NIC BCM400 will not work

persia · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2003 3:10 pm Post subject: NIC BCM400 will not work

Hello
i ve just re-compiled my kernel but now i cant get my internet working again. I think it is the network card. I tried everything i knew on linux (which is very much).

dpl · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2003 5:44 pm Post subject: build into kernel

Have you tried compiling it directly in the kernel? If you're using your network card all the time while your computer is on, then it might be a bit better to do it like that. Then you wouldn't have to go through inserting the module every time you need to use it. I have the same network chipset, and with it built into the kernel (both 2.4 and 2.6) it works well. I have never tried to use it as a module though, so I'm not sure how well that would go here. Also, I have only tried the gentoo-sources and mm-sources, never the gaming-sources, so that might have something to do with it too.
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frenkel · Veteran Joined: 13 May 2003 Posts: 1034 Location: .nl

To solve this goto /usr/src/linux and type

persia · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2003 6:26 pm Post subject: How do i do that ?

persia · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2003 6:29 pm Post subject: btw

Hi

btw in the /usr/src/ directory i see 2 linux kernels. Which one is the right one ? i compiled both of them since i did nt know which one and it still did nt work

Can someone explain the this ?
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dpl · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2003 7:23 pm Post subject: which kernel

The different directorys in /usr/src are different kernels that you have downloaded. There are also symbolic links from the one you want to use to /usr/src/linux.
If you type "ls -la" while in /usr/src, you should get something like this:

dpl · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2003 7:27 pm Post subject: where in kernel

Oh yeah, I fogot to mention where in the kernel to find the bcm4400 part. This is in the 2.4.20 kernel, and I don't know how different it is in the 2.4.22 kernel, but go first to
Network Device Support -> Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) -> enable " EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers" and in the 2.4.20 kernel it is the 5th option below that.
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persia · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2003 9:52 pm Post subject: tried it but no succes

Hi

the bcm4400 driver was already included!!! What now ?

btw: I did recompile the kernel again but still no succes! I did get the previous error again

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Guys do you have any other idea's?
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dpl · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2003 2:25 am Post subject: next step

Ok, since it was all included, you can stop trying to insert the module.
Make sure you copied the bzImage to your /boot directory.
The next step would be configuring your network, since the network card should work fine from now on.
To do this, I would suggest following the installation manual as for how to set up your type of connection. If you have trouble with that, It might be a good idea to start a new thread to see what other responses you can get.
If there are errors that seem to be from your network card and not your config, feel free to post here again, and if I can I'll try to help.
Hope this helps,
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persia · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2003 8:37 pm Post subject: DPL

Hi Dpl

thanks for the help thusfar. But it still did nt work

Ok, maybe i am doing something wrong: I have a ADSL speedtouch (ehternet)modem/router with an adsl connection.

How should i install my network card? Can you just run through it? (let me be clear, i have done everything what the manual said, just double checking)

thnx
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persia · Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2003 12:59 am Post subject: come on

Hello

come on guys, help me out here ....

I really dont want to reinstall everything

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eagle_cz · Apprentice Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 214

watch out some new kernels 2.4.23-pre6(8) have new module name for BCM4400 ... the new name is B44

just recompile kernel, you dont have to recompile all other stuff untill you change version

persia · Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2003 1:21 pm Post subject: eagle

Hi Eagle

thanks but i dont think the problem is a new driver. It has been working before. I dont understand what this means:

eagle_cz · Apprentice Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 214

this could mean that you cmopiled driver agains diferent config file that you are running

check path to kernel(kernel config) in drivers (in makefile).
check if /usr/src/linux is linked to current running version of linux

eagle_cz · Apprentice Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 214

this could mean that you cmopiled driver agains diferent config file that you are running

check path to kernel(kernel config) in drivers (in makefile).
check if /usr/src/linux is linked to current running version of kernel source code

btw do you compile it as part of kernel tree or you downloaded source code ?

persia · Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2003 7:04 pm Post subject: Sounds good but

Hi

sounds good but i understand what you mean.... can you explain it a little more please?

I went in the kernel menu (make menuconfig) and enables the bcm440 driver option.
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eagle_cz · Apprentice Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 214

so you do
make dep
make clean bzImage modules
make modules_install
make install

setup lilo.cong or grub
and after reboot you will get that msg ?

check, if /usr/src/linux is linked to kernel you currently compiling

i guess modprobe gives you same error msg