Intel Pro 1000 NIC & SuSE Pro 8.2

[mysticboer]

Hi

Has anyone managed to get the Intel Pro 1000 integrated nic to work under SuSE Pro 8.2?

My motherboard is a MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R (MS-6758) with an on board Intel® Intel PRO/1000CT controller.

I downloaded the Intel Pro 1000 driver from Intel and compiled it but have not been able to progress from there. Intel's instructions following the compile are as follows:
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Install the module:

insmod e1000 <parameter>=<value>

Assign an IP address to the interface by entering the following, where x is the interface number:

ifconfig ethx <IP_address>

Verify that the interface works. Enter the following, where <IP_address> is the IP address for another machine on the same subnet as the interface that is being tested:

ping <IP_address>
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I have no idea what the parameters & values etc should be, any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks
mysticboer

[mdwatts]

As long as you have PnP OS disabled in the bios, you shouldn't need to specify any parms when loading the e1000 module.

Try as root

modprobe e1000

and see if it loads.

lsmod (list loaded modules) to verify.

Then use whatever network config tools (Yast2) SuSE provides to configure networking such as static/dhcp, gateway address, dns servers etc.

[mysticboer]

modprobe doesn't find the device, eth0 initialisation is skipped at startup.

[mysticboer]

e1000.o exists but does not load...

linux:~ # modprobe e1000
/lib/modules/2.4.20-64GB-SMP/kernel/drivers/net/e1000/e1000.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.20-64GB-SMP/kernel/drivers/net/e1000/e1000.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-64GB-SMP/kernel/drivers/net/e1000/e1000.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.20-64GB-SMP/kernel/drivers/net/e1000/e1000.o: insmod e1000 failed
linux:~ #

[spagnitz]

You had the kernel source installed when compiling correct? and you are using (booting up with) the same version of the kernel that you compiled it under?

What does typing "insmod e1000" do?

What did you type to compile it, "make install"?

Last, you do have the lan enabled in the bios right?

[mysticboer]

yep, kernel source was installed when compiling, booting up same version of kernel, typed "make install" to compile it, lan is enabled in the bios and
typing "insmod e1000" returns the following:

linux:~ # insmod e1000
Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-64GB-SMP/kernel/drivers/net/e1000/e1000.o
/lib/modules/2.4.20-64GB-SMP/kernel/drivers/net/e1000/e1000.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
linux:~ #

[mdwatts]

Have you disabled PnP OS in the bios yet?

Also search the JL forums for e1000 as I have seen a few similiar threads posted here lately. They may contain the solution.

[mysticboer]

I've finally solved the problem of getting my onboard Intel PRO/1000 ethernet adapter up and running in SuSE Pro 8.2...this is my first foray online running this box under Linux :)

For the benefit of others who may be experiencing similar issues, I have outlined below the how I solved the problem:

Fundamentally, the problem I was experiencing was due to not having the correct Intel drivers for the Gigabit chipset. The MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R motherboard includes the Intel 82547EI ethernet controller on board - OLDER INTEL e1000 DRIVERS DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR CONTROLLER . Support has only been included from version e1000-5.1.13 of the drivers onwards. e1000-5.1.13 can be downloaded from http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/proc/T8Clearance.asp?sType=&agr=Y&PrdMap=&ProductID=838&url=/2897/eng/e1000-5.1.13.tar.gz

or

ftp://aiedownload.intel.com/df-support/2897/eng/e1000-5.1.13.tar.gz

or

http://aiedownload.intel.com/df-support/2897/eng/e1000-5.1.13.tar.gz

From there it is simple matter of extracting the drivers, changing to the src folder and doing the following:
make install
insmod e1000

thanks to everyone else who has helped me. hope this helps someone, good luck.

mysticboer

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