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Ethernet initialization
Hi, I have a problem with my ne2000 ethernet card clone running under Linux 4.1 (Red Hat). Upon booting up Linux prints the error: "Delaying eth0 initialization" I've tried everything but I can't get it to work. The same message prints to my console when I hit the activate button in the network portion of the "control-panel" configuration GUI.
Also, when I was installing Linux, the install program couldn't find the card anywhere on my system. The card runs perfectly under Win95. Please help me if you can. Thank you.
Also, when I was installing Linux, the install program couldn't find the card anywhere on my system. The card runs perfectly under Win95. Please help me if you can. Thank you.
Which version of the kernel are you using? Are you sure you have NE2000 support compiled in? Are you using the module version of the driver or is it in the kernel? Also, is your ethernet card one of those plug-n-play cards?
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Recently I added the following lines to /etc/conf.modules
in order to fix the problem:
options eth0 io=0x240 irq=11
alias eth0 ne
Also, my lilo.conf looks like this
append="ether=11,0x240,eth 0"
Now, as a result of this, not only does the bootup print
"Delaying eth0 initialization"
but also I got the following lines
loading device 'eth0'...
ne.c: No NE*000 card found (i/o = 0x240).
loading device 'eth0'...
ne.c: No NE*000 card found (i/o = 0x240).
(I looked at these lines by typing "dmesg"
In case you're wondering, I got the number 0x240 from Win95
Also, if I type:
"modprobe -t net ne"
I get:
"Initialization of ne failed"
Kernel version=2.0.18
The ne2000 support was compiled into the kernel (not a module)
No, my card isn't plug and play
Thank you for your help, I tried to give you all the info
you needed
in order to fix the problem:
options eth0 io=0x240 irq=11
alias eth0 ne
Also, my lilo.conf looks like this
append="ether=11,0x240,eth
Now, as a result of this, not only does the bootup print
"Delaying eth0 initialization"
but also I got the following lines
loading device 'eth0'...
ne.c: No NE*000 card found (i/o = 0x240).
loading device 'eth0'...
ne.c: No NE*000 card found (i/o = 0x240).
(I looked at these lines by typing "dmesg"
In case you're wondering, I got the number 0x240 from Win95
Also, if I type:
"modprobe -t net ne"
I get:
"Initialization of ne failed"
Kernel version=2.0.18
The ne2000 support was compiled into the kernel (not a module)
No, my card isn't plug and play
Thank you for your help, I tried to give you all the info
you needed
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