Hi,
I am havind deep trouble with a bunch of our newly arrived Optiplex 330 as it can't run Centos 5.2 property.
The installation works fine, but when it boots up, it can't be connected to the network. I am getting error saying " link is not ready" when doing system-config-network. I check lspci and it can detect the network controller no problem. The light next to the cable is also on as well.
Does anyone know how I can fix this problem?
We should have bought just one and see if it works before buying more, and now we are stuck.
Could someone please kindly give any suggestion? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Best Regards, Pete
--- On Sun, 7/9/08, Pete Kay petedao@gmail.com wrote:
From: Pete Kay petedao@gmail.com Subject: [CentOS] Problem with running Centos 5.2 on Dell Optiplex 330 To: centos@centos.org Date: Sunday, 7 September, 2008, 12:48 PM Hi,
I am havind deep trouble with a bunch of our newly arrived Optiplex 330 as it can't run Centos 5.2 property.
The installation works fine, but when it boots up, it can't be connected to the network. I am getting error saying " link is not ready" when doing system-config-network. I check lspci and it can detect the network controller no problem. The light next to the cable is also on as well.
Does anyone know how I can fix this problem?
We should have bought just one and see if it works before buying more, and now we are stuck.
Could someone please kindly give any suggestion? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Best Regards, Pete _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
The problem is not with Dell Optiplex as Dell themselves ship systems with Linux, I would reckon it is your admin skills in question here. I have successfully ran Fedora/Red Hat/CentOS on Dell boxes and the network card was automagically recognised. You do have to configure the network though.
Look at the CentOS admin docs or look at an old online tutorial http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialNetworking.html#GUI
Thanks, Josh
Pete Kay wrote:
Hi,
I am havind deep trouble with a bunch of our newly arrived Optiplex 330 as it can't run Centos 5.2 property.
The installation works fine, but when it boots up, it can't be connected to the network. I am getting error saying " link is not ready" when doing system-config-network. I check lspci and it can detect the network controller no problem. The light next to the cable is also on as well.
Does anyone know how I can fix this problem?
It's quite possible the network driver isn't compatible with the system. Looking at the support site for Dell that system isn't supported with Linux, and it looks like it has a pretty new broadcom chip on it.
I'd bet that updating the driver will allow the NIC to work, the latest drivers for that system are available here:
http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/netlink.php
Broadcom has a history of updating their network chips in ways that are not compatible with existing drivers, forcing you to install new ones, for this reason I've preferred Intel network chips for some time now.
nate
On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 7:29 AM, nate centos@linuxpowered.net wrote:
Pete Kay wrote:
Hi,
I am havind deep trouble with a bunch of our newly arrived Optiplex 330 as it can't run Centos 5.2 property.
......
Does anyone know how I can fix this problem?
It's quite possible the network driver isn't compatible with the system. Looking at the support site for Dell that system isn't supported with Linux, and it looks like it has a pretty new broadcom chip on it.
I'd bet that updating the driver will allow the NIC to work, the latest drivers for that system are available.....
The quick and handy way to do this is to pick up an inexpensive USB ethernet link or other ether net card. After a yum update to a new kernel you may well have a driver that works.
If a yum update does not update the driver, you have enough connectivity to download then install vendor bits and tools.
This is the trick I have used for a number of early access Intel 'engineering' boxes. It lets me kickstart to a lab configuration and connect long enough to add the updated driver. I can save all the fun new bits and script up the driver update into a single dir to copy from one to the next. Then burn that dir of bits to a CDROM...
If you are shopping, the older the USB ethernet device the more likely it is to work.
Hi,
It looks like TG3, the broadcom driver, is already installed on Centos 5.2. Does anyone know why the network is still not working? I am very stuck in trying to get the Dell Optiplex to work.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Pete
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 2:36 AM, NiftyClusters Mitch niftycluster@niftyegg.com wrote:
On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 7:29 AM, nate centos@linuxpowered.net wrote:
Pete Kay wrote:
Hi,
I am havind deep trouble with a bunch of our newly arrived Optiplex 330 as it can't run Centos 5.2 property.
......
Does anyone know how I can fix this problem?
It's quite possible the network driver isn't compatible with the system. Looking at the support site for Dell that system isn't supported with Linux, and it looks like it has a pretty new broadcom chip on it.
