Re: >= 2.0.31 3com509 problems

Hubert Mantel (mantel@suse.de)
Thu, 20 Nov 1997 11:46:28 +0100 (MET)


Hi,

On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Dmitri Alexeev wrote:

> I can't help wondering what changed in the kernel so much that my 3com509
> ethernet is no longer initialized properly. 2.0.30 works just fine.
> But since 2.0.31 (with the same and also different configs)
> they complain something like "IO symbol not found" or "not loaded".

You probably have a line specifying the IO port in your conf.modules:

options 3c509 io=0x300

Just remove this line from /etc/conf.modules and it will work.

> Then standard message from /etc/rc.d/inet is printed as to why
> I could have the problem. Doesn't help though...
> Sorry if this is something really stupid,
> I tried to check docs and infos...
> I was waiting for 2.0.32 to see if it's gone, but it is obviously not.
> Also, these errors do not get to syslog for some reason.
> If someone needs more info, I will try to copy the messages down.
>
> Regards,
> -------------------------------------
> Dmitri Alexeev
> Department of Mathematics
> Tulane University
> alexeev@math.tulane.edu
> http://studentweb.tulane.edu/~dalexee/
> --------------------------------------

Hubert