ethernet not working

[bryan hepworth]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Hennebry" <hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu>
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: ethernet not working


> On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, bryan hepworth wrote:
> bh quoted mh:
>> > there.  I thought I'd seen a red FAILED message
>> > whiz by with something like ethernet in it.
>> >
>> > I'm at a loss.  Even if I find the corresponding
>> > log message, I expect it wouldn't tell me how to fix it.
>> > How-tos rarely tell how to fix something after one thinks
>> > he did it right, but it still doesn't work.
>> > Can anyone point me to one that does?
>
> On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, bryan hepworth wrote:
>> What ethernet card is it?
>
> I think that the following lpsci output applies to my machine.
> 02:0c.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] 
> (rev 78)
>        Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 010d
>        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
>        I/O ports at ec80 [size=128]
>        Memory at fe1ffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
>        Expansion ROM at fe200000 [disabled] [size=128K]
>        Capabilities: <available only to root>
> I forgot to right some important things down.
> The output is actually from its brother, on which I am not root.

Hi Mike

I nearly asked if it was a 3com card in my original post! I had a problem 
with a couple of servers at work with the same card. I'll delve back into 
what I did to sort it, it was a couple of years back so I can't remember off 
the top of my head.

Bry