[ale] Connecting with SUSE 10.0

[James P. Kinney III]

I hate to say this, but the fastest route to happy is to simply get a
different NIC. With the cost of a really nice 10/100/1000 from Intel
under $50 and a dirt cheap, works fine PCI NIC from RealTec running $10
(uses the 8139too module) you'll be up and running in no time.

Otherwise, I would try re-downloading the kernel sources and recompiling
the kernel and the modules. Be sure to verify the md5 sum and GPG
signatures before you spend any time on the build. It may be that you
simply have a corrupted driver. You could try reloading thedriver from
the install CD (can't help on _where_ they are. Most likely inside a
kernel package).

On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 21:41 -0400, Terry Bailey wrote:
> I am running a dual boot with XP but I don't see how that would effect 
> anything.
> 
> Would it help to install another driver?  I see, by running the find 
> command, that tulip is always a directory. If I could find another driver, 
> how would I install it?
> 
> I have a friend who is running SUSE 10.0 on a newer machine and he is 
> having no problem.  I guess that the driver for his chip set is OK.
> 
> I am running a 2.0 gig Dell  which is about 3 years old.
> 
> The NIC is :
> 
>          Davicom 21x4x DEC-Tulip 10/100 Ethernet
> 
> The Hardware Configuration Name is:
> 
>          bus-pci-0000:02:09.0
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 08:16 PM 10/24/2005, you wrote:
> 
> >Pinging the NIC doesn't use the driver. You are touching the software
> >layer above the driver.
> >
> >On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 19:36 -0400, Terry Bailey wrote:
> > > I can ping the NIC (e.g., ping 192.168.1.100).  Should I be able to ping
> > > the NIC if the dirver was not working?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At 03:23 PM 10/24/2005, you wrote:
> > >
> > > >On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 14:48 -0400, Terry Bailey wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > When I run dmesg, every line is:
> > > > >
> > > > >          tulip_stop_rxtx( )  failed
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >This line shows that the tulip driver is having some problems. I would:
> > > >
> > > >a. make sure that is the correct driver
> > > >b. see what happens if the driver is unloaded and then reloaded.
> > > >c. get a different NIC. The tulip  driver is for a really old chipset
> > > >that was notoriously buggy.
> > > >
> > > >
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