Re: D-Link DFE-530TX+ (again)
Evan Flynn wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I tried the Realtek 8139 driver with no parameters and unfortunetely i got
> the "device busy" error. Please note that I am INSTALLING Debian and
> therefore i can't compile drivers (well maybe) or use kernel 2.4. Well I
> compiled the version that came with the card (they only provided source) on
> a system with RedHat 6.0 on it, didn't appear to work with Debian though.
>
> This is really becoming quite frustrating. Do I just need to enter
> parameters, or is there some way I could compile a driver, or perhaps it is
> a bad BIOS setting? Maybe I'm just a clueless newbie. Anyway, the card
> works fine in Windows ME. Any help at all is appreciated, and I don't want
> to ditch a linux distro over a nic....
>
> Regards,
> Evan Flynn
I can't think of a PCI NIC that needs extra parameters unless you want
to force it to do something "unusual" (i.e. work only in the 10 Mbs
mode, etc). As I said in a previous message, I have 5 of these cards
here all working fine. One thing I have experienced is that they are
EXTREMELY sensitive to the BIOS setting for the type of OS installed. I
will reliably get this message if I have entered that I have a PnP OS.
I would suggest you go into your computer's BIOS settings and make sure
that the "PnP OS" setting is set to either "no", "off", or "other". The
various makes of BIOS have the wording on this different, and you will
probably have to search around for this question, but it "should" be
there in some form. On my AWARD BIOS I have here, the setting is in the
"PCI/PnP" section.
Once you have made the change, try the install again. The "stock"
modules work fine for me. No need to compile anything...
HTH,
-Don Spoon-
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