hello guys! I've got a Acer Sx with SiS900 onboard lan adapter...which SuSE recognises during installation, but strangely, i see the rtl8139 module being loaded instead of the sis900 module. now, i wouldnt be complaining if it was working, but it aint...i can see eth0 and stuff, but cant hear any replies to my pings. so i do rmmod rtl8139 and insmod sis900, and the system complains that resource is busy.. well..so i shut down networking and _then_ do insmod..it returns without error, but alas! when i start networking it says eth0 - no such device... i have even downloaded the latest sis900.c and sis900.h files from the SiS site and tried to compile in the sis900 driver into the kernel..but still it doesnt configure eth0 at boot time. sigh! finally i'm posting this here..has anyone successfull configured this card?(if u have, are u still sane?) i suspect there might be some options that this card required, but i havent come across_any_ documentation regarding this. Its not mentioned in the white paper written by the blokes from SiS who wrote this driver.. anyway..ANY help is appreciated right now..i've gotta go and get me a Dispirin now..
kishor PS: i havent got any replies to my earlier query about my X problem.....is this Acer Sx such a rare piece? Damn those purchase guys....
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On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, you Spewed into the ether: --> hello guys! --> I've got a Acer Sx with SiS900 onboard lan adapter...which SuSE recognises --> during installation, --> but strangely, i see the rtl8139 module being loaded instead of the sis900 --> module. [snip] thats absolutely strange pal.......'-)
--> now, i wouldnt be complaining if it was working, but it aint...i can see --> eth0 and stuff, --> but cant hear any replies to my pings. [snip] did u check for errors being thrown while startup.....Like check the /var/log/messages file for any thing that the syslog will be screamin hoarse abt...........
--> so i do rmmod rtl8139 and insmod sis900, and the system complains that --> resource is busy.. --> sigh! finally i'm posting this here..has anyone successfull configured this --> card?(if u have, are u still sane?) [snip] pal....... i am using a Zenith machine called the Zenith Home PC for a project of mine. All that i can say abt it, is that the config of the m/c sucks bigtime.....Bigtime pal.....bigtime... A SIS m/b with a i810 from SIS..........a SIS 6215 Display..........A SIS900 NIC chipset(Friggin hell..............couldn't they just hav gone in for the rth80** series) . As for now we r using RH, we had certain probs with RH7.0 on this m/b and chipset. But RH7.1 is a no brainer on this sucky m/b. All the chipsets r detected including the NIC. Still i am tryin to figure out why isn't Linux detecting the NIc on ur machine...'-) Under normal conditions Linux always detects the 1st NIc on ur machine in case u have multiple or redundant NIC interfaces. If it ain't too much of an overhead RH 7.1 should work out for ur SIS900 chipset.
--> i suspect there might be some options that this card required, but i havent --> come across_any_ [snip] believe me it's detected as a breeze on RH 7.1.
--> documentation regarding this. Its not mentioned in the white paper written --> by the blokes from SiS who [snip] SIS sucks bigtime..........If just i hadn't hav to put up with it.....'-)
--> wrote this driver.. --> anyway..ANY help is appreciated right now..i've gotta go and get me a --> Dispirin now.. [snip] '-). Also fry ur m/b for dinner.........it's prevent such instances in the future.'-)
Trevor Warren trevor@freeos.com
--> --> kishor --> PS: i havent got any replies to my earlier query about my X problem.....is --> this Acer Sx such a rare piece? --> Damn those purchase guys....
Hi Kishor,
I had faced a problem with the onboard card on an ASUS motherboard. I had Kernel 2.4 which I recompiled with the sis900.c and .h files, cuz though support for rtl was there is the kernel, I had read on the site that the driver doesnt support the cards which they were shipping out lately. Hence I got the latest updated driver then: Revision: 1.07.08 Jan. 8 2001
This shud work fine.
Best of Luck, Ninad
At 09:36 PM 6/18/01 +0530, Kishor Bhagwat wrote:
hello guys! I've got a Acer Sx with SiS900 onboard lan adapter...which SuSE recognises during installation, but strangely, i see the rtl8139 module being loaded instead of the sis900 module. now, i wouldnt be complaining if it was working, but it aint...i can see eth0 and stuff, but cant hear any replies to my pings. so i do rmmod rtl8139 and insmod sis900, and the system complains that resource is busy.. well..so i shut down networking and _then_ do insmod..it returns without error, but alas! when i start networking it says eth0 - no such device... i have even downloaded the latest sis900.c and sis900.h files from the SiS site and tried to compile in the sis900 driver into the kernel..but still it doesnt configure eth0 at boot time. sigh! finally i'm posting this here..has anyone successfull configured this card?(if u have, are u still sane?) i suspect there might be some options that this card required, but i havent come across_any_ documentation regarding this. Its not mentioned in the white paper written by the blokes from SiS who wrote this driver.. anyway..ANY help is appreciated right now..i've gotta go and get me a Dispirin now..
kishor PS: i havent got any replies to my earlier query about my X problem.....is this Acer Sx such a rare piece? Damn those purchase guys....
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hello i got a load of Tx and Rx transmission errors in my var/log/messages after i installed the new drivers... i think the problem is with the way the kernel works with this driver.After scouring the internet i guess my best bet now is to upgrade my kernel to something after 2.2.15 (right now its 2.2.14) shld i upgrade to 2.4? any suggestions? kishor
---- Original Message ----- From: "Ninad Gupte" nttindia@nttindia.com To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] SiS900 LAN Card problem
Hi Kishor,
I had faced a problem with the onboard card on an ASUS motherboard. I had Kernel 2.4 which I recompiled with the sis900.c and .h files, cuz though support for rtl was there is the kernel, I had read on the site that the driver doesnt support the cards which they were shipping out lately. Hence I got the latest updated driver then: Revision: 1.07.08 Jan. 8 2001
This shud work fine.
Best of Luck, Ninad
At 09:36 PM 6/18/01 +0530, Kishor Bhagwat wrote:
hello guys! I've got a Acer Sx with SiS900 onboard lan adapter...which SuSE
recognises
during installation, but strangely, i see the rtl8139 module being loaded instead of the
sis900
module. now, i wouldnt be complaining if it was working, but it aint...i can see eth0 and stuff, but cant hear any replies to my pings. so i do rmmod rtl8139 and insmod sis900, and the system complains that resource is busy.. well..so i shut down networking and _then_ do insmod..it returns without error, but alas! when i start networking it says eth0 - no such device... i have even downloaded the latest sis900.c and sis900.h files from the
SiS
site and tried to compile in the sis900 driver into the kernel..but still it doesnt
configure
eth0 at boot time. sigh! finally i'm posting this here..has anyone successfull configured
this
card?(if u have, are u still sane?) i suspect there might be some options that this card required, but i
havent
come across_any_ documentation regarding this. Its not mentioned in the white paper
written
by the blokes from SiS who wrote this driver.. anyway..ANY help is appreciated right now..i've gotta go and get me a Dispirin now..
kishor PS: i havent got any replies to my earlier query about my X
problem.....is
this Acer Sx such a rare piece? Damn those purchase guys....
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