[ltp] network not joined

[Michael Bletzingr]

Leila Schneberger wrote:
> 
> At 10:23 AM 1/10/00 +0000, you wrote:
> >Leila:
> >
> >I'd tried to use this card and I had a lot of problems too.
> >Finally I give up!. Now, I'm using the IBM ethernet II PCMCIA  card. It
> >works like a charm.
> 
> Well, I've already bought two ethernet cards for this laptop. I'd really
> like to get this one working if at all possible. I read the page at
> http://www.bm-soft.com/~bm/tp770x.html a little more closely, and realized
> that I needed to get the *latest* pcmcia drivers instead of just compiling
> the ones that came with RH6.1. So I downloaded the 3.1.8 drivers and
> installed them.
> 
> Now in /var/log/messages it shows that it recognizes the Linksys Etherfast
> and does insmod for 8390.o and pcnet_cs.o. I get as far as "eth0: found
> link beat," but still no light on the hub. Ifconfig eth0 shows I am
> transmitting packets, and the little Act light on the connector blinks.
> 
> It seems like it must be very close...
> Leila
> 
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You may want to try the pcm mailing list at 

http://pcmcia.sourceforge.org/cgi-bin/HyperNews/get/pcmcia/network.html


You need to send them the the log messages for the pcm module found at
/var/log/messages.
They helped me out a lot.

	Michael
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