supavan
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Network Card Problems
Hi All,
I am a Linux Newbie. I recently innstalled Redhat 7.0 with kernel 2.2.16-22. I have a Intel pro/100 VE network card. I found the driver for this card from Intel's Website
http://appsr.intel.com/scripts-df/Product_Filter.asp?ProductID=407
. I was trying to install this driver but i am running into problems. here are some outputs.
when i tried to run 'make' i got some errors like
gcc: /usr/src/linux-2.4/include
gcc: no input files
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DLINUX -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -D__NO_VERSION__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4/inclu
******* some other lines********
make: *** [eeprom.o] Error 1
Obviously the wrong directory is specified in the make file... but what do i have to do.
After running make and getting the above errors , i go ahead and do
1. insmod e100
2. ifconfig eth0 <my IP Address>
3. ping <My IP Address>
The output of the ifconfig is
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
**************************
The Ping output is normal.
PING >My Ip> (<my IP>) from <my IP> : 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from <My machine's name> (my IP): icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=46 usec
.
.
.
7 packets transmitted, 7 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 0.009/0.017/0.046/0.014 ms
When i reboot, i get the error
Bringing etho interface
Delaying etho Initialization : FAILED
I really need to get this working and have already spent a lot of time. I would greatly appreciate someone's quick help.
Thanks
Pavan
I am a Linux Newbie. I recently innstalled Redhat 7.0 with kernel 2.2.16-22. I have a Intel pro/100 VE network card. I found the driver for this card from Intel's Website
http://appsr.intel.com/scripts-df/Product_Filter.asp?ProductID=407
. I was trying to install this driver but i am running into problems. here are some outputs.
when i tried to run 'make' i got some errors like
gcc: /usr/src/linux-2.4/include
gcc: no input files
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DLINUX -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -D__NO_VERSION__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4/inclu
******* some other lines********
make: *** [eeprom.o] Error 1
Obviously the wrong directory is specified in the make file... but what do i have to do.
After running make and getting the above errors , i go ahead and do
1. insmod e100
2. ifconfig eth0 <my IP Address>
3. ping <My IP Address>
The output of the ifconfig is
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
**************************
The Ping output is normal.
PING >My Ip> (<my IP>) from <my IP> : 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from <My machine's name> (my IP): icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=46 usec
.
.
.
7 packets transmitted, 7 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 0.009/0.017/0.046/0.014 ms
When i reboot, i get the error
Bringing etho interface
Delaying etho Initialization : FAILED
I really need to get this working and have already spent a lot of time. I would greatly appreciate someone's quick help.
Thanks
Pavan
The release notes file for the Intel driver says that you must compile with kgcc and not gcc - see
ftp://download.intel.com/df-support/2749/ENG/rh70.txt
and it specifically mentions the version.h problem you seem to be experiencing.
Otherwise it seems that you are doing the right things. You need to compile the driver, and after running make install, you should end up with the driver e100.o in your /lib/modules tree. Then run insmod to load it and ifconfig to configure it.
Vijay
ftp://download.intel.com/df-support/2749/ENG/rh70.txt
and it specifically mentions the version.h problem you seem to be experiencing.
Otherwise it seems that you are doing the right things. You need to compile the driver, and after running make install, you should end up with the driver e100.o in your /lib/modules tree. Then run insmod to load it and ifconfig to configure it.
Vijay
look at /etc/modules.conf (could also be conf.modules in older systems)
If you have a line like this:
alias eth0 <somedrivername>
change it to:
alias eth0 e100
Then unload the module if it is loaded (ifconfig eth0 down;rmmod e100) and
try loading it automagically with
ifconfig eth0 <ip-address>
If you have a line like this:
alias eth0 <somedrivername>
change it to:
alias eth0 e100
Then unload the module if it is loaded (ifconfig eth0 down;rmmod e100) and
try loading it automagically with
ifconfig eth0 <ip-address>
Oh, I forgot:
I'm not sure when the changes in modules.conf take effect, perhaps
you have to reboot after the change.
I'm not sure when the changes in modules.conf take effect, perhaps
you have to reboot after the change.
ASKER
Hi superschlonz and vijay,
Thanks for ur tips. Now the network card is getting recognised on bootup. One problem i am facing is DNS. I am able to telnet using IP address, but not using the machine name. What could be the possible reasons for this. I am sure i have configured my network properly.
Thanks
Pavan
Thanks for ur tips. Now the network card is getting recognised on bootup. One problem i am facing is DNS. I am able to telnet using IP address, but not using the machine name. What could be the possible reasons for this. I am sure i have configured my network properly.
Thanks
Pavan
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If you do not want to setup a nameserver but want to connect to
internet you can setup /etc/resolv.conf as vsamtani described
and add the local machines to /etc/hosts. The format of /etc/hosts
is the following:
<IP> <name> <aliases>
for example
192.168.1.1 athlon gateway
But always when you change an IP or add or remove a machine you
have to change the hosts file of all machines. Normally you can edit
one hosts file and copy it to all the other machines.
internet you can setup /etc/resolv.conf as vsamtani described
and add the local machines to /etc/hosts. The format of /etc/hosts
is the following:
<IP> <name> <aliases>
for example
192.168.1.1 athlon gateway
But always when you change an IP or add or remove a machine you
have to change the hosts file of all machines. Normally you can edit
one hosts file and copy it to all the other machines.
ASKER
I have the right lines in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scr
/etc/sysyconfig/network
/etc/resolv.conf
I have verified these lines and they are right.... what else could be the problem?
Pavan
/etc/sysconfig/network-scr
/etc/sysyconfig/network
/etc/resolv.conf
I have verified these lines and they are right.... what else could be the problem?
Pavan
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after running make i got some errors. but i decided to go ahead with the other steps in the driver installation process.Then i performed network stop and network start operations and my card began working. I am able to telnet to an IP address, not a machine name. But DNS is not working. Also each time i reboot i have to re-install the driver and go through the whole process again. I made the required changes under the DNS thingie in linuxconf, but it refuses to work. Is there anything that i am missing here? After rebooting i still get the error message Delaying eth0 initialisation : FAILED.
Thanks
Pavan