Re: xircom_cb missing (Fedora Core 2.4.22-1.2115nptl)
From: Jim Anderson (ezjab_at_ieee.org)
Date: 04/27/04
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:33:30 GMT
Lenard wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 00:12:51 +0000, Jim Anderson wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I can use help connecting to the network after installation.
>>
>>I have installed Red Hat Fedora (Fedora Core 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl) on an
>>IBM Thinkpad 600E that has a Xircom PCMCIA ethernet card (Xircom
>>Ethernet card: CBE2-10/100BTX). The laptop does not work with the
>>ethernet after booting.
>>
>>When I boot up I get the following message in the boot window messages:
>>
>>Bringing up interface eth0: xircom_cb device eth0 does not seem to be
>>present, delaying initialization. [FAILED]
>>
>
> This normal for the default configuration which attempts to start the
> network service before the pcmcia service.
>
>
>>and in the /var/log/boot.log file the PCMCIA except is: ... localhost
>>pcmcia: Starting PCMCIA serices localhost pcmcia: cardmgr. localhost rc:
>>Starting pcmcia: succeeded ...
>>
>
> See, the pcmcia service has succeeded in starting, if your pcmcia ethernet
> card is recognized then you should be able to use it for networking.
>
>
>>If I run '/sbin/cardctl ident', I get the following:
>>
>>Socket 0:
>>no product info available
>>Socket 1:
>>product info: "Xircom", "CardBus Ethernet II 10/100", "CBEII-10/100",
>>"1.03" manfid: 0x0105, 0x0103
>>function: 6(network)
>>
>
> The card seems to be recognized correctly, no problem here.
>
>
>>It looks like the PCMCIA card is alive and well, but Fedora is not
>>finding 'xircom_cb'. Can anyone help me? Do I have to make a
>>configuration change? Or does the driver have to be installed.
>>
>
> Check 'cat /proc/modules.conf' without the quotes, is the xircom_cb module
> loaded or not? If not what happens when as root you type something like
> '/sbin/modprobe xircom_cb' without the quotes?
The file looks like it is /proc/modules. It has the line:
xircom_cb
9000
1
so this part looks ok.
>
> What does 'ifconfig eth0' show?
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:A4:03:12:8C
inet addr:192.168.1.105 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:169 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:650 (650.0 b) TX bytes:7398 (7.2 Kb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x4800
I compared this to the output of 'ifconfig eth0' on my desktop
and it looks normal to the newbie eye.
>
> What does /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 look like?
% cat ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
This is right of the box and I assume it is ok.
>
> Please review;
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/ch-network-config.html
>
>
>
>
Thanks for the pointer. I'll reveiw the document and see if I
can find something meaningful there.
Jim
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