Re: [tlug] LAN card install

[Shawn <javajunkie@example.com>]

> got a corega cg-lapcitx lan card with "Linux" written on the box.
 
> How do I set it up?
> 
> 1) put it in
> 2) ? configure how. 

the motherboard manual says assign an irq
I see where I can do that but under network-config gui but...
it should a numerical value.

I can't see from the table in the motherboard doc which one it should
be.  Am not familiar with IRQ numbers other than to avoid a conflict.

The doc has a * near some that "are usually available for PCI devices".

for example Communications Port(Com1)*

since I am not using a modem I wonder about just assigning that.
Does it matter if it is one with a low priority?

Any suggestions?





>  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
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