On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:25:26 -0700, you wrote:
on 10-6-2010 2:27 PM Robert Heller spake the following:
At Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:33:25 +0100 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote:
My system is: Intel CC820 motherboard (which supports PME# wake up for wake on LAN) 3com 3C905C which also supports wake on LAN via PME# Linux 5.5
The motherboard BIOS is later than one that reports an issue with WOL and this particular network card was fixed.
If the card goes dark when the system is off but still plugged in, the card does not get its power and signal from the pci bus and will need the header cable plugged in. There is no other way... The card HAS to be powered from somewhere at all times so it can activate the system.
I have now purchased a WOL cable but that has not helped.
There are no options in the BIOS for WOL and I have updated to the latest.
I have found this page http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=951563 which refers to using pci-config to force the bus power to be left on for the card prior to shutting down. Could this be the problem and if so where do I get pci-config (or the equivalent) for Centos as I can't identify a package to install that.