Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter

[Agung Suyono]

Hi All,

I'm a new Debian user. I got a problem on istallation. My network
device, Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter, was not detected.
When I tried to configure it using "Configure
Device Driver Module" during installation process, it asked me to enter
a command line argument. The installation manual says that I have to
consult with the documentation for that kernel driver. Anybody knows
where I can find that kernel driver documentation? When I didn't enter
anything, the installation failed.

Thanks for your help.
Best Regard,

Agung S





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[Antony Gelberg]

Agung Suyono wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'm a new Debian user. I got a problem on istallation. My network
> device, Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter, was not detected.
> When I tried to configure it using "Configure
> Device Driver Module" during installation process, it asked me to
> enter a command line argument. The installation manual says that I
> have to consult with the documentation for that kernel driver.
> Anybody knows where I can find that kernel driver documentation?
> When I didn't enter anything, the installation failed.
>
> Thanks for your help.
> Best Regard,
>
> Agung S

We'd be more able (and willing) to help if you told us what the error
message was, and what kernel you were trying to install with (2.2 or bf24).
Oh, and output of lspci from the console that you can get to with Alt-F2
during install. (that is if lspci is available at that point)

A


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[Ron Johnson]

On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 22:08, Agung Suyono wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'm a new Debian user. I got a problem on istallation. My network
> device, Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter, was not detected.
> When I tried to configure it using "Configure
> Device Driver Module" during installation process, it asked me to enter
> a command line argument. The installation manual says that I have to
> consult with the documentation for that kernel driver. Anybody knows
> where I can find that kernel driver documentation? When I didn't enter
> anything, the installation failed.

You really shouldn't need any command line args.

Is Debian installed now?

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[Agung Suyono]

Hi,

Thanks Antony for your response.

The error message that I got was:

=====================================
Installing module 8139too. If the device isn't there, or isn't
confugred correctly, this could cause your system to pause for up to a
minute.

/lib/modules/2.2.20-idepci/net/8139too.o:init_module: Devide or resource
busy
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect moduule parameters,
including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
/lib/modules/2.2.20-idepci/net/8129too.o: insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.20-idepci/net/8139too.o failed.
/lib/modules/2.2.20-idepci/net/8139too.o: insmod 8139too failed

Installation failed

Please press ENTER when you are ready to continue.
=======================================

I'm pretty sure that the network device was attached correctly, because
the light indicator is on when I connect it to the network.

About the kernel and output of lspci, I'm afraid I can not answer
because I don't know how to obtain the information about the kernel and
there's no meaningful output when I type lspci from the console.

Thanks for your help.
Best Regard,

Agung S

Antony Gelberg wrote:

>Agung Suyono wrote:
>

>>Hi All,
>>
>>I'm a new Debian user. I got a problem on istallation. My network
>>device, Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter, was not detected.
>> When I tried to configure it using "Configure
>>Device Driver Module" during installation process, it asked me to
>>enter a command line argument. The installation manual says that I
>>have to consult with the documentation for that kernel driver.
>>Anybody knows where I can find that kernel driver documentation?
>>When I didn't enter anything, the installation failed.
>>
>>Thanks for your help.
>>Best Regard,
>>
>>Agung S
>>

>
>We'd be more able (and willing) to help if you told us what the error
>message was, and what kernel you were trying to install with (2.2 or bf24).
>Oh, and output of lspci from the console that you can get to with Alt-F2
>during install. (that is if lspci is available at that point)
>
>A
>
>

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[Elizabeth Barham]

Hi Agung,

Agung writes:

> The error message that I got was:
>
> =====================================
> Installing module 8139too. If the device isn't there, or isn't
> confugred correctly, this could cause your system to pause for up to a
> minute.

The reason you are receiving this error message may be that the device
has already been reckoned with by the kernel as the 8139 driver is
built into the kernel, as is 8139too_8129 (though 8139too is built as
a module):

[url]http://sluglug.ucsc.edu/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/idepci/kernel-config[/url]

CONFIG_RTL8139=y
CONFIG_RTL8139TOO=m
CONFIG_8139TOO_8129=y

Did you notice the kernel recognizing your NIC on boot? If you are not
sure, a quick way to find out is to move to another virtual console
during installation (ALT - [Left Key] ; alt + right or left key
switches among them) and drop into a shell (there is a message that
states how to do this). Then, use the command "dmesg" which should
display the messages from boot. You may want to pipe the output to
"more" or "grep 8139" (e.g. dmesg | grep 8139).

There is no reason to pass IO and IRQ parameters to a PCI device;
these are generally used with ISA devices.

Elizabeth


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[Nick Hastings]

* Agung Suyono <agung100@bonbon.net> [030731 13:32]:

<snip>

> About the kernel and output of lspci, I'm afraid I can not answer
> because I don't know how to obtain the information about the kernel
> and there's no meaningful output when I type lspci from the console.

No meaningfull output from lspci!? It may not have been meaningful to
you, but it would have been for the people who have been trying to
help you.

Nick.

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[Ron Johnson]

On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 00:44, Andrew McGuinness wrote:

> Agung Suyono wrote:

> > Hi All,
> >
> > I'm a new Debian user. I got a problem on istallation. My network
> > device, Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter, was not detected.
> > When I tried to configure it using "Configure Device Driver Module"
> > during installation process, it asked me to enter a command line
> > argument. The installation manual says that I have to consult with the
> > documentation for that kernel driver. Anybody knows where I can find
> > that kernel driver documentation? When I didn't enter anything, the
> > installation failed.
> > Thanks for your help.
> > Best Regard,
> >
> > Agung S
> >

> For what it's worth the documentation is in the kernel source. You can
> see it in
> [url]http://lxr.linux.no/source/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt?v=2.2.20[/url]
> if you don't have the kernel source installed.
>
> I don't think it will help much. In my experience, PCI cards don't need
> that kind of thing (module parameters for irqs etc.). I also recommend
> you try the 2.4 boot floppies.
>
> This is about the third person in a couple of days having problems with
> RTL8139-based cards -- I wonder if the Scyld drivers are better than the
> vanilla kernel ones, and If so if it's worth making a custom boot kernel
> that uses those?

I have a 2.4.20 kernel w/ the 8139too compiled in, and have had no
problems.

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[Paul Johnson]

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On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 10:08:55AM +0700, Agung Suyono wrote:

> I'm a new Debian user. I got a problem on istallation. My network
> device, Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter, was not detected.

The installer doesn't do detection, you need to know what you have
going in (this will change when debian-installer replaces
boot-floppies). The installation manual tells you this.

Anyrate, if it helps, the module for that card should be 8139cp.o or
8139too.o.

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