Driver issue with 3.6

[histo]

I've noticed all the posts with the realtek 8139 M$ issues. I've found that PHLAK live cd distribution works fine with my 8139 but knoppix does not.

Is there a way I can pull the driver that the PHLAK cd is using and just bring it over to knoppix?

This would solve a lot of peoples issues with this card and bring a lot more users over to knoppix.

[firebyrd10]

I've found that knoppix26 (the 2.6 kernel) works alot better with these types of cards.

[Markus]

What does lsmod and lspci say?
Try modprobe e100 or modprobe 8139too

[histo]

I'm going to have time to play with this tomorrow after I get off of work. I'm pretty sure it works with PHLAK it may be one of the other distros that I have laying around. But i'll post the info back on the modprobe read outs on both knoppix and what ever distro it works in.

[histo]

Okay my card is working in SUSE and the following is the output of lsmod and lspci. If you guys need anything else to help track this down let me know. And again my 8139 does not work in KNOPPIX or many other live distros so it must be driver related. Currently I'm running SUSE 9.2 off of a KDE live cd and the card works no problems no messing with drivers it just works off of boot.


Okay lsmod says the following:
Module Size Used by
pppoe 13888 2
pppox 3720 1 pppoe
ppp_generic 28052 6 pppoe,pppox
slhc 7936 1 ppp_generic
nvram 8328 0
usbserial 26856 0
ipv6 237312 11
parport_pc 37824 1
lp 10536 0
parport 37960 2 parport_pc,lp
snd_usb_audio 64224 0
snd_usb_lib 12928 1 snd_usb_audio
af_packet 20872 4
ds 17796 0
yenta_socket 19840 0
pcmcia_core 66100 2 ds,yenta_socket
usbhid 40132 0
via_agp 8960 1
agpgart 32168 1 via_agp
uhci_hcd 29712 0
ohci1394 31748 0
ieee1394 106168 1 ohci1394
8139too 24064 0
mii 4992 1 8139too
emu10k1_gp 3840 0
gameport 4608 1 emu10k1_gp
edd 10012 0
evdev 8960 0
joydev 9664 0
sg 35872 0
st 37404 0
sd_mod 16912 0
snd_seq_midi 9504 0
snd_emu10k1_synth 7936 0
snd_emux_synth 37248 1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_virmidi 7040 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_midi_emul 7936 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_oss 32000 0
snd_seq_midi_event 7424 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 53008 8 snd_seq_midi,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_
seq_midi_emul,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss 57896 0
snd_mixer_oss 19200 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_emu10k1 86792 1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_rawmidi 24356 4 snd_usb_lib,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu
10k1
snd_seq_device 8716 7 snd_seq_midi,snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,sn
d_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
snd_ac97_codec 69728 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_pcm 96776 4 snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_cod ec
snd_timer 24708 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 10248 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem 4992 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep 9220 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd 60164 20 snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,snd_seq_midi,snd_emu10k1 _synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi _emul,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_p cm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_s eq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_uti l_mem,snd_hwdep
soundcore 9056 1 snd
dm_mod 54524 0
usbcore 106724 7 usbserial,snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,usbhid,uhci_hc d
aic7xxx 179768 0
sym53c8xx 71572 0
scsi_transport_spi 13056 1 sym53c8xx
cloop 15200 1
ide_cd 38176 1
sr_mod 16292 0
cdrom 36508 2 ide_cd,sr_mod
scsi_mod 111308 7 sg,st,sd_mod,aic7xxx,sym53c8xx,scsi_transport_spi, sr_mod


lspci results in the folllowing I have two 8139 card one d-link and one normal realtek i'm using the realtek currently and connecting.
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C693A/694x [Apollo PRO133x] (rev 44)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AGP]
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C596 ISA [Mobile South] (rev 23)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 10)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 11)
0000:00:07.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C596 Power Management (rev 30)
0000:00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:00:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB12LV26 IEEE-1394 Controller (Link)
0000:00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 06)
0000:00:0c.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 06)
0000:00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc RTL8139 Ethernet (rev 10)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev a1)


And the modprobe commands don't do anything in SUSE 9.2 they just return back to a bash prompt line. Sorry for the long post I don't know how to make the cool little code boxes that you guys do I'm way to tired right now to look around anyways.

HARRY does this mean anything to ya?

[Markus]

From what I can see, SuSe uses mii and 8139too modules for the card. Try modprobing them in Knoppix.
Don't know if modinfo works in SuSe but you can use it in Knoppix to see info about a module:
modinfo mii
modinfo 8139too