From: Neal Hogan <nealhogan@gmail.com>
To: Sandip Sandip <new.debianuser@yahoo.in>
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Sent: Saturday, 15 August, 2009 6:44:26 PM
Subject: Re: installing a realtek 8139 lan card on 2.4.18
> What does you system think of the card (eg, what is the output of
> lspci | grep Realtek of dmesg)? What's the output of
ifconfig -a?
>
>
> lspci shows 00:0b.0 Ethernet Controller: MYSON Technologies Inc: Unknown
> device 0803 (dont know from where has this MYSON come in)
Why do you think you have a realtek card?
Because I have installed it in the slot myself! And before installing it, I had read it to be Realtek. Moreover, the person who gave it to me also confirms that it is a Realtek card.
> What is in /etc/network/interfaces?
>
> /etc/network/interfaces shows:
>
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
What did you do at install when it asked to config your network? lo is
not an interface that will get you out in the virtual world. It's an
internal if. It looks as though you just need to config your card.
I have not done anything other than what I mentioned aboove - added lines to /etc/network/interfaces, etc. But removed these when they did not help.
>
There are a bunch of debian networking tutorials. Google lead me to
> the following (among other things):
>
http://www.debian-administration.org/article/An_introduction_to_Debian_networking_setup>
>
http://www.aboutdebian.com./>
>
http://wiki.debian.org/Network [+]
>
>
> Sure - tried these and a couple of others. But most *assume* that the
> network card is installed, recognized properly. In my case, I think that is
> the missing link - but I may be wrong.
I'm pretty sure you are wrong. I don't know if your card is supported
by debian (although there is talk about it on google), but you need to
tell your card to go get an IP address . .. .
in the /etc/
network/interfaces. As of now, you just have the lo interface config'd
If you're using a shnazzy wm/de, then you may have a nice gui-riffic
program to modify that file (eg., kdm - look for something like
network configuration).
I suggest you look at those tutorials again and configure your card.
I think the card is not 'installed'. Which place do I see to ensure that the machine is seeing that card at all? modprobe? modconf?
I got 'SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable' twice when I tried ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 up command as root.
I think the computer does not recognize there is a card because there is no module! How do I install 8139 module?
Also, I googled a bit and have already turned plug n play OS OFF in BIOS.
Hope I am giving adequate information.
Sandip