Need help with setting up my Onboard Network

[Luke Riches]

first hello to all.

i am a total newcomer to Knoppix and Linux, but im quite interested in this system.

after reviewing the docs, FAQs and the forums here i was already able to work myself a bit into Knoppix the last days.

Nevertheless there are some issues here and there, which are new to me and there i need some help i guess...


For now im at the point, where i tried to install my network and internet.

I am connected via the german Telekom and got a ADSL connection of 1 MBit.

But somehow my Onboard Network solution is not recognized by the system.

I got a ASUS P4P800 Mainboard and the Network solution is the
3Com Gigabit LAN 3c940 onboard.

lspci -v brought back this:

knoppix@ttyp0[knoppix]$ lspci -v
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. P4P800 Mainboard
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 64
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
        Memory behind bridge: fc900000-fe9fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: dff00000-efefffff

0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. P4P800 Mainboard
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
        I/O ports at ef00 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. P4P800 Mainboard
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
        I/O ports at ef20 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. P4P800 Mainboard
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
        Memory at febffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=64
        I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
        Memory behind bridge: fea00000-feafffff

0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Bridge (rev 02)
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) Ultra ATA 100 Storage Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. P4P800 Mainboard
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at fc00 [size=16]
        Memory at 20000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]

0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. P4P800 Mainboard
        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 17
        I/O ports at 0400 [size=32]

0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV35 [GeForce FX 5900XT] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 9370
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
        Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Expansion ROM at fe9e0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:02:05.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c940 10/100/1000Base-T [Marvell] (rev 12)
        Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. P4P800 Mainboard
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 22
        Memory at feafc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:02:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Inc. ICE1712 [Envy24] PCI Multi-Channel I/O Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: VIA Technologies Inc.: Unknown device d634
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 23
        I/O ports at df80 [size=32]
        I/O ports at dfa0 [size=16]
        I/O ports at df60 [size=16]
        I/O ports at df00 [size=64]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:02:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 0a)
        Subsystem: Creative Labs SBLive! 5.1 Digital Model SB0220
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21
        I/O ports at df40 [size=32]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:02:0d.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 0a)
        Subsystem: Creative Labs Gameport Joystick
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
        I/O ports at dfe0 [size=8]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

then i saw that its only available to root, so i tried as su:

knoppix@ttyp0[knoppix]$ su
root@ttyp0[knoppix]# lspci -v
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. P4P800 Mainboard
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Capabilities: [e4] #09 [2106]
        Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 3.0

0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 64
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
        Memory behind bridge: fc900000-fe9fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: dff00000-efefffff

0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. P4P800 Mainboard
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
        I/O ports at ef00 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. P4P800 Mainboard
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
        I/O ports at ef20 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. P4P800 Mainboard
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
        Memory at febffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [58] #0a [20a0]

0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=64
        I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
        Memory behind bridge: fea00000-feafffff

0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Bridge (rev 02)
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) Ultra ATA 100 Storage Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. P4P800 Mainboard
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at fc00 [size=16]
        Memory at 20000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]

0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. P4P800 Mainboard
        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 17
        I/O ports at 0400 [size=32]

0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV35 [GeForce FX 5900XT] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 9370
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
        Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Expansion ROM at fe9e0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [44] AGP version 3.0

0000:02:05.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c940 10/100/1000Base-T [Marvell] (rev 12)
        Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. P4P800 Mainboard
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 22
        Memory at feafc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
        Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data

0000:02:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Inc. ICE1712 [Envy24] PCI Multi-Channel I/O Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: VIA Technologies Inc.: Unknown device d634
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 23
        I/O ports at df80 [size=32]
        I/O ports at dfa0 [size=16]
        I/O ports at df60 [size=16]
        I/O ports at df00 [size=64]
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 1

0000:02:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 0a)
        Subsystem: Creative Labs SBLive! 5.1 Digital Model SB0220
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21
        I/O ports at df40 [size=32]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1

0000:02:0d.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 0a)
        Subsystem: Creative Labs Gameport Joystick
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
        I/O ports at dfe0 [size=8]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1

at least it brought something back, so its there.

then i tried to install drivers for the card and they were in the database. i know that it cant install it, cause there is no such device, but i just wanted to try it anyway.

Installing module 3c59x. If the device isn't there, or isn't configured correctly, this could cause your system to pause for up to a minute.

Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.4.27/modules.dep
/lib/modules/2.4.27/kernel/drivers/net/3c59x.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
      You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.27/kernel/drivers/net/3c59x.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.27/kernel/drivers/net/3c59x.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.27/kernel/drivers/net/3c59x.o: insmod 3c59x failed

Installation failed.
depmod: Can't open /lib/modules/2.4.27/modules.dep for writing

Please press ENTER when you are ready to continue.

Actually im stuck and dont know what to do, so it would be nice if someone could help me there and maybe got some solutions...

cya

[word_virus]

>I got a ASUS P4P800 Mainboard and the Network solution is the
>3Com Gigabit LAN 3c940 onboard.

http://www.asus.com/support/download...ux.zip~zaqwedc

[Luke Riches]

ok, the file looks already nice to me, but got no clue anyway what to do with the compressed archive in it.

im using Knoppix 3.6 and im booting from CD.

where do i have to put the driver to, or how do i have to install it?

thx for any help so far...