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    cat /proc/ioports

    cat /proc/interrupts

Also, you are setting the I/O port and interrupt in DOS/Windoze using the
utilities, and NOT trying to do it while under Linux, correct?  If so, then
what are your I/O ports and IRQ's in DOS/Windoze?

When I was having annoying trouble getting my card to take off (It was
detected immediately, but would delay initialization), I had nailed it down
to one, all-too-simple issue... when I setup the insmod argument, all I
needed to tell it was:

    insmod 3c509

Instead, I had been telling it that, as well as the I/O port and IRQ... but
didn't need to.  That's all programmed in the EEPROM when you run the setup
utility in DOS/Windoze.  So also make sure that it's not loading due to you
telling it too much.  All you should need is: insmod 3c509 --- The Linux
kernel can find out all the rest that it needs directly from the hardware.
Make sure you also power down between changing an I/O port address or IRQ
setting before trying to use it with that new configuration.  If you do not,
it will not be using the new information yet.

I don't know if this helps at all, but hopefully it will.  Let me know what
the /proc reports say.

AZOTh 999

Quote:> I just installed the Red Hat 6.0 a few nites ago.  I was hoping it would
> fix the problem with my 3Com 3c509 ethernet card, but this was not the
> case.  I have narrowed the prob down to an IRQ conflict, mainly due to my
> SoundBlaster AWE 64 card residing on IRQ 5.  The ethernet card seems to
> like residing on this IRQ as well.  I used the 3c5x9.exe that came on the
> floppies with my card.  I changed the IRQ to my empty location of 9 and
> tried it in Linux again.  Still no luck.  I would try another IRQ but all
> of them are taken and the SoundBlaster is pretty well set on 5 due to
other
> devices.  I would also try IRQ 12 where my mouse resides, but I can not
put
> it into USB mode for Linux yet.  Finally in desperation I put the ethernet
> on IRQ 10 and IO 0x300... This at least made my card fail a lot faster, so
> it is recognized.  My question is how do I make the card work or am I
> screwed up a tree?

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AZOTh 999

Quote:> I just installed the Red Hat 6.0 a few nites ago.  I was hoping it would
> fix the problem with my 3Com 3c509 ethernet card, but this was not the
> case.  I have narrowed the prob down to an IRQ conflict, mainly due to my
> SoundBlaster AWE 64 card residing on IRQ 5.  The ethernet card seems to
> like residing on this IRQ as well.  I used the 3c5x9.exe that came on the
> floppies with my card.  I changed the IRQ to my empty location of 9 and
> tried it in Linux again.  Still no luck.  I would try another IRQ but all
> of them are taken and the SoundBlaster is pretty well set on 5 due to
other
> devices.  I would also try IRQ 12 where my mouse resides, but I can not
put
> it into USB mode for Linux yet.  Finally in desperation I put the ethernet
> on IRQ 10 and IO 0x300... This at least made my card fail a lot faster, so
> it is recognized.  My question is how do I make the card work or am I
> screwed up a tree?

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