I have two of these (PCI) network cards, they seem pretty nice. I'm not sure where I got them but I was wondering if they should work with Fedora? I plugged one in but lspci doesn't see it and trying to find it in dmesg failed. Just trying to avoid going out and buying new cards for an old machine I'm trying to get up and running. I have a feeling they are IBM OEM and won't work with Linux but thought I'd check before tossing them.
Thanks - Tod
On Sunday November 2 2008, Tod Thomas wrote:
I have two of these (PCI) network cards, they seem pretty nice. I'm not sure where I got them but I was wondering if they should work with Fedora? I plugged one in but lspci doesn't see it and trying to find it in dmesg failed. Just trying to avoid going out and buying new cards for an old machine I'm trying to get up and running. I have a feeling they are IBM OEM and won't work with Linux but thought I'd check before tossing them.
Thanks - Tod
Should be the e100 module for this card
On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 7:08 AM, Tod Thomas fr33zone@gmail.com wrote:
I have two of these (PCI) network cards, they seem pretty nice. I'm not sure where I got them but I was wondering if they should work with Fedora? I plugged one in but lspci doesn't see it and trying to find it in dmesg failed. Just trying to avoid going out and buying new cards for an old machine I'm trying to get up and running. I have a feeling they are IBM OEM and won't work with Linux but thought I'd check before tossing them.
Thanks - Tod
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Hi Tod!
I think the important thing here is that you do not see it with lspci, which I believe implies a BIOS or Hardware problem. If it were me I would:
1. Make sure you are root when running lspci. Try lspci -v -v -x and other variants.
2. Refresh the CMOS. Go to CMOS setup during boot (watch the screen - most likely it will tell you how) and select "factory defaults" or "default settings" - save and exit. Often in an old computer the CMOS battery goes low and the CMOS settings go flakey. By restoring defaults during boot you write a clean set of settings while power is held up by the computer being on. If this clears the problem, replace the battery. Sometimes it works to remove the CMOS battery and do the above test. See if lspci sees it now.
3. Try another PCI slot on your machine.
4. Confirm that the card works in another machine.
5. Obtain service manual for card and motherboard and look for an issue related to PCI bus setup (run - update-pciids ? ). Google is our friend with this kind of thing.
Good Hunting!
Tod
Tod Merley wrote, On 11/04/2008 03:47 PM:
On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 7:08 AM, Tod Thomas fr33zone@gmail.com wrote:
I have two of these (PCI) network cards, they seem pretty nice. I'm not sure where I got them but I was wondering if they should work with Fedora? I plugged one in but lspci doesn't see it and trying to find it in dmesg failed. Just trying to avoid going out and buying new cards for an old machine I'm trying to get up and running. I have a feeling they are IBM OEM and won't work with Linux but thought I'd check before tossing them.
Thanks - Tod
Hi Tod!
I think the important thing here is that you do not see it with lspci, which I believe implies a BIOS or Hardware problem. If it were me I would:
- Make sure you are root when running lspci. Try lspci -v -v -x and
other variants.
- Refresh the CMOS. Go to CMOS setup during boot (watch the screen -
most likely it will tell you how) and select "factory defaults" or "default settings" - save and exit. Often in an old computer the CMOS battery goes low and the CMOS settings go flakey. By restoring defaults during boot you write a clean set of settings while power is held up by the computer being on. If this clears the problem, replace the battery. Sometimes it works to remove the CMOS battery and do the above test. See if lspci sees it now.
Try another PCI slot on your machine.
Confirm that the card works in another machine.
Obtain service manual for card and motherboard and look for an
issue related to PCI bus setup (run - update-pciids ? ). Google is our friend with this kind of thing.
Good Hunting!
Tod
Three other thing to consider... What other cards/devices are in the box on the PCI bus? How old a motherboard? (old enough to be a transitional ISA to PCI or first gen all PCI)?? I generally think of network cards as low power devices, but could it be that there is not enough power left in the power rails of the mobo (last PCI slot of the board)?
It has been a while, but with some older equipment I had to use I could have one of the two (different types of) network cards in the computer and have them assigned an interrupt, but putting the second card in would [depending on the physical bus order and bios settings] cause the machine to not boot up or only recognize one card was physically there.
as Tod implies, lspci is your friend... abuse that friendship :)
I'm pretty sure that that card is a 64bit PCI card. The card that I have is kinda triangular shaped, and the connector is divided into three parts. One of them longer and the two equally small pieces, the second being the 64bit portion. In a 32bit slot, not all of the card would fit into the slot. The 64bit portion of the connector would be hanging out past the slot. This might explain why the card wouldn't be recognized when you check `lspci` and dmesg.
kr0ni wrote:
I'm pretty sure that that card is a 64bit PCI card. The card that I have is kinda triangular shaped, and the connector is divided into three parts. One of them longer and the two equally small pieces, the second being the 64bit portion. In a 32bit slot, not all of the card would fit into the slot. The 64bit portion of the connector would be hanging out past the slot. This might explain why the card wouldn't be recognized when you check `lspci` and dmesg.
Duh - I guess that would explain things. At least I didn't throw them out thinking they were bad. I guess I'll need to buy a 64 bit motherboard now :)
Thanks - Tod
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