Hi, First, some basic info:
OS: Debian 3.0R2 stable PC: Old Pentium Pro box with Intel 440FX chipset Kernel: 2.4.18 (standard Debian kernel with natsemi support builtin) natsemi driver: came with Debian dist (1.14 IIRC) Now the issue: When the PC is first turned on I can see the link light on the switch, however, the link light mysteriously goes away just before the natsemi driver is loaded. The driver, however, seems to find the card just fine at IRQ 10. ifconfig -a shows eth0 with the MAC address and other details listed. Machine is able to ping itself but nothing else (not surprising since the link light on the hub never comes back on). lspci command shows the 'National Semiconductor card" at IRQ 10 I'm at a loss specially since everything worked fine under RedHat 7.3 a week ago. If there's any output of a command that you would like me to post pls let me know (I can redirect output to a floppy and then cut-n-paste from a different machine that has a network connection). Any help or pointers in the right direction would be much appreciated. I posted this on scyld.com mailing list but didn't get a response. I'm hoping someone here might have heard of this before. Thank you. __________________________________________________________________ New! Unlimited Netscape Internet Service. Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Act now to get a personalized email address! Netscape. Just the Net You Need.
