Missing Network Card
Forum: Networking
Topic: Missing Network Card
started by: CptAJ
Posted by CptAJ on Nov. 23 2006,13:53
So I just installed, after much tribulation, DSL on an old Compaq Presario 1425 (I think thats the model anyway). Pentium MMX 200mhz processor with 16mb RAM. Had to install it on my main computer because it just wouldnt get through the live-boot on the other one.Now that I have the system up and running I need to get it online. Problem is, the network card isnt showing up. Heres what info I can gather about it (it didnt come with the computer)
It says VIA VT6105 on the chipset. Sticker on the back says ENL832-TX-VA, which brings up an "Encore Ethernet Adapter" on google.
(http://www.deremate.com.ar/user/images/1390/13903740.jpg Not sure if they allow remote linking but thats the one)
Anyway, lspci doesnt bring up anything related to it and neither does ifconfig. I'm not entirely sure what could be wrong with it. For reference I installed the syslinux ISO given that the readme claimed better legacy compatibility, maybe that has something to do with it? I appreciate any insight you can contribute to the solving of this problem.
Thanks, dudes.
PS: If you happen to know a good source for info on these old compaq presario models I'd love to see it. Probably not essential to the problem but a little extra information on your system always comes in handy.
Posted by mengao on Nov. 24 2006,18:55
Have a look at:< http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....t=16198 >
what is shown at dmesg?
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me, myself and I
Posted by roberts on Nov. 24 2006,19:36
Since you are at 16MB, using ndiswrapper will likely fail as it too needs to allocate memory for its use. You are already at the minimum. Wired ethernet cards are so cheap I would consider a replacement.
Posted by CptAJ on Nov. 25 2006,21:54
New info: As it turns out, there was a problem with the PCI slot. I cleaned it up and reseated the card and now it shows up on lspci. Its a VIA Ethernet Rhine family card or whatever. I did some googling and stumbled upon the drivers. They're fairly recent but I ran into some trouble installing them. I uploaded the installation readme file here for your viewing pleasure:< http://pantalanagapampa.net/send/linux.txt >
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| 5) Compile the driver source files and it will generate rhinefet.o, and copy it to correct driver installation path (The installation directory is different in different kernel versions. In 2.4.x/2.6.x kernel, the path is /lib/modules/KERNEL_VERSION/kernel/drivers/net/, and in 2.2.x kernel, the path is /lib/modules/KERNEL_VERSION/net/, the KERNEL_VERSION (see above) means the kernel version of your Linux distribution. If you don't know your kernel version , please run 'uname -r' command in command line. The kernel version will look like '2.2.16', '2.4.2-2smp' etc.) : make install |
Thats as far as I got. "make install" gives me an unknown command error. Any ideas on how to get the driver going? We're almost there
Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Nov. 26 2006,05:02
'make' is included in gcc* mydsl packages.(I hope you're doing this on another machine with more memory though).
Posted by Winter Knight on Nov. 26 2006,07:38
Are you sure you don't already have the drivers? I also have a via-rhine card in one of my computers. A driver is included with DSL, via-rhine.o. I would expect it to work out of the box.What do you get when you run commands such as "lsmod | grep rhine", and "modprobe via-rhine"?
Maybe I'm mistaken. Maybe the driver for your Via Rhine Family Card is different than the driver for my Via Rhine Family Card. It might be worth checking out though.
Posted by CptAJ on Nov. 26 2006,09:11
| Quote (Winter Knight @ Nov. 26 2006,02:38) |
| Are you sure you don't already have the drivers? I also have a via-rhine card in one of my computers. A driver is included with DSL, via-rhine.o. I would expect it to work out of the box. What do you get when you run commands such as "lsmod | grep rhine", and "modprobe via-rhine"? Maybe I'm mistaken. Maybe the driver for your Via Rhine Family Card is different than the driver for my Via Rhine Family Card. It might be worth checking out though. |
Quite worth it. Turns out I did have the drivers. I have no idea what the hell happened to me that I didnt run that lsmod search myself.
Must've been half asleep again.
Anyway, I'm pleased to inform you that I'm posting this from the computer in question so everything is looking great
Thanks a bunch for your help, dudes. You kick ass.