no network when booting into knoppix

[menschmeier]

Hi,

I am trying to setup knoppix because i want to switch from gentoo to debian.

But I can not make the network work. I have a MSI Laptop (Core2Duo) with this ethernet card:
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Unknown device 0341
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
Memory at fe1ff000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Expansion ROM at fe1e0000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [48] Vital Product Data <?>
Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable-
Capabilities: [60] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [84] Vendor Specific Information <?>
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169

When knoppix is up and I try a to use the dhcp client (dhcp3 or so) I get a message that I have to configure a subnet in my dhcp server config. ????

So what to do? Any ideas.
When I installed gentoo I had problems with the nic too. I had to compile the kernel again, the the module r8169 work. But I do not have this chance on knoppix, isn't it?

menschmeier

[hal8000]

If your laptop also has firewire then the firewire port may be recognised as eth0 and your realtek as eth1.

Try
dmesg | grep eth

see if knoppix has detected your card as eth1, if yes click the fat penguin, and go to network configuration
and set your network up.
You can also run
sudo netcardconfig
from a terminal

[yuanlao5]

Hi,menschmeier

I have a same problem just like you.
My computer's netcard is Realtek RTL8101 Family PCI-E Ethernet Nic(NDIS6.0).
The manufactory told me i have to reinstall the drivers software. They gave me a download address. Hope it helpful.

http://152.104.125.41/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=4&PFid=4&Le
vel=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true#RTL8110S-32/RTL8110SB
(L)/RTL8169SB(L)/RTL8169SC(L)
RTL8169

You need to download the version below.

Linux driver for kernel 2.6.x and 2.4.x
(Support x86 and x64)」

I trid to install but failed.
If you success, tell me how.
thank first.

[yuanlao5]

by the way

the driver i need to install is r8169 too.

paste the download page again.

http://152.104.125.41/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=4&PFid=4&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true#RTL8110S-32/RTL8110SB

[Harry Kuhman]

CAUTION!
Above we have a brand new user posting URLs supposedly for downloading a driver that contain IP addresses rather than domain names to be looked up through a DNS server. The IPs themselves are in China. Not very common for downloading drivers, and I would advise anyone following the links to be very careful about it and do it in a very secure way (such as with Knoppix running in a virtual machine that can later be safely discarded). Check that driver closely before installing, and see if you can find a matching copy on a safer site. If anyone does follow these links please report back here on the experience. This might be a completely legitimate set of posts, but if your system is destroyed, has private data stolen, or becomes part of a bot-net because you visited an unsafe and suspicious link, well, don't say that you were not warned.

[joaomfranco]

I have done a Poor Man Install of Knoppix 5.3.1 on my Asus laptop A6TC.
It has a network card RTL8168B Gigabit PCI-Express.
The r8169 shipped module does not work with my card.
I have downloaded the r8168 module for kernel 2.6.x from Realtek site and followed the readme instructions.
I got the following compile error:
root@Knoppix:/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00# make clean modules
make -C src/ clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/UNIONFS/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src'
rm -rf *.o *.ko *~ core* .dep* .*.d .*.cmd *.mod.c *.a *.s .*.flags .tmp_versions Module.symvers Modules.symvers rset
make[1]: Leaving directory `/UNIONFS/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src'
make -C src/ modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/UNIONFS/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24.4/build SUBDIRS=/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/UNIONFS/usr/src/linux-2.6.24'
CC [M] /usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src/r8168_n.o
/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src/r8168_n.c: In function 'rtl8168_init_board':
/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src/r8168_n.c:2270: error: implicit declaration of function 'SET_MODULE_OWNER'
/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src/r8168_n.c: In function 'rtl8168_init_one':
/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src/r8168_n.c:2570: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'poll'
/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src/r8168_n.c:2571: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'weight'
/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src/r8168_n.c: In function 'rtl8168_rx_interrupt':
/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src/r8168_n.c:3790: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'quota'
/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src/r8168_n.c:3790: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of '_y'
/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src/r8168_n.c:3790: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'quota'
/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src/r8168_n.c:3790: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src/r8168_n.c: In function 'rtl8168_interrupt':
/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src/r8168_n.c:3986: error: too few arguments to function 'netif_rx_schedule_prep'
/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src/r8168_n.c:3987: error: too few arguments to function '__netif_rx_schedule'
/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src/r8168_n.c: In function 'rtl8168_poll':
/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src/r8168_n.c:4035: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'quota'
/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src/r8168_n.c:4035: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of '_y'
/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src/r8168_n.c:4035: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'quota'
/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src/r8168_n.c:4043: error: 'struct net_device' has no member named 'quota'
/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src/r8168_n.c:4046: error: too few arguments to function 'netif_rx_complete'
make[3]: *** [/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src/r8168_n.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/UNIONFS/usr/src/linux-2.6.24'
make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/UNIONFS/usr/local/r8168-8.005.00/src'
make: *** [modules] Error 2

I don't know what to do. I think the DVD has all programs/libraries to compile.
Perhaps report this as a bug.
Plese help me.

[slackbp]

I am trying to setup knoppix because i want to switch from gentoo to debian.
I hate to suggest this on a Knoppix forum, but grml (http://grml.org/) is another Debian-based live CD distro, and I've had great success with it. I've used it to install Debian on my laptop, and all I have to do to keep it current is to type "apt-get update" and "apt-get upgrade" on occasion.

[Harry Kuhman]

I hate to suggest this on a Knoppix forum, but grml (http://grml.org/) is another Debian-based live CD distro, and I've had great success with it. .....
No problem suggesting alternatives here that work when Knoppix doesn't. Knoppix has always been pretty mediocre when it comes to wireless support, and IMHO has gone way down hill after version 4.02. I find that Puppy and Mandriva1 support several wifi cards that I have that Knoppix either doesn't recognize or seems to recognize but doesn't get them working. Glad to hear of another alternative, I had not seen this one mentioned in these forums before.

I've just downloaded it, burning the disc now. I was surprised how fast the torrent download was, 15 minutes on my modest DSL line. But you might save some people some effort when telling them about grml by mentioning that (as far as I can tell from the website and not having booted the CD yet), it's aimed at shell users and omits some things like KDE (and, of course, Open Office). So it might not be right for most users.