[Fwd: ne2k-pci problems (fwd)]

Jesse Kaufman (kaufmjes@frodo.tabor.edu)
Wed, 18 Nov 1998 17:33:02 -0600


Jesse Kaufman wrote:

> Erik Walthinsen wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 7 Nov 1998, Jesse Kaufman wrote:
> >
> > > AHA!!! i think i found what's wrong... when i looked in /proc i saw that
> > > eth0 and es1370 (my sound card) are using the same IRQ, and it looks like the
> > > I/O Ports are conflicting, also... is there a way to tell my sound card to
> > > use a different I/O Port and IRQ? it is an Ensoniq AudioPCI PnP card...
> >
> > You'll have to check in your BIOS (hope it's recent) to set the
> > appropriate IRQ to "ISA" rather than automatic control. If it's an
> > AudioPCI, the I/O ports can't conflict, since PCI cards don't use the low
> > I/O ports, they use mapped high (>3GB) memory.
> >
> > If you have a recent Award BIOS, like most of my machines, there's a
> > section on PCI configuration, with three options at the top-left, then a
> > break, then a list of the IRQs and 'who' they're assigned to. If there's
> > no list, one of the top three (I think the first) has to be set to Manual.
> >
> > If you don't have a recent Award BIOS, I can't help you much. Docs are a
> > possibility, if you have them. If all else fails, try a sound list (dunno
> > which exist, probably linux-sound@vger, or something at the ALSA site
> > [check sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/ for the URL]) and ask about moving the card
> > somewhere else, by way of either the BIOS or telling the driver which IRQ
> > to use (PCI can do that).
> >
>
> ok, i finally got my cards to use different IRQ's (eth0 = 10, and es1370 = 11),
> but it STILL doesn't get inet!!! does the same thing it used to... it goes fine
> for about 15 seconds, then quits on me! what am i doing wrong? i've tried
> everything i can think of! is there anythine else i'm doing wrong?
>
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