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Re: [SLE] SiS 900 NIC driver, SuSE 8.1 and Fujitsu-Siemens Celvin EasyPC.
  • From: "Joel Vande Berg" <suse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 00:57:37 -0800 (PST)
  • Message-id: <1196.66.74.204.126.1047718657.squirrel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Brian,

How about a jumper on the motherboard? And do you get a link light on
your hub/switch when you plug the computer in?

Joel

> Hi Joel,
>
> The computer has an Award BIOS setup that doesn't seem to have an option
> for turning on or off the network card. Could this be because the SiS
> 900 is built into the motherboard on the Celvin? Besides, the BIOS
> settings haven't been changed since Win 98 SE was installed and the NIC
> was working just fine. Also, having connected to the WAN/LAN with USB to
> Ethernet adapter using a Knoppix CD, I am convinced that there is no
> problem in the WAN/LAN, nor in the physical (cable) connection. This
> seems to be not only a mystery to me, but also to many others on the
> list :-(
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian
>
> Joel Vande Berg wrote:
>
>>Have you checked to make sure that the network card is enabled in the
>> bios. The SiS 900 normally works fine in both windows and linux. Check
>> to make sure that the option exists in the bios as well. I once
>> flashed an ECS K7S5A with the bios for the motherboard version that did
>> not have the embedded NIC. This action removed the option from the
>> bios. Fortunately, I was able to reflash the motherboard with the
>> correct bios and everything was fine after that.
>>
>>Good Luck,
>>
>>Joel
>>
>>
>>
>>>Yes, it could be with the motherboard of course, but it seems unlikely
>>> as everything other than the SiS 900 built in NIC function in all
>>> Win/Lin flavors (sound cards and graphics of course being the two
>>> other major areas where the motherboard/system configuration could go
>>>haywire). I think at this point, I'll try a two pronged strategy:
>>> firstly, try out one of those USB to Ethernet adapters, so that at
>>> least
>>> my daughter can get access to the Internet back again, while I am
>>>wrestling with this and, secondly I will try Libranet Debian and see
>>> if that will get the NIC working. Libranet has a rep for easy
>>> configuration
>>> (like SuSE), is part of the large Debian community and it will be
>>>interesting to try working with .deb packages and a native apt
>>>configuration system (instead of the roll your own tacked on thing
>>> that we have with SuSE). I have to admit that I don't really know what
>>> the pros and cons are of .deb vs. .rpm packages, but I guess I will
>>> find out.
>>>
>>>If none of this works, I'll be back on this issue ;-)
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>
>>>Brian
>>>
>>>Robert Besaw wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>The problem could be with the biostar motherboard. All of mine have
>>>> the same things built in as yours. I've never been able to get any
>>>> window's product to install out of the box.
>>>>
>>>>But then why would I want to other than some games (Ghost Recon
>>>> RULES)
>>>>
>>>>All things being equal, try it with Redhat and then come back to
>>>> Suse. If that doesn't work then I think that maybe there's something
>>>> else in your motherboard or bios that is hosing it. Because the 900
>>>> has a fallback mode that is supposed to enable to be compatible with
>>>> legacy and current OS. It could be that Biostar didn't include the
>>>> ROM for the 900 and just the chip......
>>>>
>>>>Robert
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Brian Durant [mailto:durant@xxxxxxxxxx]
>>>>Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 11:36 AM
>>>>To: Robert Besaw
>>>>Cc: SLE
>>>>Subject: Re: [SLE] SiS 900 NIC driver, SuSE 8.1 and Fujitsu-Siemens
>>>> Celvin EasyPC.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for the friendly accusation ;-) Do any of your systems have
>>>> the SiS 900 NIC built into a Biostar motherboard.? I believe that
>>>> this configuration may be non-standard for the SiS 900 driver, but am
>>>> not sure. I am unable to get drivers downloaded from SiS or from
>>>> Biostar to
>>>> work with Win2k Pro either. The only implementation that seems to
>>>> work "out of the box" is Win 98 SE and I am trying to get away from
>>>> that. I have included a list of the specs at the end of this
>>>> posting. As a
>>>>fall back alternative, has anyone tried to get an ADS USB to
>>>> Ethernet adapter
>>>>
>>>>or a GWC Tech USB Ethernet adapter to work with SuSE 8.1? The GWC is
>>>> supposed to support full/half duplex network operation, which I
>>>> believe
>>>> is supported in the kernel.
>>>>
>>>>Cheers,
>>>>
>>>>Brian
>>>>
>>>>Specifications for the Fujitsu-Siemens Clevin EasyPC:
>>>>Processor AMD K6-2 500MHz ( L2-Cache 512K )
>>>>Motherboard: Biostar M5SAF, Flex-ATX Motherboard (M5SAF)
>>>>Modem: 56K integrated modem
>>>>Video Card: Integrated in MB
>>>>Network Card Integrated in MB
>>>>Sound Integrated in MB
>>>>Memory: Single 64MB SDRAM DIMM (PC100) (Max 256MB)
>>>>Hard Disk: 8.3 GB Hard Drive
>>>>CD Drive: 24-speed vertical CD-ROM drive
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Interfaces
>>>>USB
>>>>2 x front, 3 x rear
>>>>VGA
>>>>1 x 15-pin D-Sub interface
>>>>modem
