From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 15 Mar 2003 04:11:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 15 Mar 2003 04:11:18 -0500 Received: from [196.41.29.142] ([196.41.29.142]:26364 "EHLO workshop.saharact.lan") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 15 Mar 2003 04:11:14 -0500 Subject: Re: Newbie with SiS 900 NIC driver, SuSE 8.1 and Fujitsu-Siemens Celvin EasyPC. From: Martin Schlemmer To: durant@cbn.net.id Cc: KML In-Reply-To: <3E72E4CE.1070005@cbn.net.id> References: <3E72E4CE.1070005@cbn.net.id> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1047719971.3504.143.camel@workshop.saharact.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2- Date: 15 Mar 2003 11:19:31 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2003-03-15 at 10:31, Brian Durant wrote: > Please personally CC the answers/comments posted to the list in response > to my posting, as I am not a list member. I have tried getting the SiS > 900 driver to run on SuSE 7.3, (and now) 8.1, Mandrake 8, 8.1, 9, Debian > 3 rev.1 as well as running the latest Knoppix, none of which has been > successful. Being a newbie and having only an interest in this one issue > that I have never been able to resolve, I really don't belong on the > list either. However, I believe that there is either a bug in the driver > or my configuration is not supported. Either way, I would like to get > the issue cleared up. > > Anyway, to the issue at hand. There is a Fujitsu-Siemens Celvin EasyPC > connected to my home WAN/LAN that I have been trying to get to work with > the SiS 900 driver. The box has a SiS 900 NIC built into a Biostar > motherboard and uses an Award BIOS. The WAN/LAN consists of 4 computers > connected to a LinkSys router and a 3 Com cable modem. All other > computers are able to connect to the Internet through auto DHCP, > including one that is a dual boot Win2k Pro and SuSE 8.1 box. The Celvin > is neither able to connect through auto DHCP or with a static IP > address. I have checked the physical connection using a USB to Ethernet > adapter and Knoppix, so I know the problem doesn't lie there. The SiS > 900 NIC itself, works fine under Win 98 SE. This seems to me to rule out > a number of things. Using SuSE 8.1, I have tried: > This box I have at work is an Asus CUSI-M with sis900 NIC. Works just dandy. There are no real caveats I know of, so maybe just include relevant info, like full dmesg, lspci, kernel version. output of ifconfig, etc. Here is mine .. maybe you spot something. Also, might try a bios update ... ----------------- relevant dmesg ------------------------- sis900.c: v1.08.06 9/24/2002 PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:01.1 PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:05.0 eth0: SiS 900 Internal MII PHY transceiver found at address 1. eth0: Using transceiver found at address 1 as default eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xd400, IRQ 10, 00:e0:18:27:03:cc. eth0: Media Link On 100mbps full-duplex ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- workshop module-init-tools-0.9.10 # lsmod | grep sis sis 47904 1 sis900 12236 1 workshop module-init-tools-0.9.10 # lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 630 Host (rev 21) 00:00.1 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev d0) 00:01.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 85C503/5513 00:01.1 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 10/100 Ethernet (rev 83) 00:01.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 7001 (rev 07) 00:01.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 7001 (rev 07) 00:02.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5591/5592 AGP 00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS630 GUI Accelerator+3D (rev 21) workshop module-init-tools-0.9.10 # ifconfig eth0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:18:27:03:CC inet addr:10.0.4.50 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:159732 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:137561 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:74381620 (70.9 Mb) TX bytes:23243550 (22.1 Mb) Interrupt:10 Base address:0xd400 workshop module-init-tools-0.9.10 # uname -a Linux workshop 2.4.20-win4lin-r1 #2 Fri Feb 28 10:51:31 SAST 2003 i686 Celeron (Coppermine) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux workshop module-init-tools-0.9.10 # ---------------------------------------------------------- Regards, -- Martin Schlemmer