Re: DEC 21140 ethernet card ifconfig failure: "SIOCSIFFLAGS: Try again"
>
> I'm installing Debian (1.2) for the first time. The base install didn't
> seem to have any problems, but my ethernet card isn't being configured
> properly after the system comes up. The card works in this machine
> under Freebsd and Windows 95.
>
> The card is an SMC 9332, it's a PCI card based on the DEC 21140 chip. I
> put "tulip" in /etc/modules. When the module is loaded it displays
>
> tulip.c:v0.10 8/11/95 becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov
> +0.72 4/17/96 http://www.dsl.tutics.tut.ac.jp/~linux/tulip
> +0.01 10/24/96 mjacob@feral.com (2.1.7)
> eth0: smc9332 (DEC 21140 Tulip) at 0xfc80, 00:00:c0:bb:08:bf, IRQ 9
>
> but there's an error from ifconfig when /etc/init.d/network runs. When
> I run it by hand as root it looks like this:
>
> + ifconfig eth0 38.233.80.66 netmask 255.255.255.240 broadcast 38.233.80.79
> SIOCSIFFLAGS: Try again
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> --
> Roderick Schertler
> roderick@argon.org
I use that card as well.
You should go to <http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/tulip.html> and
get the latest driver. It version 0.66 or something now. I myself use
version 0.55 quite successfully, so I haven't bothered to upgrade.
The page also have links to two tulip mailing lists.
Hopefully helpful,
MartinS
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