[ltp] Same network problem on T60p as T60

[Florian Reitmeir]

Hi,

try to use the newest e1000 driver.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000

and maybe this bugreport is yours:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1474679&group_id=42302&atid=447449


simple download the driver, install the kernel-headers/sources from your
distribution, and compile it.


On Mit, 12 Jul 2006, interp01 wrote:

> 
> Im going to start a new thread since Im using the T60p,  although Im not sure
> how much of a difference there really is between the two laptops.  Anyway,
> Im at my wits end over this.......
> 
> I am experiencing the same problem using RHEL 4 on my T60p as the T60 users
> had:
> 
>  uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.9-22.ELsmp #1 SMP Mon Sep 19
> 18:32:14 EDT 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> 
> The device just isnt anywhere to be found :(  Here is what I have trouble
> shooted so far.  Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> I am attempting to install RHEL 4 on an IBM T60p laptop and I am getting
> the following NIC failure error when booting or running ifup:
> 
> e1000 device eth1 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.
> 
> I have found several articles on the net that mention the lack of the
> e1000 driver not being aliased in my modprobe.conf file.  I have already
> added an entry as follows to modprobe.conf and manually loaded the module
> using modprobe (neither way made a difference the module seems to load
> perfectly fine):
> 
> alias eth1 e1000
> 
> An lsmod shows the e1000 module loaded:
> 
> e1000                  96429  0
> 
> 
> I have confirmed that the network card does have an entry in the hwconf
> file.  I have tried setting the driver parameter to e1000 but a reboot or
> run of KUDZU will cause the driver parameter to be reset to unknown. 
> Could this be the cause of my problem????
> 
> Here is my hwconf entry for the NIC pre boot or KUDZU run:
> 
> -
> class: NETWORK
> bus: PCI
> detached: 0
> device: eth1
> driver: e1000
> desc: "Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller"
> vendorId: 8086
> deviceId: 109a
> subVendorId: 17aa
> subDeviceId: 2001
> pciType: 1
> pcidom:    0
> pcibus:  2
> pcidev:  0
> pcifn:  0
> -
> 
> Also, I am seeing green lights on both the Laptop NIC and the Switch, and
> the network cable has been tested on other machines and is working :)
> 
> Im really at an end here so any insight from anyone would be greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> DK
> 
> 
> As and FYI here is my ifcfg-eth1 file:
> 
> IPV6INIT=no
> ONBOOT=yes
> USERCTL=no
> PEERDNS=yes
> GATEWAY=192.168.1.2
> TYPE=Ethernet
> DEVICE=eth1
> BOOTPROTO=none
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> IPADDR=192.168.1.3
> 
> 
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Florian Reitmeir