I buy suse 9.1 yesterday. At the finish of setup I discover that the broadcom integrated network adapter in my ibm thinkpad G40 not is recognized by suse 9.1 I try to load different modules, I googling... but I don't find any help about. I test also suse 9.1 on a ibm x235 where is the same broadcom nic with the same result, no network card. if I use ifconfig it is possible to configure nic, as eth0, but when I ping a host from the same subnet, it appear "network unreacheable"... Do anyone have the same problem and think a solution? -- Calogero Bonasia
On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 04:19 pm, kbonasia@mclink.net wrote:
I buy suse 9.1 yesterday. At the finish of setup I discover that the broadcom integrated network adapter in my ibm thinkpad G40 not is recognized by suse 9.1 I try to load different modules, I googling... but I don't find any help about. I test also suse 9.1 on a ibm x235 where is the same broadcom nic with the same result, no network card.
if I use ifconfig it is possible to configure nic, as eth0, but when I ping a host from the same subnet, it appear "network unreacheable"...
Do anyone have the same problem and think a solution?
Broadcom network interfaces are supported by the "tg3" driver and the "bcm5700" driver. I've had no trouble from the tg3 driver, and have a Dell machine running Suse 9.1 with broadcom interface. Try booting off the CD and select "manual install" then "add driver" choose the "network" group and try tg3 with no parameters. It should load. If your machine is built and booted try: "insmod tg3" The modules.conf file is all new and a bit of a nightmare, don't go there, use yast2 : Network Devices : Network Card and see if it will do it for you. -- Michael James michael.james@csiro.au System Administrator voice: 02 6246 5040 CSIRO Bioinformatics Facility fax: 02 6246 5166
Michael James wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 04:19 pm, kbonasia@mclink.net wrote:
I buy suse 9.1 yesterday. At the finish of setup I discover that the broadcom integrated network adapter in my ibm thinkpad G40 not is recognized by suse 9.1 I try to load different modules, I googling... but I don't find any help about. I test also suse 9.1 on a ibm x235 where is the same broadcom nic with the same result, no network card.
if I use ifconfig it is possible to configure nic, as eth0, but when I ping a host from the same subnet, it appear "network unreacheable"...
Do anyone have the same problem and think a solution?
Broadcom network interfaces are supported by the "tg3" driver and the "bcm5700" driver.
I've had no trouble from the tg3 driver, and have a Dell machine running Suse 9.1 with broadcom interface.
Try booting off the CD and select "manual install" then "add driver" choose the "network" group and try tg3 with no parameters. It should load.
If your machine is built and booted try: "insmod tg3" The modules.conf file is all new and a bit of a nightmare, don't go there, use yast2 : Network Devices : Network Card and see if it will do it for you.
Depends on the chip, my 64-bit laptop has the BCM5788 and that needs the tg3 driver, the bcm5700 driver caused network stalls. I had to change /etc/modprobe.conf to read "alias eth0 tg3" from "alias eth0 bcm5700", rebooted and OK ever since. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer ===== LINUX ONLY USED HERE =====
Must be something, I can't believe that IBM has started using NON linux supported hardware again! Jerry On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 08:19, kbonasia@mclink.net wrote:
I buy suse 9.1 yesterday. At the finish of setup I discover that the broadcom integrated network adapter in my ibm thinkpad G40 not is recognized by suse 9.1 I try to load different modules, I googling... but I don't find any help about. I test also suse 9.1 on a ibm x235 where is the same broadcom nic with the same result, no network card.
if I use ifconfig it is possible to configure nic, as eth0, but when I ping a host from the same subnet, it appear "network unreacheable"...
Do anyone have the same problem and think a solution?
-- Calogero Bonasia
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