ethernet not working

[Michael Hennebry]

I had updated from RH9 to FC3.
Some things, a2ps among them, didn't seem right,
so I decided to do a a from-scratch install using
the same disks I used for the update.
Ethernet no longer works.  /dev/eth0 isn't even
there.  I thought I'd seen a red FAILED message
whiz by with something like ethernet in it.

I'm at a loss.  Even if I find the corresponding
log message, I expect it wouldn't tell me how to fix it.
How-tos rarely tell how to fix something after one thinks
he did it right, but it still doesn't work.
Can anyone point me to one that does?

-- 
Mike   hennebry(a)web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu
"I AM DEATH, NOT TAXES.  *I* ONLY TURN UP ONCE."  --  Death

[Bryan Hepworth]

>  I had updated from RH9 to FC3.
>  Some things, a2ps among them, didn't seem right,
>  so I decided to do a a from-scratch install using
>  the same disks I used for the update.
>  Ethernet no longer works.  /dev/eth0 isn't even
>  there.  I thought I'd seen a red FAILED message
>  whiz by with something like ethernet in it.
>  
>  I'm at a loss.  Even if I find the corresponding
>  log message, I expect it wouldn't tell me how to fix it.
>  How-tos rarely tell how to fix something after one thinks
>  he did it right, but it still doesn't work.
>  Can anyone point me to one that does? 
What ethernet card is it?

[Michael Hennebry]

On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, bryan hepworth wrote:
bh quoted mh:
>  > there.  I thought I'd seen a red FAILED message
>  > whiz by with something like ethernet in it.
>  >
>  > I'm at a loss.  Even if I find the corresponding
>  > log message, I expect it wouldn't tell me how to fix it.
>  > How-tos rarely tell how to fix something after one thinks
>  > he did it right, but it still doesn't work.
>  > Can anyone point me to one that does? 
On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, bryan hepworth wrote:
>  What ethernet card is it? 
I think that the following lpsci output applies to my machine.
02:0c.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)
        Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 010d
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at ec80 [size=128]
        Memory at fe1ffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
        Expansion ROM at fe200000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>
I forgot to right some important things down.
The output is actually from its brother, on which I am not root.

-- 
Mike   hennebry(a)web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu
"I AM DEATH, NOT TAXES.  *I* ONLY TURN UP ONCE."  --  Death

[Bryan Hepworth]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Hennebry" <hennebry(a)web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu&gt;
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list(a)redhat.com&gt;
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: ethernet not working


>  On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, bryan hepworth wrote:
>  bh quoted mh:
> > > there.  I thought I'd seen a red FAILED message
> > > whiz by with something like ethernet in it.
> > >
> > > I'm at a loss.  Even if I find the corresponding
> > > log message, I expect it wouldn't tell me how to fix it.
> > > How-tos rarely tell how to fix something after one thinks
> > > he did it right, but it still doesn't work.
> > > Can anyone point me to one that does?
>
>  On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, bryan hepworth wrote:
> > What ethernet card is it?
>
>  I think that the following lpsci output applies to my machine.
>  02:0c.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] 
>  (rev 78)
>         Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 010d
>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
>         I/O ports at ec80 [size=128]
>         Memory at fe1ffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
>         Expansion ROM at fe200000 [disabled] [size=128K]
>         Capabilities: <available only to root>
>  I forgot to right some important things down.
>  The output is actually from its brother, on which I am not root. 
Hi Mike

I nearly asked if it was a 3com card in my original post! I had a problem 
with a couple of servers at work with the same card. I'll delve back into 
what I did to sort it, it was a couple of years back so I can't remember off 
the top of my head.

Bry

[Bryan Hepworth]

>  On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, bryan hepworth wrote:
>  bh quoted mh:
> > > there.  I thought I'd seen a red FAILED message
> > > whiz by with something like ethernet in it.
> > >
> > > I'm at a loss.  Even if I find the corresponding
> > > log message, I expect it wouldn't tell me how to fix it.
> > > How-tos rarely tell how to fix something after one thinks
> > > he did it right, but it still doesn't work.
> > > Can anyone point me to one that does?
>
>  On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, bryan hepworth wrote:
> > What ethernet card is it?
>
>  I think that the following lpsci output applies to my machine.
>  02:0c.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] 
>  (rev 78)
>         Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 010d
>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
>         I/O ports at ec80 [size=128]
>         Memory at fe1ffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
>         Expansion ROM at fe200000 [disabled] [size=128K]
>         Capabilities: <available only to root>
>  I forgot to right some important things down.
>  The output is actually from its brother, on which I am not root. 
I've recalled what I did - I ripped out the 3coms and put in netgear ones as 
I was short of time at the time. Looks like you don't have access to the 
machine to do physical alterations so I found this that might help you get 
on track...
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=98767

[Michael Hennebry]

>  > I think that the following lpsci output applies to my machine.
>  > 02:0c.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado]
>  > (rev 78)
>  >        Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 010d
>  >        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
>  >        I/O ports at ec80 [size=128]
>  >        Memory at fe1ffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
>  >        Expansion ROM at fe200000 [disabled] [size=128K]
>  >        Capabilities: <available only to root>
>  > I forgot to right some important things down.
>  > The output is actually from its brother, on which I am not root.
>  
On Sun, 1 May 2005, bryan hepworth wrote:
>  I've recalled what I did - I ripped out the 3coms and put in
> netgear ones as
>  I was short of time at the time. Looks like you don't have access to the
>  machine to do physical alterations so I found this that might help you get
>  on track...
>  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=98767 
If I reread it some more, I might eventually get something out of it.

