I cannot get Realtek Rtl8139 Fast Ethernet PC Card to work. It works under RedHat without problem but with Gentoo I am not able to get it to work. I think the problem may be connected with hotplug. In RedHat hotplug gets its part in the card initialization but in Gentoo it doesn't. I found that when comparing Gentoo and RedHat log files. I have tested the card on two notebooks with Gentoo and one notebook with RedHat. One Gentoo is up to date, the other is freshly installed from LiveCD 1.4 (pentium 3). None of the Gentoos can work with the card. /etc/pcmcia/config didn't contain any information about Realtek so I added this to it: device "8139too" class "network" module "cb_enabler", "8139too" card "Realtek Rtl8139" manfid 0x0000, 0x024C bind "8139too" Any help is appreciated. Here are the logs from Gentoo and from RedHat. Gentoo log: Sep 24 13:48:56 [kernel] Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.2.4 Sep 24 13:48:56 [kernel] Intel ISA/PCI/CardBus PCIC probe: Sep 24 13:48:56 [kernel] ISA irqs (default) = 3,4,5,7 PCI status changes Sep 24 13:48:56 [cardmgr] watching 2 sockets Sep 24 13:48:56 [cardmgr] starting, version is 3.2.4 Sep 24 13:48:57 [kernel] cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean. Sep 24 13:48:57 [cardmgr] socket 1: Serial or Modem Sep 24 13:48:57 [cardmgr] executing: 'modprobe serial_cs' Sep 24 13:48:57 [kernel] isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards... Sep 24 13:48:57 [kernel] Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI ISAPNP enabled Sep 24 13:48:57 [cardmgr] executing: './serial start ttyS1' Sep 24 13:48:57 [kernel] cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x200-0x207 0x220-0x22f 0x330-0x337 0x378-0x37f 0x388-0x38f 0x408-0x40f 0x480-0x48f 0x4d0-0x4d7 Sep 24 13:50:07 [cardmgr] socket 0: Realtek Rtl8139 Sep 24 13:50:07 [kernel] cs: cb_alloc(bus 2): vendor 0x10ec, device 0x8139 Sep 24 13:50:07 [cardmgr] executing: 'modprobe cb_enabler' Sep 24 13:50:07 [cardmgr] executing: 'modprobe 8139too' Sep 24 13:50:07 [kernel] 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.26 Sep 24 13:50:07 [cardmgr] + /lib/modules/2.4.22_pre2-gss/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o: init_module: No such device Sep 24 13:50:07 [cardmgr] + /lib/modules/2.4.22_pre2-gss/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22_pre2-gss/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o failed Sep 24 13:50:07 [cardmgr] + /lib/modules/2.4.22_pre2-gss/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o: insmod 8139too failed Sep 24 13:50:07 [cardmgr] + Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. Sep 24 13:50:07 [cardmgr] + You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg Sep 24 13:50:07 [cardmgr] modprobe exited with status 255 Sep 24 13:50:07 [cardmgr] module /lib/modules/2.4.22_pre2-gss/pcmcia/8139too.o not available Sep 24 13:50:08 [cardmgr] get dev info on socket 0 failed: Resource temporarily unavailable RedHat log: Sep 24 13:26:55 gandalf kernel: cs: cb_free(bus 2) Sep 24 13:26:55 gandalf /etc/hotplug/pci.agent: PCI remove event not supported Sep 24 13:26:59 gandalf kernel: cs: cb_alloc(bus 2): vendor 0x10ec, device 0x8139 Sep 24 13:26:59 gandalf kernel: PCI: Enabling device 02:00.0 (0000 -> 0003) Sep 24 13:26:59 gandalf cardmgr[514]: socket 0: CardBus hotplug device Sep 24 13:26:59 gandalf /etc/hotplug/pci.agent: Setup 8139cp for PCI slot 02:00.0 Sep 24 13:26:59 gandalf kernel: 8139cp 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v0.0.7 (Feb 27, 2002) Sep 24 13:26:59 gandalf kernel: 8139cp: pci dev 02:00.0 (id 10ec:8139 rev 10) is not an 8139C+ compatible chip Sep 24 13:26:59 gandalf kernel: 8139cp: Try the "8139too" driver instead. Sep 24 13:26:59 gandalf insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/net/8139cp.o: init_module: No such device Sep 24 13:26:59 gandalf insmod: 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 Sep 24 13:26:59 gandalf insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/net/8139cp.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/net/8139cp.o failed Sep 24 13:26:59 gandalf insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/net/8139cp.o: insmod 8139cp failed Sep 24 13:26:59 gandalf /etc/hotplug/pci.agent: ... can't load module 8139cp Sep 24 13:26:59 gandalf /etc/hotplug/pci.agent: missing kernel or user mode driver 8139cp Sep 24 13:31:32 gandalf kernel: 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.25 Sep 24 13:31:32 gandalf kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 02:00.0 to 64 Sep 24 13:31:32 gandalf kernel: eth0: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at 0xcc924000, 00:08:a1:3e:3f:64, IRQ 11 Sep 24 13:31:32 gandalf insmod: Warning: ignoring irq=11, no such parameter in this module Sep 24 13:31:32 gandalf insmod: Module 8139too loaded, with warnings Sep 24 13:31:32 gandalf /etc/hotplug/net.agent: invoke ifup eth0 Sep 24 13:31:33 gandalf kernel: eth0: Setting 100mbps full-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner ability 45e1. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. # emerge info Portage 2.0.49-r3 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1, 2.4.22_pre2-gss) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.22_pre2-gss i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="sandbox ccache autoaddcvs" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://download.nautilus.startnet.cz/gentoo-mirror/ http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/ ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-mirror/ ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/gentoo/ http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ http://212.219.247.20/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo http://212.219.247.10/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ http://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/linux/Gentoo http://212.219.247.21/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 oss apm avi crypt cups encode foomaticdb gif jpeg libg++ mad mikmod mmx mpeg ncurses nls pdflib png quicktime spell truetype xmms xv zlib alsa gdbm berkdb slang readline arts tetex svga java sdl gpm tcpd pam libwww ssl perl python esd imlib oggvorbis motif opengl mozilla gphoto2 ldap cdr scanner X kde qt gd xml xml2 curl flash freetds imap mysql snmp tiff mcal samba -gnome gtk gtk2"
So all you've tried to do to fix this is edit /etc/pcmcia/config I'm afraid you going to help us out a little bit more. Start with more info: lsmod lspci Do you have hotplug installed?
Can you please try another kernel, such as gentoo-sources?
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 29638 ***
