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 1N3IaK-0001t5-Lo for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:09:48 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D7C70E07AD; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:09:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f174.google.com (mail-yx0-f174.google.com [209.85.210.174]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9B59E07AD for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:09:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe4 with SMTP id 4so1203772yxe.32 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:09:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=3FLAxVjdAynPHL3cDDt9ST3zNvWyssZNmmsGe30PmtA=; b=APSVSas325+vHRRnwX7TKEeFDD0j37RQixYh53SPUp4DUe2WH5JHe94kGwrltdgXyX wAK7HVNuzwLOvaLfdcfEGP8Pj5UXTwzgsE8Y/UrBbVzJPStO/TAaUnHE5l8AHRgptR4x H4tyqPiGPWI2y+9ALishWG4yG50cByfC/n//E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Zue3mVAC9RHKhoyPJ7cvk2PZJNl5IJyZ+jBrDvxGjhmCqGBKoQ6hueRJ6FgE+2gnUC IGyAUyFmUHhkZMRDiUvOmTiY5/dh3PqlBwpubzAiNtl/TGssx6+KyldsOllQbEvzkLOB o+NfdQkO0yTvdTs7tvNm7pY2KTqO/Md1gfTwQ= Received: by 10.151.1.37 with SMTP id d37mr2860425ybi.16.1256774986503; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:09:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.1? (adsl-0-95-111.jan.bellsouth.net [65.0.95.111]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 13sm211679gxk.13.2009.10.28.17.09.44 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:09:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4AE8DD46.2050407@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:09:42 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.23) Gecko/20091007 SeaMonkey/1.1.18 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> <4AE8DA18.4080109@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <4AE8DA18.4080109@cox.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 7b10825d-6af1-44ed-b279-381715832bc3 X-Archives-Hash: 63e91fc4150ee4fe94a37ce3780c775f Marcus Wanner wrote: > 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 > > It's in the kernel tho. This appears to be the one: 3c590/3c900 series (592/595/597) "Vortex/Boomerang" support The help screen lists your card. Just weird to me. Dale :-) :-)