D-Link DFE-530-TX NIC install probs.
I hope that this is the right list for a question like this. Please
forgive the newbie if not.
I'm having problems getting my D-Link DFE-530-TX network card to work with
Debian. I've seen a few posts on this subject on various mailing list
archives (including this one) so am pretty sure my card need the
via-rhine.o module, but during troubleshooting I've also tried the
rtl8319.o and tulip.o modules.
When installing the same card in Windows 98 (the same computer dual boots
using LILO) I found that the driver downloaded from the US D-Link site
(www.dlink.com) wouldn't work - I had to download a driver from the UK
site, www.dlink.co.uk instead. This made me wonder if my card is a
different regional version or something. The UK site also allowed me to
download a driver but it turned out to be source code and I'm still a bit
new and I don't think I've got the right packages installed to compile them.
Here's all the information I got when troubleshooting.
the command modprobe via-rhine gives something like
/lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/net/via-rhine.o : Init_module : device or resource
busy Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
/lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/net/via-rhine.o : insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/net/via-rhine.o failed
the command lspci -v gave (first couple of lines)
00:0d.0 Ethernet controller : VIA Technologies, iNc. : Unknown device 3065
(rev 42)
Subsystem : D-Link System Inc : Unknown device 1400.
Does anyone know what I should try next?
regards
Julian Church
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