Re: Realtek RTL 8139C and Linux Kernel 2.4.22.
On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 21:54, devotion wrote:
> Hi.
> I asked help some time ago and got no reply... trying again (sorry if
> that unappropriate).
> I have very recently installed the Debian 3.0r1 Linux cd, using
> default kernel that comes with it, the 2.2.20idepci.
> I am using adsl, whose modem is connected to my only NIC, a Realtek
> 8139C (not C+, i see 8139C on the chip), and the realtek 8139C driver
> (8139too.o) detected 2 network interfaces (eth0 and eth1), both on the
> same IRQ (10).
> When i boot, eth0 is brought up and eth1 stays down.
> When i start pppoeconf, it searches for Access Concentrators on
> "both" the nics, and finds it in the eth1 card.
> pppoeconf saves my setup, and when i boot, eth0 is brought up, and
> eth1 is also brought up. When ppp tries to use eth1, the box resets
> (IRQ conflict?).
> I therefore edited the ppp_on_boot script to bring eth0 down and
> bring eth1 up, and now everything related to internet works fine in my
> 2.2 kernel.
> Problem is, I want to install the 2.4 kernel to support all my other
> hardware. I installed the same driver, but now it only detects 1
> network interface card (which was expected at first). pppoeconf
> detects the concentrator in eth0 (which was also expected) (it does
> not detect it when i unplug the cable, so i assume its communicating
> with the modem), but i am not getting any reply from my ISP's
> authentication server (at 200.165.104.12) nor any DNS servers...
> Does anyone what this is all about?
> I have tried to:
> - download the driver from the realtek site, compile it with the new
> kernel, same result
> - recompile the 2.2 kernel (debian package), but no 8139too.c within it
> - recompile the 2.4 8139too.c with the 2.2 kernel includes, does not
> compile
> None of these attempts succeded.
> Any help is very appreciated, thanks.
> -- Fred
Are you sure it's a driver issue?
What does the output of this command look like?
dmesg |grep -n -B 3 -A 3 eth
Also, what about /etc/network/interfaces , /sbin/ifconfig and
/sbin/route ?
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