On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, Nico De Ranter wrote: > I'm trying to install Debian on a Compaq Deskpro XL 566. > Since I couldn't get the onboard Ethernet board to work (I found > the HOW-TO but didn't succeed) I decided to plugin a 3Com 3C509B > 10Base-T board which I have lying around. I reinstalled Debian > (since I had some other trouble also) and included the 3C509B. > It gets loaded and configured at login just fine. My IP-address > is ok, the board is up. When I ping another machine on the same > network I see arp-packets arriving at the other machine (tcpdump) > and my second also sends answers back. However nothing arrives > on my Deskpro. Also when I do tcpdump on my Deskpro nothing is > going over the network so apparently I can send packets but cannot > receive antyhing. > > Any ideas on how to solve this?
You can transmit, but you can't receive: that sounds like an interrupt not working/getting detected by the kernel. Maybe something on the board is eating the interrupt, or it is somehow disabled by the bios. Did everything work with the 3Com drivers floppy? I don't know how to fix it, but this may get you a little further. Cheers, Joost -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
