Davicom/Tulip chipset and 5 questions - solved (?)

[pep]

A ethernet Davicom/Tulip chipset card give me troubles in the internet connection from the start.
I made the workaround founded in the post (see "eth0 works... only 10 minutes") but in Linux my connection is random. While in win98 i have no problem, on the same machine in Kubuntu the connection stay up a variable amount of time then goes down until next reboot.

My ISP revised the system and suggested two options:
1) change from Kubuntu to a "real" Debian and recompile the Kernel with static addresses
2) change the ethernet card for a different one.

As i like Kubuntu a lot, and have no idea on how to find Debian and recompile from scrath, i don't even want to think at option one, and don't know if option two is reasonable.

Will Kubuntu recognize the new card?
Wich card would be my best option?
Will i have to fight to reconfigure it in Kubuntu AND win98?
Is there any way to re-run the configuration from bootstrap to keep following the bug?
Is there any other way to follow the bug before saying "drop Kubuntu and get a -real- Linux?"

Any answers ?
Pep

[pep]

Re: Davicom/Tulip chipset and 5 questions

Not exactly solved, but i found two commands

mii-tools and ethtool

that would be of some help. In my case they give this output

$ sudo mii-tool -v
SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth0' failed: Operation not supported
no MII interfaces found
$ sudo ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
No data available

so i got hopeless and typed

sudo ifdown eth0
sudo ifup eth0

I don't know why, but this time it worked (it did not before) and my connection had been up the last 24 hours, even after several restarts.

By the way, i founded the commands in "Linux Quick fix notebook" by Peter Harrison. Freely downloadable at

http://www.phptr.com/promotions/prom...4&redir=1&rl=1

where it is possible to find and download more books about Linux.
ciao
Pep

[Red Knuckles]

Re: Davicom/Tulip chipset and 5 questions - solved (?)

Here's how I did it:


Code:

sudo kwrite /etc/modules

Then, add "dmfe" to this, without the quotes. Make sure you save.


Code:

sudo kwrite /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

After this is opened add "blacklist tulip", without the quotations, somewhere in the file. Then save. Then reboot and you should be good to go on the internet.