Subject: Re: PowerBook 1400c Ethernet Adapter Trouble
From: Ed Jaeger (ed.jaeger@bgcorp.com)
Date: Thu Oct 07 1999 - 11:21:03 MDT
I just got my 21143 PCI card working with the latest (0.91) tulip driver
(vs. 0.89 in CS1.1) - give it a shot...
Dennis Murphy wrote:
>
> Not to write a "ME TOO!" message, but I have the exact same problem with
> my PowerBook 1400c. It detects the internal 10mbit adapter, but it never
> sends a thing. The RX packets are 0, with lots of dropped packets and
> also lots of collisions... Not fun :-(
>
> Any ideas, anyone?
>
> Also -- the first time I fire up X, the entire root window, mouse cursor
> included -- is blue. Everything is shaded blue. If I ctrl-alt-backspace
> X, and restart it, everything's fine. Odd. :-)
>
> ---
> Dennis Murphy
>
> On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Scott Wood wrote:
>
> > I have the same problem on my B&W G3 with a NetGear FA-310TX (Digital 21141
> > chipset) using either the tulip driver compiled-in or the module and Linux
> > 2.2.6. I also noticed that the interrupt count for the eth1 interface in
> > /proc/interrupts is always 0. The built-in BMAC ethernet works, but I need
> > to use my box as a router.
>
> > The link light and 100Mbit light is on, but I cannot send or recieve
> > anything (ping, tcpdump.. nothing). Could this an Open Firmware thing,
> > since Linux complains about the PCI BIOS not having enabled the card? Just
> > a thought...
-- Ed Jaeger, CFO, Bohlender Graebener Corporation ed.jaeger@bgcorp.com http://www.bgcorp.com --- "Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."-- Mark Twain
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