[tlug] LAN card install

[Shawn <javajunkie@example.com>]

Hi,

asus p5b-vm on board motherboard doesn't work
google indicates a common problem
perhaps 2.6.19_rc may fix it


for 2.6.18, I gave up and disabled it in bios

got a corega cg-lapcitx lan card with "Linux" written on the box.

(also have a logitec lan-tx/pci I could try but ... only if the corega
doesn't want to cooperate)

How do I set it up?

1) put it in
2) ? configure how.  I deleted all hardware and device entries and
rebooted and the following is what was detected.

below is modprobe.conf, /var/log/messages | grep eth0,
and /var/log/messages | grep 8139 (which is the presumed driver)  

Here is modprobe.conf
alias scsi_hostadapter ahci
alias scsi_hostadapter1 ata_piix
alias scsi_hostadapter2 usb-storage
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-card-0 index=0 
options snd-hda-intel index=0 
remove snd-hda-intel { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-hda-intel
alias eth0 8139too
alias peth0 8139too

[note: there was an "option 8139too" line before alias which I took out
since it was throwing errors. Don't think it's relevant]


/var/messages | grep eth0 shows:

Dec 16 12:18:13 localhost kernel: eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xf887c400,
00:0a:79:88:a6:d0, IRQ 169
Dec 16 12:18:14 localhost kernel: eth0: link down
Dec 16 12:18:14 localhost kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not
ready
Dec 16 12:19:40 localhost system-config-network[3128]: -
+ //etc/modprobe.conf 	eth0 alias 8139too
Dec 16 12:19:40 localhost system-config-network[3128]: chmod
0644 //etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0.bak
Dec 16 12:19:40 localhost system-config-network[3128]: chmod
0644 //etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0
Dec 16 12:19:40 localhost system-config-network[3128]:
rm //etc/sysconfig/network-scripts//ifcfg-eth0.bak
Dec 16 12:19:40 localhost system-config-network[3128]:
rm //etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/ifcfg-eth0.bak
Dec 16 12:19:42 localhost kernel: eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex,
lpa 0x41E1
Dec 16 12:19:42 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
Dec 16 12:19:43 localhost avahi-daemon[2632]: New relevant interface
eth0.IPv6 for mDNS.
Dec 16 12:19:43 localhost avahi-daemon[2632]: Joining mDNS multicast
group on interface eth0.IPv6 with address fe80::20a:79ff:fe88:a6d0.
Dec 16 12:19:43 localhost avahi-daemon[2632]: Registering new address
record for fe80::20a:79ff:fe88:a6d0 on eth0.
Dec 16 12:19:50 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
Dec 16 12:20:03 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 20
Dec 16 12:20:23 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
Dec 16 12:20:30 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13

Dec 16 12:18:13 localhost kernel: 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.27
Dec 16 12:18:13 localhost kernel: eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xf887c400,
00:0a:79:88:a6:d0, IRQ 169
Dec 16 12:18:13 localhost kernel: 8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver
v1.2 (Mar 22, 2004)
Dec 16 12:19:40 localhost system-config-network[3128]: -
+ //etc/modprobe.conf 	eth0 alias 8139too

Any ideas on what I should try?

shawn