rtl-8139C during install but not after

frising · n00b Joined: 22 Jul 2003 Posts: 15 Location: Sweden

Hi,
I'm having some problems with my networkcards. I have one card on the motherboard 8139C and one pci cards also 8139C.

When I boot the latest available livecd it automatically finds both the cards and depending on which is connected to the networks one of the cards receives an IP adress. Both cards are working fine during installation!

However after that I have compiled my new kernel and finished setup and reboot and start up the system (hd) with the new kernels there's problems. The kernel prints out a message on the screen that both of the cards are found, (compiled in support for 8139too in the kernel). However, when I try to request a IP from the dhcp server or when trying to set it manually it fails. I can't connect to the network...

The livecd also used the 8139too driver. I have had the same problem when trying debian -installation kernel works fine but not the version that I compile.

Hope someone has an idea. This drives me crazy!
Philip

tressi · n00b Joined: 20 Aug 2003 Posts: 11

I have the same problem, my card is 8139.

In installation, everything works fine.
-Module 8139too is loaded (it is in modules.autoload), and I can check it with lsmod.
-Routes are correct
-Ifconfig information is correct

But, every attempt to ping even the router fails.

I have reinstalled gentoo 3 times from scratch, rebuilded kernel with a bit different options for ~10 times. This is getting boring.

And, it really works when booting from LiveCd.

zerb · Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2003 8:13 pm Post subject:

are you using the gentoo kernel sources?

tressi · n00b Joined: 20 Aug 2003 Posts: 11

I was using gentoo-sources, yes.. And I already solved my problem:

I had ACPI support compiled into kernel, and thus my network card did not work. I removed ACPI and everything is fine.

Now I am just wondering why the hell does ACPI support disrupt the network traffic...?

zerb · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 8:21 pm Post subject:

The ACPI support in linux still needs to grow up a little.

frising · n00b Joined: 22 Jul 2003 Posts: 15 Location: Sweden

works for me as well after having removed the ACPI support. Thanks tress!

Morgrog · n00b Joined: 07 Sep 2003 Posts: 32

Ok, I have the exact same problem, how do I remove ACPI support from the kernel?

This is starting to really piss me off

(edit : Turned the notification on)

akira420 · n00b Joined: 17 May 2003 Posts: 45

i have an 8139 card as well and have never had a problem with it. under the 8139 option in the kernel config you'll see something to the effect of:

Network device support --->
Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)
RealTek RTL-8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support

make sure you select that and:
Use PIO instead of MMIO
Support for uncommon RTL-8139 rev. K (automatic channel equalization)

hope it works
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