3Com EtherLink III ISA (3C509b-TP) network problem

[s.roman]

Thanks a lot! I got it working after putting that module into the list
and manually configuring the connection and the DNS servers, but I
absolutely failed to understand what to do in the interfaces and
resolv.conf files...

for some reason though something started popping up during boot. It
keeps telling me that it failed to load shpchp and pciehp failed to
load, from the hotplug directory. I read online about the same bug,
but there were no solutions, although a german forum had determined
that the shpchp is the pci express hotplug modules and that pciehp is
the stanard pci hotplug module. It tells me permission denied, even
when I try to modprobe with sudo. Is there a way to fix this, or maybe
block them from booting, since I have no problems running without
them?

Roman


On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:24:38 -0800, Bob Nielsen <nielsen at oz.net> wrote:
> It's been a while (and I was using Debian with a much earlier kernel
> version), but I recall that when I used an ISA NIC I had to specify the
> module (3c509) in /etc/modules in order for the module to be installed
> when booting.  You will need to set up the networking interface plus
> route and DNS information, as well.  The network-admin tool should be
> able to do this, although you may need to do it manually by editing
> /etc/network/interfaces and /etc/resolv.conf.
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 03:18:07PM -0500, s.roman wrote:
> > I looked over the wiki and documentation, but couldn't really find any
> > info on this.  No one has any ideas on how I would connect through
> > this NIC?
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 20:25:45 -0500, s.roman <s.roman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > as a side note, for some reason I can't open my second hard drive when
> > > I try to through /dev/hdb, even though I see it in device manager and
> > > that's where it tells me its location. I can't even open hda in /dev/.
> > > There's only Filesystem and the cdroms and floppy in "Computer". How
> > > would I ba able to access it? It's formatted with FAT32 I think, and
> > > all it has on it are some mp3's. It was installed prior to Ubuntu's
> > > installation.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 20:13:19 -0500, s.roman <s.roman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Basically my Ubuntu box doesn't want to recognize its 3Com EtherLink
> > > > III (3) ISA (3C509b-TP) NIC. I looked around the internet for similar
> > > > problems, and it seems most people with this card have been able to
> > > > resolve their network connections by adding the module 3c509 and doing
> > > > some other things like disabling PnP for ISA.
> > > >
> > > > Now since I'm a linux newbie I don't know many of my options. I tried
> > > > doing sudo modprobe 3c509 and that actually made the Link/ACT light on
> > > > my SMC router turn on, but not the Speed light, and the computer still
> > > > didn't detect any ethernet card. I tried setting up a network
> > > > connection in network settings after doing that, but that didn't do
> > > > much either. After I reboot the module 3c509 disappears from the
> > > > module list, and the Link light turns off on my router. I've tried
> > > > disabling "Plug and Play OS" in my bios as well, but that didn't help.
> > > > I've seen some drivers' sources for this card for linux, but I'm not
> > > > sure how to compile or execute them. I'm pretty sure the ISA bridge is
> > > > detected though since it shows up when I execute lspci.
> > > >
> > > > SiS 530 super7 is the chipset and the motherboard model is PC Chips
> > > > M598, I think. The ethernet card works well in Windows. Anyone have
> > > > any suggestions on what I should do next?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Roman
> > > >
> 
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