Another RealTek 8139too Module Network Error

fizzleboink · n00b Joined: 05 Jul 2004 Posts: 15

Hello,

I've just decided to move to Gentoo after feeling that Mandrake and SuSE just didn't give me what I wanted. Both have given me tons of hardware problems, and it looks like Gentoo might as well.

I installed the 2.6.7-r7 kernel using the 2004.1 Live CD. The Live CD seemed to automatically find everything allright, including my internet connection through a router using dhcp. However, my actual installation has something wrong with the internet connection. I have found MANY topics on a very similar issue to mine which have provided valuable insight however none have solved the problem.

I get the following error message on boot-up:

tumbak · Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 8:34 am Post subject:

I dont know if this helps at all but check it out

fizzleboink · n00b Joined: 05 Jul 2004 Posts: 15

Thanks I'll give it a shot when I get home tonight. So I just "emerge nforce-net" using the Live CD and then update /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6, then "modules update"?

fizzleboink · n00b Joined: 05 Jul 2004 Posts: 15

Ok a bit of an update:

Those nvidia-net drivers don't work because I am using a 2.6 kernel. I tried the forcedeth module but my logs show "dhcpcd: ioctl * device not found" errors for it, even though other people have used it with success with the nforce2 boards.

Using the 8139too module (which works on the Live CD) gives me DHCP server timeouts.

Doing "cat /proc/interrupts" says that Nvidia nForce2 has an IRQ of 0 which seems like a problem to me, but I have no idea on how to fix it.

PLEASE help, I've been working on this for about 10 hours already.

Oh and ifconfig -a does show an eth0 with this info:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0D....
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
......... etc.

jknutson · n00b Joined: 30 Apr 2004 Posts: 63

From what I read I think this describes your situation:
Your install went fine with the 8139too module loaded (automatically), but now with the 2.6 kernel and the 8139too module in the autoload file for the 2.6 kernel it doesn't load and you get errors when the system tries to bring up eth0.

I know you mentioned something about trying different configurations and this may be a stupid question, but have you tried all the options under the 8139too kernel config? (Use PIO instead of MMIO, support for uncommon rev..., support for older 8129/8130, use older reset method).

Have you tried putting 8139too into "/etc/modules.autoload" ? (I usually do this since I only use 2.6 kernels and it seems to work well).

Do you get errors when the module is being loaded on boot? What do you get when you try

fizzleboink · n00b Joined: 05 Jul 2004 Posts: 15

You've got it pretty much right, except I think the eth0 does come up for a little while, but it dies when dhcpcd times out looking for a server.

Yup I've tried those other options under the 8139too kernel config, and yes I have the 8139too module listed in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6, and the module is loading.

"modprobe 8139too" doesn't make anything happen, no error message.

I was using the "smp" kernel (which was a 2.6 kernel I believe) on the Live CD, so it should also work on my installed 2.6.

And as for the kernel config file:

tuam · l33t Joined: 04 May 2004 Posts: 765 Location: CGN, Germany

fizzleboink · n00b Joined: 05 Jul 2004 Posts: 15

The module is loaded automatically. dmesg gives me some useful info:

fizzleboink · n00b Joined: 05 Jul 2004 Posts: 15

I suppose I could just use genkernel... =\

nixnut · Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 1:04 pm Post subject:

fizzleboink · n00b Joined: 05 Jul 2004 Posts: 15

dhcpcd eht0 does nothing, but if I check the logs I see another timeout message.

genkernel apparantly detects the hardware just like the Live CD does, and the Live CD is successful in getting my internet connection to work. So I'm only assuming that genkernel should work as well.

nixnut · Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 1:57 pm Post subject:

Does your dhcp server needs some options passed?
Your problem is not the kernel. The driver loads. The problem is the dhcp communication.
Is it possible to use a static ip?
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fizzleboink · n00b Joined: 05 Jul 2004 Posts: 15

I don't know, I'm using the Linksys router for DHCP. I tried using a static IP, but that didn't seem to work either (I'm not sure if I put in the right info).

fizzleboink · n00b Joined: 05 Jul 2004 Posts: 15

I figured out what the problem was. Turns out my onboard NIC and USB controller were set to using the same IRQ (they're both physically close together on the motherboard). I disabled USB support from the kernel and poof, my internet works.

I'm considering just buying another NIC to dodge the issue and keep USB support, unless I can find a way to fix the IRQ conflict.

kalisphoenix · Apprentice Joined: 28 Sep 2003 Posts: 211 Location: Ohio

Damn. I'm having the same problem. *watches carefully*

kalisphoenix · Apprentice Joined: 28 Sep 2003 Posts: 211 Location: Ohio

While researching this a bit more I found this thread.

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=197859

Hopefully that will help. I'm not quite sure how to manually patch the thing, but I guess I'll get to a howto on it sometime soon.

I tried putting another NIC in, but I guess the IRQ problem wasn't resolved because neither one of the damn things worked. I'm very n00b when it comes to these IRQ conflicts, so I don't quite know how to resolve them.

theboywho · Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 10:19 am Post subject:

I had a similar problem appear when i removed a second network card and moved a USB controller card to another PCI slot. I switched card again, and the new card works. This problem only seems to exist with the RTL8139 (the other card is an RTL 8029)