Jeff Blaufuss wrote: > > Andrew Sharp wrote: > > > > Jeff Blaufuss wrote: > > > > > > I recently installed Debian 2.2 on my Powermac 4400, everything seems to > > > have installed fine, but my ethernet card (a Farallon Fast Ether > > > TX-10/100) won't work. > > > > > > Linux recognizes and configures it, but the link light won't even turn > > > on. Is this card supported? Has anyone found a way to work around this > > > problem? > > > > > > Here's what I know: > > > It uses a DEC 21143 chip > > > In NetBSD it uses the de driver > > > The link light never turns on in Linux, it doesn't turn on in MacOS > > > until the computer is fully booted. > > > I have a PowerMac 4400 > > > I'm running the 2.2.19 kernel > > > lspci says: 00.0d.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation > > > DECchip 21142/43 (rev 30) > > > > > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > > > Did you load the tulip driver? > > > > # modprobe tulip > > I ran "modprobe tulip" and it gave me this: > modprobe: Can't locate module tulip > > > > You said "linux recognizes and configures it" what did you mean by > > that? what IP address did you give it? What does ifconfig say? > > > It gets recognized in the boot messages, and ifconfig seems have gotten > the info I gave during installation. > > This is ifconfig's output (there may be typos): > #ifconfig > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:C5:50:F0:F8 > inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric: 1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 > Interrupt:24 Base address:0x400 > lo > <snip>
Maybe it's your cable or hub/switch? What happens when you ping other hosts? a
