From wizard01@impop.bellatlantic.net Mon Nov 23 13:39:07 1998 From: wizard01@impop.bellatlantic.net To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: Re: [SuSE Linux] 3Com card not working. Help! Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 14:39:07 +0100 Message-ID: <199811231942.OAA00702@iconmail.bellatlantic.net> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============6777990767594837966==" --===============6777990767594837966== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Check http://cesdis.gsfc= .nasa.gov/linux/misc/100mbs.html> and=20 look for the link h= ttp://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html>=20 under the 3Com Boomerang chip. It appears that a bit of work is=20 being done on it... Hope this helps... >=20 >=20 > Hi all, >=20 > I just installed SuSE 5.3 on my box, and I am having tons of troubles. >=20 > The last one, is the netcard, which is a 3Com 3CSM905B-TX fast ETHERNET =20 > I tried the 3c59x.o module, but that's what I have at the boot, from dmesg. >=20 > >=20 > > 3c59x.c:v0.99E 5/12/98 Donald Becker > > http://cesdis.g= sfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html> > > eth0: 3Com 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx at =3D0x38000, ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, IRQ= 11 > > 1024K word-wide RAM 3:5 Rx:Tx split, autoselect/NWay Autonegotiation > > interface. > >=20 > > Enabling bus-master transmits and early receives. > >=20 > =20 > 1) I _think_ that 3c59x.o is the right module, but not sure. >=20 > 2) the ff:ff:ff means that the HW address is not initialized properly, righ= t? > Could it be a HW problem, that is the card is broken ? > I say that because the box arrived with no OS on it, not even W95,=20 > so I never seen this card working. >=20 > Any help is HIGHLY appreciated... Please, reply to me because I am not=20 > subscribed to the list. >=20 > My box is: > ASUS P2B-DS 440-BX motherboard > AIC7890 SCSI ADAPTER (what a pain!) > 3CSM905-TX PCI Net card=20 >=20 > Luigi >=20 > Dr. Luigi Cavallo > Dept. of Chemistry > Univ. of Naples > Via Mezzocannone 4 > I-80134 Napoli, ITALY > Ph: ++39-81-5476534 > Fax: ++39-81-5527771 > Email cavallo@chemna.dichi.unina.it > ----------------------------------- >=20 >=20 >=20 > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e >=20 - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============6777990767594837966==-- From cavallo@CHEMNA.DICHI.UNINA.IT Mon Nov 23 17:09:11 1998 From: cavallo@CHEMNA.DICHI.UNINA.IT To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: [SuSE Linux] 3Com card not working. Help! Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 18:09:11 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1966734876023494120==" --===============1966734876023494120== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all, I just installed SuSE 5.3 on my box, and I am having tons of troubles. The last one, is the netcard, which is a 3Com 3CSM905B-TX fast ETHERNET =20 I tried the 3c59x.o module, but that's what I have at the boot, from dmesg. >=20 > 3c59x.c:v0.99E 5/12/98 Donald Becker > http://cesdis.g= sfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html> > eth0: 3Com 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx at =3D0x38000, ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, IRQ 11 > 1024K word-wide RAM 3:5 Rx:Tx split, autoselect/NWay Autonegotiation > interface. >=20 > Enabling bus-master transmits and early receives. >=20 =20 1) I _think_ that 3c59x.o is the right module, but not sure. 2) the ff:ff:ff means that the HW address is not initialized properly, right? Could it be a HW problem, that is the card is broken ? I say that because the box arrived with no OS on it, not even W95,=20 so I never seen this card working. Any help is HIGHLY appreciated... Please, reply to me because I am not=20 subscribed to the list. My box is: ASUS P2B-DS 440-BX motherboard AIC7890 SCSI ADAPTER (what a pain!) 3CSM905-TX PCI Net card=20 Luigi Dr. Luigi Cavallo Dept. of Chemistry Univ. of Naples Via Mezzocannone 4 I-80134 Napoli, ITALY Ph: ++39-81-5476534 Fax: ++39-81-5527771 Email cavallo@chemna.dichi.unina.it ----------------------------------- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============1966734876023494120==-- From mantel@suse.de Mon Nov 23 18:39:19 1998 From: mantel@suse.de To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: [SuSE Linux] Re: 3Com card not working. Help! Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 19:39:19 +0100 Message-ID: <19981123193919.W29552@suse.de> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============3461389706124813750==" --===============3461389706124813750== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, On Mon, Nov 23, Luigi Cavallo wrote: > I just installed SuSE 5.3 on my box, and I am having tons of troubles. >=20 > The last one, is the netcard, which is a 3Com 3CSM905B-TX fast ETHERNET =20 > I tried the 3c59x.o module, but that's what I have at the boot, from dmesg. >=20 > >=20 > > 3c59x.c:v0.99E 5/12/98 Donald Becker > > http://cesdis.g= sfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html> > > eth0: 3Com 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx at =3D0x38000, ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, IRQ= 11 > > 1024K word-wide RAM 3:5 Rx:Tx split, autoselect/NWay Autonegotiation > > interface. > >=20 > > Enabling bus-master transmits and early receives. > >=20 > =20 > 1) I _think_ that 3c59x.o is the right module, but not sure. Yes, that's the correct driver. > 2) the ff:ff:ff means that the HW address is not initialized properly, righ= t? > Could it be a HW problem, that is the card is broken ? > I say that because the box arrived with no OS on it, not even W95,=20 > so I never seen this card working. >=20 > Any help is HIGHLY appreciated... Please, reply to me because I am not=20 > subscribed to the list. read http://c= esdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/misc/modules.html#ffff> > My box is: > ASUS P2B-DS 440-BX motherboard > AIC7890 SCSI ADAPTER (what a pain!) > 3CSM905-TX PCI Net card=20 >=20 > Luigi -o) Hubert Mantel Goodbye, dots... /\\ _\_v - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============3461389706124813750==--