Kieth Posted February 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 Another question. When I go into MCC - Hardware - Ethernetcar - RTL-8139, I then have the option to "Configure module". When I push "Configure module", I get the option to fill in the following choices, all of which are blank. I was wondering if this could be the problem. multicast_filter_limit: max_interrupt_work: media: full_duplex: debug: Kieth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Perhaps this is it!!!! Low power consumption with sleep modes for Green PCs We really need to work out where the problem is.... Do you have another PC you can network between with a crossover cable... (even a Windows macine or whatever) At the moment I don't know if your modem is disconnecting, the card is powering down in sleep mode or its the drivers. If you can network it to another PC sucessfully then it must be the pppoe part OR the modem. If you can't then it must be the NIC either powering down OR the driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieth Posted February 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 No, no other pc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 OK, you need to find the documentation for the RTL8139 driver.... I expect entering a Y or a 1 in debug should give a more verbose output of WHY its going down..... I suscpect many things.... 1) Its powering down becuase the driver doesn't handle the wake up... 2) The PPPOE is initiating the request..... 3) Maybe something in powr management or you might need to manually tell it which IRQ I don't wanna start randomly telling you to modify things becuase you will just end up in a bigger mess You have a couple of different options..... Get a different card (15 Euro) but then it will be wasted if it turns out not to be the card! Try a different Linux, if it works then copy the settings .... If you go with this I'd try Knoppix... the hardware detection is excellent AND the PPPOE setup is REALLY simple. If your going to do this tell me first ..... It will cost you the price of a CD..... If it works then you can just copy the config files across to Mandrake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieth Posted February 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 I'll probably try Knoppix, but I have to wait until I can buy it at the newstand (which is where I would find it in Italy). It might take a couple of weeks or more before it comes out, though. I'll let you know how things go when I try something new. Thanks for the help. I've learned a lot, but I realize that there is a lot I do not understand. Thanks again for taking all this valuable time to help me. Kieth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieth Posted March 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2004 I was finally able to get a Knoppix cd. In fact I am now connected to the internet with it, using also my ethernet modem. I have looked to try and find out what the connection configurations are, but I cannot find them. It just lets me re-configure the connection, without telling me what it is. Any idea the file I must look at to see it? Or any idea as to what I can do to get my ethernet working under Mandrake 9.2? Thanks, Kieth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieth Posted March 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2004 I thought I would show the ifconfig file. ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:7D:E9:34:43 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:2985 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:2706 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:2 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:2910098 (2.7 MiB) TX bytes:374092 (365.3 KiB) Interrupt:5 Base address:0xa000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:900 (900.0 b) TX bytes:900 (900.0 b) ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:80.181.135.54 P-t-P:192.168.100.1 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1 RX packets:2876 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:2595 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 RX bytes:2839928 (2.7 MiB) TX bytes:309101 (301.8 KiB) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieth Posted March 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2004 I forgot to mention that the above ifconfig file is that with knoppix. Kieth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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