuconfig. You hit the "/" key to >>> search. Its like the ? key without hitting shift. It should show you >>> exactly where the driver is located so you can go enable it. Then you >>> just recompile the kernel and copy it to /boot. >>> >>> This is what the output should look like: >>> >>> 01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. Ethernet 100/10 >>> MBit (rev 31) >>> Subsystem: ARCHTEK TELECOM Corp Device 0008 >>> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16 >>> I/O ports at 9800 [size=256] >>> Memory at df002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] >>> [virtual] Expansion ROM at 88100000 [disabled] [size=256K] >>> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 1 >>> Kernel driver in use: dmfe >>> >>> >>> The last line is the key. If I were searching for that driver, I would >>> search for dmfe and enable it as built in or a module. >>> >>> If that command doesn't show the driver, then you may need to start with >>> some of the other commands to see what you can test to get it working. >>> >>> Dale >>> >>> :-) :-) >>> >> I booted up the livecd and ran lspci -v, it worked great. I got >> similar output to that above, and found out that I am using a "3Com >> Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)" and that "Kernel driver >> in use: 3c59x". Great! Only problem was that when I went to look for >> that driver in menuconfig, all I found were two other drivers for >> similar cards (one of which had "[Typhoon]" in the name). >> >> However, I enabled those drivers, recompiled, rebooted, and everything >> works great. Thanks for all your help. >> >> By the way, I have never had such great technical support before. I am >> really amazed that within 12 hours, I had about 3 different ways of >> fixing this, and was able to have it up and running within 45 minutes >> of checking my email this morning. Wonderful! >> >> Marcus >> >> >> > > Now I'm confused. I did a search here as well and it returned nothing > matching that driver. This is a first for me. Has anyone else ever > searched for a driver when you have the exact name and not get a match > when the driver is actually there? I did a manual search and the driver > is there. > > Glad you got the network working tho. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > Yeah, I guess it's because you have to download that particular driver separately? Marcus