Topic: NIC install problems

[Jader Marasca]

Hi,

I just discovered E-Smith and tryed on 3 different computers with 3 different NIC but I got the same problem:
I do not detect my NIC!

I was able to install and get it running but I can configure a NIC!
I checked /lib/modules and was unable to find ANY NIC modules!

Have I burned a CD with DAMAGED ISO?
How can I check if my ISO contain NIC drivers?

Thanks!

Jáder

[Mark S]

What type of NIC's do you have? PCI,ISA?  Manufacturer, model? jumpers, jumperless?  You may have to add extra parameters so the driver detects your NIC.  What is the output of /sbin/ifconfig?  What is the output of "dmesg" and /sbin/lsmod?

Mark

[Jáder Marasca]

> What type of NIC's do you have? PCI,ISA?  
> Manufacturer, model? jumpers, jumperless?  
I´m just using PCI NICs! RTL 8029 / RTL 8139 / Intel 10/100 Pro

> What is the output of /sbin/ifconfig?  
Show only loopback loaded!

> What is the output of "dmesg"
Show lots of things but do not show nothing about NICs

>and  /sbin/lsmod?
Show no modules loaded!

And if I do : " lspci -v " I can see the NIC ! Right now I tried to put a Intel EtherExpress 10/100 Pro but KUDZU (it´s available?) do not detect it and I don´t know how to tell E-Smith that that NIC it´s present!
Besides that I did a ls on /lib/modules/2.2.19-7.0.8 and do not find ANY NICs
neither do I on any other dirs under /lib/modules!
Is that correct? Shouldn´t to have listed several NIC drivers like ne, rtl81xx, ne2k-pci ... ?

Thanks!

Jáder

[Jáder Marasca]

I discovered a new thing! there is a KUDZU!
I runned it : "kudzu" and it tell me that a NIC was removed! WOW! It knew about it!
Then I changed it again, and again it discovered that I had removed the previous card but NEVER say nothing about new NIC added!
In fact it´s like the MODULES are missing so it can configure NICs!

[robert]

NIC modules are in /lib/modules/2.2.19-7.0.16/net/

Are the modules you believe should be loaded listed in /home/e-smith/configuration? Did you do the initial configuration where e-smith tries to determine the NICs you have installed? The configuration sequence should have run on the first reboot after installation. Did it?

If you were able to configure your NICs, but wish to change NICs afterwards, you should log in as 'admin' and reconfigure for the new NIC.

[robert]

Oops, that's /lib/modules/2.2.19-7.0.8/net/ assuming you're running on x86 and not on Alpha.

[Jáder Marasca]

robert wrote:
>
> Oops, that's /lib/modules/2.2.19-7.0.8/net/ assuming you're
> running on x86 and not on Alpha.

I think they should to be there... but I can find nothing there!
Where are the modules on CD? I would to like to check if my CD was burn right!

Why the modules would not to be copied from CD to HDD?

[robert]

If they're not there, something is definitely wrong with your installation. Before you burned the iso onto CD-ROM, did you check the iso's checksum to verify the integrity of the iso?
What CDR software did you use? I believe there are some issues with particular software versions and burning isos.
Sometimes problems can be caused by defective media (i.e. crappy, 'el cheapo' CDRs). Always use good CDRs.

[Jáder Marasca]

They definitely are not there!

In fact I used the cheapest CDR I could to find!
How can I verify the ISO checksum (MD5) of  my ISO? I'm a newbie on Linux...

I'm using EasyCD from Roxio - updated from Web to 5.1.xxxxxx

Thanks!


robert wrote:
>
> If they're not there, something is definitely wrong with your
> installation. Before you burned the iso onto CD-ROM, did you
> check the iso's checksum to verify the integrity of the iso?
> What CDR software did you use? I believe there are some
> issues with particular software versions and burning isos.
> Sometimes problems can be caused by defective media (i.e.
> crappy, 'el cheapo' CDRs). Always use good CDRs.

[robert]

Jáder Marasca wrote:
>
> They definitely are not there!
>
> In fact I used the cheapest CDR I could to find!
> How can I verify the ISO checksum (MD5) of  my ISO? I'm a
> newbie on Linux...

Normally what you do is download both the iso and the checksum to the same directory, change to that directory and run the following command:
# md5sum -c smeserver-5.1.2.iso.md5sum
But the last time I checked there was a little error in smeserver-5.1.2.iso.md5sum: it points to smeserver-5.1.2rc2.iso. Apparently this is the iso they used for the release, but they forgot to update smeserver-5.1.2.iso.md5sum.
So, what you can do is edit smeserver-5.1.2.iso.md5sum and change smeserver-5.1.2rc2.iso into smeserver-5.1.2.iso
Alternatively you could rename the iso:
-change to the directory that holds the iso and the checksum
-# mv smeserver-5.1.2.iso smeserver-5.1.2rc2.iso
You can now check the checksum for the iso with the above command.

If the iso is good, md5sum will say 'OK'. Once you've verified the iso and got a good one, make sure you read the documentation for EasyCD to see if there's anything special you need to do to write iso images to CDR and use good CDRs
>
> I'm using EasyCD from Roxio - updated from Web to 5.1.xxxxxx
>
> Thanks!

[Jáder Marasca]

robert wrote:

> Normally what you do is download both the iso and the
> checksum to the same directory, change to that directory and
> run the following command:
> # md5sum -c smeserver-5.1.2.iso.md5sum

But I downloaded it on a Win2k machine! There is a way to do that on Win2k machines?


> But the last time I checked there was a little error in
> smeserver-5.1.2.iso.md5sum: it points to
> smeserver-5.1.2rc2.iso.
I'll take that on consideration! Thanks!

(snip) make sure you read the
> documentation for EasyCD to see if there's anything special
> you need to do to write iso images to CDR and use good CDRs

Id already burned other  CDs(LOTS of THEM!)  from ISO with EasyCD!! No problems!

I'm beting on a BAD ISO!!!

Thanks!

[robert]

Dunno. I don't use Windows. Maybe you could start a new thread with the subject 'Checking md5sum on Windows.'

[Tim Hogan]

md5sum.exe runs under windows.

[Dan Brown]

I expect a google search on md5sum windows would find what you're looking for...

[Jáder Marasca]

Dan Brown wrote:
>
> I expect a google search on md5sum windows would find what
> you're looking for...
I'm at work now (and E-Smith it's at home!) but I already looked for MD5SUM and Windows at Google. The best answer is:

http://www.handhelds.org/z/wiki/md5sum

Thanks!

I'll check my ISO tonight and let you know!