>>>>1 x RJ 11 connector
>>>>LAN
>>>>1 x RJ 45 connector
>>>>Audio Jacks
>>>>1 x audio line in, 1 x audio line out 1 x microphone in 1 x
>>>> headset interface
>>>>
>>>>Driver Listings: (Non-Standard ) Windows 98
>>>>
>>>>Top CDROM MITSUMI CD-ROM TX240T !A [Hardware version N/A]
>>>>[Firmware version H01J] [Provider: Microsoft] [Driver Date:
>>>> 4-23-1999]
>>>>
>>>>Human Interface Device USB Human Interface Device [Provider:
>>>> Microsoft]
>>>> [Date: 4-23-1999]
>>>>
>>>>Keyboard HID-compliant Keyboard [Provider: Microsoft] [Date:
>>>> 4-23-1999]
>>>>
>>>>Mouse HID-compliant mouse [Provider: Microsoft] [Date: 4-23-1999]
>>>>
>>>>Multi-function adapters SiS960 Multifunction device [Manufacturer:
>>>> SiS] [Hardware Version: 001] [Date: 1-13-2000]
>>>>
>>>>Network adapters SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter [Manufacturer:
>>>> SiS]
>>>> [Hardware Version: 001] [Provider: SiS] [Date:
>>>>12-28-1999]
>>>>
>>>>Display Adapters SiS 530 [Manufacturer: SiS] [Hardware Version:
>>>> 163] [Provider: Silicon Integrated Systems Corporation] [Date:
>>>>1997\07\29]
>>>>
>>>>Hard disk controller SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller [Manufacturer:
>>>> Silicon Intergrated Systems] [Hardware Version: 208] [Provider:
>>>> Microsoft] [Driver Date: 4-23-1999]
>>>>
>>>>Modem AMR Voice Modem [Provider: Modem Vendor] [Date:
>>>> 12-11-1999]
>>>>
>>>>Sound Video and Game Controllers SiS 7018 PCI Audio WDM driver
>>>>[Manufacturer: Silicon Integrated System] [Provider: SiS] [Date:
>>>> 2-29-2000]
>>>>
>>>>Universal serial bus controller SiS 7001PCI to USB Open Host
>>>> Controller
>>>> [Manufacturer: Silicon Integrated System] [Hardware Version: 007]
>>>>[Provider: Microsoft] [Date: 4-23-1999]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Robert Besaw wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>What have you done to not get it to work. I have two systems that
>>>>> use the SiS900 and it didn't even hiccup. Maybe there's something
>>>>> wrong with your system. I generally have problems with the windows
>>>>> before I have problems with Linux. I load windows, then linux, then
>>>>> download
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>the
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>driver through linux and then install it on windows.
>>>>>
>>>>>Redhat or Suse no problem.
>>>>>
>>>>>CB
>>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: Brian Durant [mailto:durant@xxxxxxxxxx]
>>>>>Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 4:04 AM
>>>>>To: peterb924@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>Cc: SLE
>>>>>Subject: Re: [SLE] SiS 900 NIC driver, SuSE 8.1 and Fujitsu-Siemens
>>>>> Celvin EasyPC.
>>>>>
>>>>>Hi Peter,
>>>>>
>>>>>In my original posting, I stated that I have never gotten the NIC
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>driver
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>(SiS 900) to work under any of the Linux flavors that I have tried,
>>>>> yet
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>it works fine under Win 98 SE. I still believe that the SiS 900
>>>>> driver
>>>>> is at fault and that this is not an "upstream" problem. That
>>>>> doesn't
>>>>>mean that I am not willing to try something if you can explain to me
>>>>> in
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>more detail what you are thinking about. I can also try to forward
>>>>> some
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>of the correspondence to you, that I have had in trying to get other
>>>>> Linux flavors to work, if this would help to underline why I think
>>>>> that
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>this is a driver problem. Feel free to put in your two cents here, I
>>>>> have to admit that I am pretty much lost at sea.
>>>>>
>>>>>Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>>Brian
>>>>>
>>>>>Peter B Van Campen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Dear Brian,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On Wednesday 12 March 2003 12:37 pm, Brian Durant wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>You were, right after looking around, I only found a couple of
>>>>>>> lines
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>in
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>/var/log/boot.msg 8-) With auto DHCP, the message says "DHCP no IP
>>>>>>> address yet... backgrounding". When set to static IP, the boot.msg
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>lists
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>eth0 with the correct IP address and subnet mask and that is it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>Good! Now you should start looking upstream of the NIC to find out
>>>>>> why
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>the
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>DHCP server is not issuing your sys an IP addr. Also try to find
>>>>>> out
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>why the
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>static IP addr is unaccaptable to the upstream device.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Let us know how it goes, ................ PeterB
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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