[K12OSN] Broadcom 440x wierd problem

[Eric Harrison]

On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 jconlon1 at elp.rr.com wrote:

> I went to the wiki and it said to go to the following and modify the
> default file.
>
> /tftpboot/lts/2.4.26-ltsp-2/pxelinux.cfg/default
>
> I got a null return on a change directory commant to get me down to the
> default file.  I tracked this folder by folder and discovered that I do
> not have a 2.4.26-ltsp-2 folder.  What do I need to do to resolve this
> and get on withsolving the original problem?
> Thanks
> Pat

The file on K12LTSP is /tftpboot/lts/pxe/pxelinux.cfg/default

-Eric

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jim McQuillan <jam at mcquil.com>
> Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 6:19 pm
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Broadcom 440x wierd problem
> To: "Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com>
> Cc: Chris Thomas <cwt137 at yahoo.com>
>
>> The broadcom card should be supported by the tg3 driver, which IS
>> included in the LTSP kernels.
>>
>> Possibly, the particular PCI Vendor/Device ids aren't in the
>> niclist
>> file, which causes the autodetection to fail.
>>
>> To force a particular driver, you need to pass   NIC=tg3 on the
>> kernel
>> command line.
>>
>> This is done by following the information in this wiki article:
>>
>>   http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/KernelOptions
>>
>> Jim McQuillan
>> jam at Ltsp.org
>>
>>
>>
>> John P. Conlon wrote:
>>> Unfortunately I am more of a user than a software writer.  I need
>> a
>>> set of very detailed instructions to be able to do something like
>> you
>>> are suggesting.  You wouldn't happen to have those instructions
>> in a
>>> convenient file would you?
>>> Bye
>>> Pat
>>>
>>> Chris Thomas wrote:
>>>
>>>> It could be that the kernel for the LTSP clients do not have the
>>>> module for your Broadcom 440x 10/100 compiled. If this is
>> correct,
>>>> and you are very comfortable with Linux, you can always
>> recompile the
>>>> LTSP kernel with support for the module you need.
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>>> From: jconlon1 at elp.rr.com
>>>> To: k12osn at redhat.com
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 12:47:13 PM
>>>> Subject: [K12OSN] Broadcom 440x wierd problem
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have an Inspiron 6000 laptop running dual boot.  The NIC in
>> the laptop
>>>> is a Broadcom 440x 10/100.   In the Linux side I am running K12LTSP
>>>> 4.4.1.  When I boot to the linus\x side as a stand alone the kernel
>>>> finds the NIC and activates it no problem.
>>>>
>>>> HOWEVER
>>>>
>>>> There are times when I need to or would like to run the inspiron
>> as a
>>>> thin client.  The server is also running K12ltsp 4.4.1.  It has
>> an AMD
>>>> Athalon processor and 1.5 Gig of RAM.  When I activate the PXE
>> boot in
>>>> the laptop the server starts to load up the terminal stuff and
>> then I
>>>> get the following:
>>>>
>>>> Running /linuxrc
>>>> Mounting /proc
>>>>
>>>> ERROR! Could not automatically detect the network card.
>>>>    PCI cards should be detected automatically.
>>>>    ISA cards cannot be detected, so they require the nic driver
>> to be
>>>> specified in a ‘NIC=’ parameter to be passed on the kernel
>> command line,
>>>> usually specified in option-129. in the /etc/dhcpd.conf file.
>> See the
>>>> LTSP docs for more info.
>>>>
>>>> Kernal panic: Attempted to kill init!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> When this happens everything in the Inspiron stops and the
>> NUMLOCK and
>>>> CAPSLOCK lights blink.  I have to turn the Inspiron off and back
>> on to
>>>> clear this and allow it to boot as a stand alone.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions or help on fixing this would be greatly
>> appreciated.>>
>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>> Pat
>>>>