Thanks! Jen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric G. Stern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "jennyw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 8:48 PM Subject: Re: Problems with smc1211 tx
> jennyw wrote: > > > > I have an SMC 1211 TX network card which I understand uses the RTL8139 > > driver. Unfortunately, it wouldn't install when I was install Debian. Are > > there any known issues with this driver? Should I attempt to get a more > > recent driver? > > > > I'm installing using CDs -- potato (date on the cds is 8/25/2000 from > > CheapBytes). > > > > Thanks! > > > > Jen > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I've been using this card now for a long time with this driver so I > suspect there is a problem like an IRQ conflict with your system or for > some reason you need to specify an IRQ. The easiest way to debug this > kind of problem is to finish installing your system except for the > network. When the system is up, look at the IRQs in use with 'cat > /proc/interrupts' and 'lspci -v'. I don't have the documentation for > that particular module handy, but most network modules take a parameter > 'irq=<n>' where <n> is an IRQ number > > You can try adding the module in the running kernel with 'modprobe > rtl8139 irq=<n>' > with different <n> that look unassigned from the /proc/interrupts > table. 9, 10 or 11 are often good numbers. If you find one that works > you can arrange that it gets called that way automatically at boot. > email me or the list for the details. > > Eric Stern > > >
