On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Craig Sanders wrote: > On Mon, 17 Feb 1997, trio wrote: > > > wd io=0x280 irq=5 > > > > > > This loads the driver module at boot time for my wd8003 card - they're > > ... > > > > Is there a syntax listing for the /etc/modules file somewhere? I'm > > running a 3c509. > > command line options for modules vary depending on what module is being > loaded. many of them take an 'io=' and an 'irq=' option. check the notes > in the linux kernel source: /usr/src/linux/Documentation (you must > have the kernel source installed to do this, of course). also, check > the source code for the individual drivers - options are quite often > NOT documented and the only way to find out about them is to read the > source.
Thanks for the pointers. I'll have to look into it. > > Any idea what i'd need? Right now, mine says: > > > > #auto > > 3c509 > > sg > > > > What do those things mean? > > OK, you're loading the 3c509 module and the scsi generic module... looks > like my guess was wrong. > > The 3c509 module can be given io= and irq= options in /etc/modules (or > in /etc/conf.modules) Wow. Now i see a /etc/conf.modules! I was looking for all the *.conf files, but didn't see that one. On the other hand, there's no man page for that either. > Try removing the '#' from the '#hash' line. See if that makes any > difference. What #hash line? > here's something for you to try. > > 1. run 'lsmod' to list all loaded modules. make sure that 3c509 is listed. > > e.g. (from one of my systems - yours will vary a bit) > > # lsmod > Module: #pages: Used by: > isofs 5 1 > sr_mod 4 1 > serial 8 1 > lp 2 0 > sound 25 0 > nfs 13 6 > appletalk 4 11 > ip_alias 1 1 > wd 2 1 <-- my wd8003 module > 8390 2 [wd] 0 <-- the 8390 module is used > by the wd8003 module Excellent. I didn't know about that one either. > 2. run 'ifconfig eth0' to display interface configuration details. make sure > that your ethernet interface is configured properly. > > e.g. > > # ifconfig eth0 > eth0 Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:C0:0A:44:A5 > inet addr:203.16.167.2 Bcast:203.16.167.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > EtherTalk Phase 2 addr:65280/241 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:1501003 errors:5 dropped:0 overruns:0 > TX packets:1269427 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 > Interrupt:5 Base address:0x290 Memory:d0000-d2000 This one is fine. > 3. run 'cat /proc/ioports' to see what I/O ports are in use in your system > > # cat /proc/ioports > > 0: 166488335 timer > 1: 1601282 keyboard > 2: 0 cascade > 3: 4802968 + serial > 5: 2694949 WD8003-old <--- here's my wd8003 > 7: 3653 sound blaster > 8: 1 + rtc > 12: 1141666 + 53c7,8xx > 13: 1 math error > 14: 3335560 + ide0 > > > 4. run 'cat /proc/interrupts' to see what IRQs are in use: e.g. > > # cat /proc/interrupts > 0: 166488335 timer > 1: 1601282 keyboard > 2: 0 cascade > 3: 4802968 + serial > 5: 2694949 WD8003-old <--- here's my wd8003 > 7: 3653 sound blaster > 8: 1 + rtc > 12: 1141666 + 53c7,8xx > 13: 1 math error > 14: 3335560 + ide0 > > your 3c509 should should be listed in both /proc/ioports and > /proc/interrupts. Make sure that the irq & interrupt are correct. Two more i didn't know about! Is there a book about administration or networking that teaches these things? I read a few books a couple of years ago and those tools were not mentioned. > 5. wait for the problem to occur again. > > 6. repeat the tests above. compare differences. Excellent idea. > also, try to determine under what circumstances the ethernet > configuration is lost....is it at a certain time of day? is it when the > network card is receiving/transmitting a lot of traffic? is it when the > network card is idle for some time? is it when the system is under a > heavy load? is it after you run a certain program? Well, despite the fact that i'm getting duplicates of all the e-mail to the debian-users list, you may not have seen the one that says i "fixed" this. It only happens when booting. I created an S14network which restarted things, but then it was still turned off. So someone else proposed it and i changed it to S98network and now the timing works. The network comes up (as noted by a ping from another machine), then it goes down and then the S98 kicks in and it stays up. Thanks again for all your help. This is very useful information and i really appreciate it. ... universero trio... [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tio.net/~trio Learn and use The International Language Esperanto! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
