[CentOS] centos on intel D945GCLF board

Tue Aug 19 19:55:16 UTC 2008
Janez Košmrlj <janezkosmr at volja.net>

OK, I downloaded the driver from Realtek homepage and build the modules 
and it works now. Thanks for the patience to everybody.

Janez Košmrlj wrote:
> I don't have fedora installed on the machine any more. But if i 
> understand correctly, if compiling the driver doesn't work, i can copy 
> the module from a fedora machine and replace the current one?
>
> ABBAS KHAN wrote:
>> Thats what I wanted to know and thats exactly what I saw people 
>> complaining about this card's incompatibility with kernel.
>> If you have time to work on the issue, if you want to find out the 
>> bottom causes and if compiling the new driver doesn't help; you can 
>> boot to Fedora and get the Kernel version and the driver's module 
>> number and then switch back to CentOS, try to load the same module
>> (i hope it would be also in CentOS under /lib/modules/) through 
>> modprobe and then the same kernel environment, if possible - since 
>> you already told that Fedora's drivers work fine for you!
>>
>> I hope this helps!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Janez Košmrlj <janezkosmr at volja.net 
>> <mailto:janezkosmr at volja.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     Here is the lspci output from the machine:
>>
>>     root at buhtl:~# lspci
>>     00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory
>>     Controller Hub (rev 02)
>>     00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ
>>     Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
>>     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)
>>     00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI
>>     Express Port 3 (rev 01)
>>     00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI
>>     Express Port 4 (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 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7
>>     Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01)
>>     00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus
>>     Controller (rev 01)
>>     01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
>>     RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev ff)
>>     04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
>>     RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
>>
>>     the RTL-8139 is the secondary card pluged in the pci slot ad this
>>     one works ok.
>>
>>     And yes this is the module.
>>
>>     And to Michael. I know of the disabling on-board LAN workaround,
>>     but i need two LAN cards.
>>
>>
>>     ABBAS KHAN wrote:
>>
>>         Is this the kernel module used for the LAN card driver?
>>
>>         /*r8169
>>
>>         */
>>
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