Is compiling 3c59x.c likely to be useful?
If so, how do I go about this?  I've never compiled
a kernel or part thereof before.

An upgrade from RH9 to FC3 handled my ethernet.
I didn't install the RH9, so I don't know how edited it was.
The from-scratch install of FC3 produced the problem.

-- 
Mike   hennebry(a)web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu
"I AM DEATH, NOT TAXES.  *I* ONLY TURN UP ONCE."  --  Death

I solved it the Microsoft way, was Re: ethernet not working

[Michael Hennebry]

On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, Michael Hennebry wrote:

>  On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, bryan hepworth wrote:
>  bh quoted mh:
>  > > there.  I thought I'd seen a red FAILED message
>  > > whiz by with something like ethernet in it.
>  > >
>  > > I'm at a loss.  Even if I find the corresponding
>  > > log message, I expect it wouldn't tell me how to fix it.
>  > > How-tos rarely tell how to fix something after one thinks
>  > > he did it right, but it still doesn't work.
>  > > Can anyone point me to one that does?
>
>  On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, bryan hepworth wrote:
>  > What ethernet card is it?
>
>  I think that the following lpsci output applies to my machine.
>  02:0c.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)
>          Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 010d
>          Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
>          I/O ports at ec80 [size=128]
>          Memory at fe1ffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
>          Expansion ROM at fe200000 [disabled] [size=128K]
>          Capabilities: <available only to root>
>  I forgot to right some important things down.
>  The output is actually from its brother, on which I am not root. 
I installed from scratch again.
This time I didn't tell it to use DHCP
and all was right with the world.

Now why the mistake with DHCP would screw things up so bad
that I had to reinstall to talk to the outside world is beyond me.

I wasted two days trying to find anything else to do.

-- 
Mike   hennebry(a)web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu
"I AM DEATH, NOT TAXES.  *I* ONLY TURN UP ONCE."  --  Death

I solved it the Microsoft way, was Re: ethernet not working

[laurence orchard]

On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 17:15 -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote:
>  On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, Michael Hennebry wrote:
>  
>  > On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, bryan hepworth wrote:
>  > bh quoted mh:
>  > > > there.  I thought I'd seen a red FAILED message
>  > > > whiz by with something like ethernet in it.
>  > > >
>  > > > I'm at a loss.  Even if I find the corresponding
>  > > > log message, I expect it wouldn't tell me how to fix it.
>  > > > How-tos rarely tell how to fix something after one thinks
>  > > > he did it right, but it still doesn't work.
>  > > > Can anyone point me to one that does?
>  >
>  > On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, bryan hepworth wrote:
>  > > What ethernet card is it?
>  >
>  > I think that the following lpsci output applies to my machine.
>  > 02:0c.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)
>  >         Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 010d
>  >         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
>  >         I/O ports at ec80 [size=128]
>  >         Memory at fe1ffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
>  >         Expansion ROM at fe200000 [disabled] [size=128K]
>  >         Capabilities: <available only to root>
>  > I forgot to right some important things down.
>  > The output is actually from its brother, on which I am not root.
>  
>  I installed from scratch again.
>  This time I didn't tell it to use DHCP
>  and all was right with the world.
>  
>  Now why the mistake with DHCP would screw things up so bad
>  that I had to reinstall to talk to the outside world is beyond me.
>  
>  I wasted two days trying to find anything else to do.
>   
If you didn't use DHCP, how does it get its IP address?
what does ifconfig tell you?
were you using your own DHCP server?

I solved it the Microsoft way, was Re: ethernet not working

[Michael Hennebry]

On Wed, 4 May 2005, Laurence wrote:

>  On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 17:15 -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote:
>  > I installed from scratch again.
>  > This time I didn't tell it to use DHCP
>  > and all was right with the world.
>  >
>  > Now why the mistake with DHCP would screw things up so bad
>  > that I had to reinstall to talk to the outside world is beyond me.
>  >
>  > I wasted two days trying to find anything else to do.
>  >
>  If you didn't use DHCP, how does it get its IP address?
>  what does ifconfig tell you?
>  were you using your own DHCP server? 
Static assignment specified at install time.
That is what it was before the first install from scratch.

-- 
Mike   hennebry(a)web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu
"There are three kinds of people,
those who can count and those who can't."