I'd bet that updating the driver will allow the NIC to work, the latest drivers for that system are available.....
The quick and handy way to do this is to pick up an inexpensive USB ethernet link or other ether net card. After a yum update to a new kernel you may well have a driver that works.
If a yum update does not update the driver, you have enough connectivity to download then install vendor bits and tools.
This is the trick I have used for a number of early access Intel 'engineering' boxes. It lets me kickstart to a lab configuration and connect long enough to add the updated driver. I can save all the fun new bits and script up the driver update into a single dir to copy from one to the next. Then burn that dir of bits to a CDROM...
If you are shopping, the older the USB ethernet device the more likely it is to work.
-- NiftyCluster T o m M i t c h e l l _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Pete Kay wrote:
Hi,
It looks like TG3, the broadcom driver, is already installed on Centos 5.2. Does anyone know why the network is still not working? I am very stuck in trying to get the Dell Optiplex to work.
You need to provide more information.
What is the output of the command lspci?
What gets logged in /var/log/messages when the tg3 driver is loaded?
Mogens
Hi, Thank you in advance for your help. Here is the lspci output. Any help on getting the networking to work on Dell Optiplex will be greatly appreciated.
[root@localhost etc]# /sbin/lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller (rev 0a) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 0a) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0a) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0a) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GR/GH (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02) [root@localhost etc]# [root@localhost etc]# [root@localhost etc]# cat /var/log/messages |grep tg3 Sep 8 20:54:58 localhost kernel: tg3.c:v3.86 (November 9, 2007) Sep 8 20:57:08 localhost kernel: tg3.c:v3.86 (November 9, 2007) Sep 8 23:37:21 localhost kernel: tg3.c:v3.86 (November 9, 2007) [root@localhost etc]# On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Mogens Kjaer mk@crc.dk wrote:
Pete Kay wrote:
Hi,
It looks like TG3, the broadcom driver, is already installed on Centos 5.2. Does anyone know why the network is still not working? I am very stuck in trying to get the Dell Optiplex to work.
You need to provide more information.
What is the output of the command lspci?
What gets logged in /var/log/messages when the tg3 driver is loaded?
Mogens
Mogens Kjaer, Carlsberg A/S, Computer Department Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark Phone: +45 33 27 53 25, Fax: +45 33 27 47 08 Email: mk@crc.dk Homepage: http://www.crc.dk _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Pete Kay wrote: ...
[root@localhost etc]# cat /var/log/messages |grep tg3 Sep 8 20:54:58 localhost kernel: tg3.c:v3.86 (November 9, 2007) Sep 8 20:57:08 localhost kernel: tg3.c:v3.86 (November 9, 2007) Sep 8 23:37:21 localhost kernel: tg3.c:v3.86 (November 9, 2007)
There would be more interesting lines, like:
Sep 6 14:01:30 data1 kernel: tg3.c:v3.86 (November 9, 2007) Sep 6 14:01:30 data1 kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:04.0[A] -> GSI 29 (level, low) -> IRQ 177 Sep 6 14:01:30 data1 kernel: eth0: Tigon3 [partno(TBD) rev 1002 PHY(5703)] (PCI:66MHz:64-bit) 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet 00:0b:cd:6a:fc:08 Sep 6 14:01:30 data1 kernel: eth0: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] WireSpeed[1] TSOcap[1] Sep 6 14:01:30 data1 kernel: eth0: dma_rwctrl[763f0000] dma_mask[64-bit] ... Sep 6 14:01:30 data1 kernel: tg3: eth0: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex. Sep 6 14:01:30 data1 kernel: tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX.
Mogens
NiftyClusters Mitch a écrit :
The quick and handy way to do this is to pick up an inexpensive USB ethernet link or other ether net card. After a yum update to a new kernel you may well have a driver that works.
'yum update' without a working network card won't lead him far, IMHO :o)
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 2:41 AM, Niki Kovacs contact@kikinovak.net wrote:
NiftyClusters Mitch a écrit :
The quick and handy way to do this is to pick up an inexpensive USB ethernet link or other ether net card. After a yum update to a new kernel you may well have a driver that works.
'yum update' without a working network card won't lead him far, IMHO :o)>
You missed the "inexpensive USB ethernet link" part.
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