HELP ! configuration of ethernet card AND internet
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Topic: HELP ! configuration of ethernet card AND internet
started by: karistouf
Posted by karistouf on May 14 2005,07:03
hello everybody !I have some troubles configuring my eth card wich is a 3com 10/100 Mini PCI Ethernet Adapter.
My main problem is that I m not used to the tools that are in DSL, and that I access usally to interent thruth windows LAN networK from places to places I work with my laptop.
Can someone explain me step by step HOW to connect myself to internet thruth those network and HOW to install a driver for my ethernet card ( its not recognized by DHCP detecting).
would be great!
thanks[B]
Posted by cbagger01 on May 14 2005,23:28
Hmm..That's strange.
Usually, if a card is PCI, then it is autodetected at boot time.
It should already by plugged into the network before bootup.
Open an xterminal window and type:
lspci
and tell us what you see.
Posted by karistouf on May 15 2005,10:43
lspci > output.txt:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:02.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03)
00:02.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03)
00:03.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c556B Hurricane CardBus (rev 20)
00:03.1 Communication controller: 3Com Corporation: Unknown device 1007 (rev 20)
00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV (rev 13)
02:00.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
02:00.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
02:00.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation: Unknown device 00e0 (rev 04)
When booting linux-dsl Kmod has problems with
modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errnumber 2
Its the only thing that seems to go wrong.
As I said before, I have usually possibility to connect myself only on different places of work that have windows network ( ...).
And I m not used to debian way, wich means a complete understanding of the tools and what you have to configure. The card seems to be recognizied. Perhaps a newbie step by step would help or a definition of each task in DHCP ( I m not english native).
But all of this is not explaining the failling of detection of my ethernet card ( eth0 failed when launching the detection of ethernet card)
My computer is a laptop IBM thinkpad T21 with incorporated ethernet card.
Thanks for your reply and very happy to have someone to help!
sincerely
christoph
Posted by cbagger01 on May 16 2005,17:17
Try booting with:dsl acpi=off
and see if it finds your card.
Posted by karistouf on May 21 2005,16:03
thansk chagger ! it works great when booting /Where do you write the arguments of dsl acpi = off to be fixed completely ?
Second thing, i have an IBM lpatop T21 with french keyboard but plus minus and accents do not still work, have you got any idea ? I tried all the config of french kbrd but still not have those necessary keys. i cant actually work completeley under linux wwhile its not done.
and many many thanks !
Posted by cbagger01 on May 22 2005,16:31
If booting from USB device or from floppy, edit the "default" append line in the syslinux.cfg file.For a frugal or full hard disk install, edit the append line in your lilo.conf file and then rerun lilo to activate your changes.
Posted by karistouf on May 23 2005,16:27
in the append you type dsl -space- acpi=off ? I m affaraied to do it ... because of the space beetween the options of dsl acpi=
Posted by cbagger01 on May 23 2005,21:51
No.Do not add the "dsl<space>" part.
Just add the
acpi=off
part to the existing append statement. Stick it in between two other existing bootcodes and you should be fine.
Posted by karistouf on May 24 2005,11:52
thanks for your help about sticking it beetween two other segments. it was that that wasnont working. I will do after a lilo.i do not remember where we write the PATH in wich files ?
some troubles about the export function to be recorded ( export SHADERS=....) where do we do it ?
thanks a lot for your help its a pleasure !
christoph
Posted by karistouf on May 24 2005,13:47
still doesn t work.... something go wrong when launching lilo after modifying lilo.conf. It says cant find lilo.conf in /etcand its skipping to vmlinux.old
bouhouhouhou