Re: [TCLUG:2147] 3com 3c905b

[Ben Luey <lueyb@carleton.edu>]

The web page was looking at had dead links to the file 3c59x.o and only
had 3c59x.c, which I couldn't get to compile. Could you e-mail me the
file, or point me to a place that has it? 

Thanks,

Ben


On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Gabe Turner wrote:

> I got my 3c905b-tx working just fine under RedHat 5.1 running 2.0.35, and
> under slackware 3.5 running 2.0.34.  I used the 3c59x.o module both times.
> Like you, I was unable to compile the 3c59x module into the kernel in
> RedHat, so I just modprobed it in rc.local.  Why this is I don't know.  
> 
> Gabe
> 
> At 12:32 AM 11/11/98 -0600, you wrote:
> >Has anyone here gotten 3com's 3c905b to work under linux. I'm trying to
> >help a friend install linux (rh 5.1 but rh 5.2 is coming in the mail
> >soon), but he has this card with redhat doesn't support it but claims some
> >people have gotten to work under linux. (the card shows up in /proc/pci
> >and the module for it loads, but when we try to connect to the network
> >via dhcp, which worked fine for me first try is says dhcp failed. I tried
> >it without dhcp and it said delaying eth0 initialization.) I found some
> >kernel drivers for it from:
> >
> >http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html
> >
> >but when updated the file 3c59x.c in /usr/src/linux/drivers/net and tried
> >to run make modules it said modules weren't supported in this kernel,
> >which isn't true because /proc/modules shows the 3c59x module loading. I
> >recompiled the kernel with modules, but then I got errors on startup about
> >modules.dep although the file /lib/modules/preferred/modules.dep is there
> >and with the correct paths in the file. 
> >
> >Some said that turning off the computer and unplugging it made it work,
> >but my friend is dual-booting and this hardly seems practical.
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >
> >
> >P.S. Are there any stores near Northfield accesible without a car that
> >carry $15-20 ne2000 nics? 
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Ben
> >
> >Ben Luey
> >lueyb@carleton.edu
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