No supported network card found

Forum: Networking
Topic: No supported network card found
started by: Kerwin

Posted by Kerwin on Nov. 12 2005,12:37

Title and description says it all. I booted DSL 1.5 and can't get my 3com card to work. What should I try ?

I've searched all over the forums for someone with the same problem -no network card found. I can't believe i'm the only one

I know the card works cause I could use it to transfer KNOPPIX to c: using a netbootdisk.

Posted by bobonthenet on Nov. 12 2005,21:57

I'm having the exact same problem. I hope that you are able to find a solution and hopefully solve this problem for me as well. I also have a 3com card and I am using the most recent version of DSL, just downloaded it today to try it out.

Posted by cbagger01 on Nov. 13 2005,04:47

Have you tried this?

Open a terminal window and type:

sudo su
modprobe 3c509
netcardconfig
exit
exit

Posted by Kerwin on Nov. 13 2005,12:34

It works cbagger01. GREAT, and thanks. How can I automatically do this each time I boot up ?

Posted by bobonthenet on Nov. 13 2005,20:31

This didn't work for me.

I think that its probably because I have a different type of 3com card, the description in windows device manager is "3Com Gigabit LOM (3C940)" I tried following the same instructions and then doing it again using 3c940 instead of 3c509. I'm not that savy with linux so I'm sure its something obvious.

Posted by cbagger01 on Nov. 14 2005,07:21

bob,

Try typing this:

sudo su
modprobe sk98lin
netcardconfig
exit
exit

To make these kind of settings permanent, you need to add the commands to your /opt/bootlocal.sh startup file. You will also need to use the DSL backup/restore process.

Search the wiki or the forums for more detailed help on these subjects.

Posted by bobonthenet on Nov. 18 2005,04:41

Thanks it worked this time. Figuring out how to get the internet to work was my first hurdle now that I got that it should be easier to learn everything else since I don't have to keep switching back to windows in order to look stuff up.

Posted by evilmegaman on Dec. 02 2005,19:22

This is driving me nuts. I can't figure it out. I have an intel PRO/1000 PM network connection and DSL won't detect it. I tried doing modprobe e1000, but that didn't work. I get insmod errors. Is there any ways to fix this?

Posted by cbagger01 on Dec. 03 2005,05:41

Hmm...

I have an Intel PRO/1000 MT

and DSL autodetects and loads it just fine.

If you open the "System Stats" program and look under the PCI tab, what is the description and PCI ID number for your network card?