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, 11 May 2002 07:24:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 11 May 2002 07:24:20 -0400 Received: from line103-203.adsl.actcom.co.il ([192.117.103.203]:28932 "HELO alhambra.merseine.nu") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 11 May 2002 07:24:19 -0400 Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 14:20:14 +0300 From: Muli Ben-Yehuda To: Christian Neumair Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Re: Re: 3com 3c905cx-tx-nm "unknown device" Message-ID: <20020511142014.E768@actcom.co.il> In-Reply-To: <200205111122.g4BBM0X26428@mailgate5.cinetic.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 01:22:00PM +0200, Christian Neumair wrote: > I've had similar struggles in the past with both branded as well as < noname ethernet-cards. > Have you already tried to disable acpi through BIOS? The BIOS is old enough that it doesn't know anything about ACPI ;) > If everything fails it's obvious that the card is defect. That's the assumption I'm proceeding on right now. I'll try to replace it on Sunday. > I'm using a different 905 model without problems at this computer. I knew these cards are supported, which is why I picked them. FWIW, when this card failed to perform and a few hours of debugging didn't turn anything up, I picked up a cheap realtek 8139B, which worked out of the box. -- The ill-formed Orange Fails to satisfy the eye: http://vipe.technion.ac.il/~mulix/ Segmentation fault. http://syscalltrack.sf.net/