Re: [K12OSN] Broadcom 440x wierd problem

[Jim McQuillan <jam mcquil com>]

The broadcom card should be supported by the tg3 driver, which IS 
included in the LTSP kernels.

Possibly, the particular PCI Vendor/Device ids aren't in the niclist 
file, which causes the autodetection to fail.

To force a particular driver, you need to pass   NIC=tg3 on the kernel 
command line.

This is done by following the information in this wiki article:

  http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/KernelOptions

Jim McQuillan
jam Ltsp org



John P. Conlon wrote:
> Unfortunately I am more of a user than a software writer.  I need a 
> set of very detailed instructions to be able to do something like you 
> are suggesting.  You wouldn't happen to have those instructions in a 
> convenient file would you?
> Bye
> Pat
>
> Chris Thomas wrote:
>
> > It could be that the kernel for the LTSP clients do not have the 
> > module for your Broadcom 440x 10/100 compiled. If this is correct, 
> > and you are very comfortable with Linux, you can always recompile the 
> > LTSP kernel with support for the module you need.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: jconlon1 elp rr com
> > To: k12osn redhat com
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 12:47:13 PM
> > Subject: [K12OSN] Broadcom 440x wierd problem
> >
> >
> > I have an Inspiron 6000 laptop running dual boot.  The NIC in the laptop
> > is a Broadcom 440x 10/100.   In the Linux side I am running K12LTSP
> > 4.4.1.  When I boot to the linus\x side as a stand alone the kernel
> > finds the NIC and activates it no problem.
> >
> > HOWEVER
> >
> > There are times when I need to or would like to run the inspiron as a
> > thin client.  The server is also running K12ltsp 4.4.1.  It has an AMD
> > Athalon processor and 1.5 Gig of RAM.  When I activate the PXE boot in
> > the laptop the server starts to load up the terminal stuff and then I
> > get the following:
> >
> > Running /linuxrc
> > Mounting /proc
> >
> > ERROR! Could not automatically detect the network card.
> >    PCI cards should be detected automatically.
> >    ISA cards cannot be detected, so they require the nic driver to be
> > specified in a ‘NIC=’ parameter to be passed on the kernel command line,
> > usually specified in option-129. in the /etc/dhcpd.conf file. See the
> > LTSP docs for more info.
> >
> > Kernal panic: Attempted to kill init!
> >
> >
> > When this happens everything in the Inspiron stops and the NUMLOCK and
> > CAPSLOCK lights blink.  I have to turn the Inspiron off and back on to
> > clear this and allow it to boot as a stand alone.
> >
> > Any suggestions or help on fixing this would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > Pat
> >
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