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Legacy Forums => Experienced User Forum => Topic started by: jamson on October 08, 2002, 04:00:57 PM
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Hi all,
Just purchase a Dell poweredge SC600 with a Embedded Intel gigabit network connection to serve as gateway / server
Install SME 5.5 and thing go well but intel ethernet card cannot be detected. I have try intel e1000 but just cant bring up the interface.
I have downloaded the required driver from dell support site. Anyone can provide step by step guide on install the intel card?
Many thanks in advance.
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ditto on this. If anyone knows how to get the e1000.o or Netgear FA311 (natsemi.o) working please let me know. I believe I may have to recompile the FA311 driver for 2.2.19-et al. but can't find make. As for the e1000 I grabbed the latest from Dell's website, but can't get a list of files from the RPM. I was trying to get just the e1000.o file to replace the version in SME 5.5.
If I can't get either of the others working what is a cheep, good NIC that autodetects?
Thanks for any help.
Joshua
jamson wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> Just purchase a Dell poweredge SC600 with a Embedded Intel
> gigabit network connection to serve as gateway / server
>
> Install SME 5.5 and thing go well but intel ethernet card
> cannot be detected. I have try intel e1000 but just cant
> bring up the interface.
>
> I have downloaded the required driver from dell support site.
> Anyone can provide step by step guide on install the intel
> card?
>
> Many thanks in advance.
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Joshua wrote:
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> ditto on this. If anyone knows how to get the e1000.o or
> Netgear FA311 (natsemi.o) working please let me know. I
> believe I may have to recompile the FA311 driver for
> 2.2.19-et al. but can't find make.
See the FAQ on this web site re "make".
See also my contrib area on ftp.e-smith.org. It contains a netdrivers RPM which contains both natsemi.o and intel-gige.o.
Charlie
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Charlie,
Thank you very much! You are the MAN. I've DLed the rpm and am working with it right now.
Thanks again,
Joshua
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Charlie,
Ran into a problem installing the RPM. Gave the command:
rpm -i netdrivers-3.1-1es2.i386.rpm
and got the following error:
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.19-7.0.8/scsi/megaide.o
error : execution of %post scriptlet from netdrivers-3.1-1es2 failed, exit status 1
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Joshua
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Joshua wrote:
> Ran into a problem installing the RPM. Gave the command:
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> rpm -i netdrivers-3.1-1es2.i386.rpm
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> and got the following error:
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> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> /lib/modules/2.2.19-7.0.8/scsi/megaide.o
> error : execution of %post scriptlet from netdrivers-3.1-1es2
> failed, exit status 1
>
> Any suggestions?
Assuming that you do not have the Compaq IDE raid hardware that the megaide module serves, you can remove that module, then try to install the netdrivers RPM again:
rpm -e megaide
rpm -Uhv netdrivers-3.1-1es2.i386.rpm
or you could just install the netdrivers RPM using --noscripts:
rpm -Uhv --noscripts netdrivers-3.1-1es2.i386
The error comes from running "depmod -a" in the post install script of the netdrivers RPM, and I don't think you need to do that in this case. The core problem is lack of correct version information in the proprietary megaide drivers, and there's nothing we can do about that.
Charlie
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Thank you Charlie,
I got the RPM install working correctly, but still struck out with the Network card. I've tried the internal Intel chip using your driver module and Randy Brown's directions
http://www.e-smith.org/bboard/read.php?v=t&f=2&i=887&t=887
I modified modules.conf rather than conf.modules.
I've also tried a Netgear FA311 with the driver natsemi.o from the same rpm. I tried an SMC 1255TX which was auto detected but didn't work.
Finally I used a 3com 3c905c which I paid way too much for. Any idea why the others didn't work?
Joshua
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We are also having a discussion on devinfo re Intel nics. Assuming this is not a production server and your just testing, try my Intel PRO/1000 rpm:
http://myezserver.com/downloads/mitel/contrib/Intel/
e1000-4.3.15-sme55.i386.rpm
Regards,
Darrell
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Hi Joshua,
Some time back I helped another forum reader compile drivers for a NS based Gigabit NIC (and also a DLink one I had to setup which was also based on a NS chipset). If you like, send me an e-mail and I will e-mail you the .o modules to try on your card. I've not worked with intel cards though (which I think are not using NS chips).
Kelvin
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Thanks everyone for your help on this. Unfortunately it is a production box and I've already put it in use so Darrell I'll have to wait on using your driver. Can you let me know when their gold? Heck, I may just backup the machine one weekend and try it anyway. Thanks again, now I'm off to work on the backup issues I've found. Darrell - same:
DUMP: Broken pipe
DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
error you found on the onstream and the other gentleman forund on the Seagate I found on a 20/40 Seagate (Dell branded PowerVault 100T IDE TR40). Thanks again for everyone's help.
Joshua
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I too am setting up a Dell 600SC for a client. I used Darrell's drivers for the Intel 1000 MT and everything is going 100% . I spent a few days cruising these groups and found you guys to be a big help.
Thanx a million!
Sean Cramb
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GLITCH!
Things were going so well, too well. I installed both updates, now the only traffic I can get through this SME gateway is on port 80, all other ports seem to be closed. I am using the e1000/embedded intel nic on the lan side. I updated Darrell's rpms, but no change.
Everything is fine from the server, the outside adapter (Intel pro 100) runs like a charm, until I want to pass anything other 80 traffic through the Intel 1000 mt.
At first I would guess iptables is the problem, but I have done these updates on other sme boxes and never run into this problem, so I would have to point a finger at Darrell's e1000 driver. Any idea what might have happened?
Sean
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I tried the driver on the internal nic, but all the outgoing ports except port 80 were closed to the clients on the lan. I am now temporarily useing a 3Com 905B untill I can get my hands on a newer e1000 driver.
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see also:
http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=15940.msg61531#msg61531