seifn06
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 19 Sep 2004
Posts: 90
Location: Lowell, Michigan
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 Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2004 8:45 am Post subject: ethernet driver issues, National Semiconductor 10/100/1000 |
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I tried a stage1 install with a SELinux LiveCD this evening and ran into problems detecting my National Semiconductor Ethernet Controller 10/100/1000 card. Gentoo sees the card as well as an onboard (on the motherboard) via-rhine 10/100 ethernet device when I run . However, it appears that the kernel loaded from the LiveCD does not load either module for the two devices ( shows that the via-rhine module is sometimes loaded, though this depends on which livecd I boot with). I looked on the CD for modules and found modules for both NIC's or so I thought. I ran and Gentoo seemed to set the card up (I got no errors from running modprobe). However, when I used ifconfig to set the IP address, etc. and then subsequently tried to use the network connection: the connection does not work.
I'm wondering if anyone knows of driver problems with the "natsemi" driver. I have no problems with my via-rhine NIC so I'm also wondering how Gentoo assigns "ethX" to NICs. Does it sound like I'm misconfiguring my Nat'l Semi card? I've checked cables and tried pinging my router with no success which is why I conclude that the problem lies with the kernel/module. I've also checked and rechecked to make sure my IP address, netmask, gateway, and DNS servers are set correctly: they are.
I noticed the regular Gentoo livecd (2004.2) had a driver "ns83820" which matches the model number of my ethernet card, but this module is not available on the SELinux livecd. My SELinux livecd is current (downloaded this past week -- though it looks like the last time the SELinux/Hardened distro's were updated was last June/July).
I will add that running | Code: | | dmesg | grep "ns83820" |
when I had booted the regular Gentoo livecd showed me that the kernel could not properly assign the card an IRQ. I got some kind of error saying that Linux could not assign IRQ 19 to the card or something. I did *not* get this error or anything like it with any of the other NIC kernel modules when I booted with the SELinux livecd.
Would someone with experience with Nat'l Semiconductors Gigabit ethernet card share their driver experience(s)? Can (and would) anyone suggest other ways to get both of my NICs up and running or clue me in as to why the Nat'l Semiconductor drivers don't seem to work?
Thanks in advance for your time. |
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