Re: ethernet card question

["identity" <id pt lu>]

Try to set-up your card just like you would do with a non pnp card.




----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen and Julia Schott <sbschott home com>
To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 1999 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: ethernet card question


> I have disabled PnP- but now how do I set the card up? I have also changed
> the Interrupt to 240 at the recommendation of someone.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: identity <id pt lu>
> To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 1999 9:18 AM
> Subject: Re: ethernet card question
>
>
> > Many people got this problem with similar cards!
> >
> > Try using the card without pnp. Linux doesn't like it at all.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Stephen and Julia Schott <sbschott home com>
> > To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
> > Sent: Saturday, October 02, 1999 2:12 PM
> > Subject: ethernet card question
> >
> >
> > > I posted this once before but after agonizing hours and a sheer
> > desperation
> > > to get onto the internet in Linux, I'm posting this again. It all
boils
> > down
> > > to: no internet- no Linux for me! And I'm desperate to use it!
> > >
> > > Remembering I'm a new user, here is my biggest problem:
> > >
> > > Ethernet card setup with cable modem.
> > > My Card is a pnp ne2000 compatible Realtek 8019. According to Win98,
> it's
> > on
> > > IRQ 3 with an address of 0220 -023F
> > >
> > > Here are the steps I've taken (got this off a web page at
> > > http://members.home.net/jasonbrossa/Linux/index.html):
> > >
> > > 1. Run pnpdump. Dumped into a file called intel.conf.
> > > 2. Edited intel.conf. pnpdump found two pnp cards: my modem and my
> > ethernet
> > > card (by the way, I can't get either to work but I'm in an iterative
> > process
> > > here and would just like to get on the web!). I uncommented the line
> that
> > > looks like
> > > (IO 0 (BASE 0x220))
> > > The base address was right (though it doesn't have the -023F that
Win98
> > > showed-does this matter?)
> > >
> > > Then I uncommented the IRQ line and confirmed it read IRQ 3
> > > Then I uncommented the ACT Y line.
> > >
> > > I did not touch any of the info for the modem.
> > > Saved and closed file.
> > >
> > > 3. Next I ran isapnp intel.conf (I guess this my settings)
> > > Here is the error I get when I do this (it reads something like this):
> > > Board 1 has Identity... (numbers and stuff- this is my ethernet card)
> > > Board 2 has Identity...( this is my modem card)
> > > FATAL- Resource conflict allocating 32 bytes of IO at 220
> > > FATAL- IO Range check attempted while device activated
> > > FATAL- Error occurred executing request 'IORESCHECK'
> > > Further action aborted
> > >
> > > I typed the above from handwritten notes, so it might not have come
out
> > > exactly like that, but close.
> > >
> > > 4. I have checked the interrupts and ports using cat /proc/ioports and
> > > interrupts and see no conflict.
> > >
> > > I have the next steps written down that I need to do, but right now
I'm
> > > stuck here...
> > >
> > > Remember, I'm almost completely new to Unix/linux, so anything too
> > techspeak
> > > is likely to baffle me.
> > >
> > > I have also disabled PnP on the card itself os it is not enabled. Even
> if
> > > you can't answer this, if you could recommend a place where I might
fing
> > > answers, I would appreciate it.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for any help.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Stephen Schott
> > > sbschott home com
> > >
> > >
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