[clug-talk] Need drivers

[Mark Carlson]

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 7:09 PM, Joseph Shuttleworth <JoeS100 at shaw.ca> wrote:
> I'm looking for drivers for a some ethernet cards:
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> 02:07.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec: 8139] (rev 10)

This one may be covered by the "8139too" Linux driver.  If "modprobe
8139too" fails to fix the problem, then you either don't have the
driver enabled, or the standard RTL-8139 driver does not cover your
card.

> Macronix, Inc. [MXIC] MX987x5 [10d9:0531] (rev 25)

http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/TULIP.html
The kernel module seems to be called "tulip"

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> Dlink dfe-538tx

Might be the "rtl8139" driver.

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> I found some drivers at:
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> http://www.realtek.com/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=14&PFid=6&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false
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> These are for the Realtek card.
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> They are: UnixWare 7.1.x and SCO Unix 5.0.X
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> Which one would I use for Debian Lenny?
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> I couldn't find any for the Macronix
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> I found this site for dlink:
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> ftp://ftp.dlink.com/NIC/dfe538tx/Driver/Linux/
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> File:Makefile 3 KB 21/10/04 12:00:00 AM
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> File:Readme.txt 2 KB 21/10/04 12:00:00 AM
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> File:rtl8139.c 54 KB 21/10/04 12:00:00 AM
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> I'm not sure what to do with the dlink. I'm not familiar with Linux drivers.
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> Appreciate any help.
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> Thanks

Linux (non wireless) network drivers are usually pretty
straightforward, and you should not have to download or compile them
yourself.

Have you tried just putting the card in and using it?  That's normally
all you have to do.  Open a terminal and type "lsmod".  It should show
you the drivers currently in use.  Using that output, you can see
which drivers are being used for your network interfaces.  If it
doesn't work with your Linux installation, try a live-cd based distro
like Knoppix, or the Ubuntu install CD.

-Mark C.