network help

z1p101 · posted: 2013-09-04 23:01

Hi

Just gave antix a try and I am impressed. My hobby is to get old equipment and make it usable again and this time I found a gem. A Toshiba Satellite 4015CDT laptop with a PII 266 processor and 140M+ of ram. I usually use Vector Linux for this type of project but the live antix CD ran surprisingly smooth on the machine and I would like to give it a try.

My problem is that it has a Xircom PCMIA NIC/modem combo card. Antix recognizes it and can give me a MAC address etc etc but I can't get an address from my router's DNS service. I've tried ifconfig, variations of dhclient, antix's"GUI" but nothing works.

The card works under Vector so I know it works. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2013-09-05 01:38

It sounsds nuts, but there is a debian bug that may never have been fixed. Here's an old thread on the issue.

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url was:"http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=65675"
linktext was:"http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=65675"
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the end result was to try ejecting and re-inserting the card with the machine still running.

z1p101 · posted: 2013-09-06 19:36

Thanks, gave it a try but that isn't it. Their system didn't recognize the card and mine does.

I tried to reconfig some of the dhclient files which wasn't easy. It is a literal maze of files, directories, soft links, system generated files, hook files to keep the system from changing files, etc. and couldn't get it work.

Dave · posted: 2013-09-06 21:17

By antiX GUI do you mean wicd?
If so did the interface show up and cannot connect or did no interfaces show up? You may need to add the interface (eth* wlan* whatever it shows as) under the preferances in wicd.
Also have you tried ceni (it is a cli application)? It should show the interface automatically in which case pressing enter on the interface should start a connection.

If it does not, perhaps you could copy the system information to a text file and copy that to a usb so you can post the text file from a working machine. Another option is to boot the working os, mount the hard drive with the text file and post it here.

What we would be looking for is:
1. inxi -F
2. lspci -k |grep -i"Xircom"
3. lsmod

z1p101 · posted: 2013-09-07 03:56

Hi

No, didn't use wicd, I used ceni. Ceni looks like it runs dhclient and will add the appropriate flags for you if you want.

Here is my output:

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demo@antiX1:~
$ su -c"inxi -F"
Password: 
System:    Host: antiX1 Kernel: 3.7.10-antix.3-486-smp i686 (32 bit) 
           Desktop: JWM 2.1.0 Distro: antiX-13.1_386-base Luddite 19 June 2013
Machine:   No /sys/class/dmi, using dmidecode: no machine data available
CPU:       Single core Pentium II (Deschutes) (-UP-) cache: 512 KB flags: (pae) clocked at 266.593 MHz 
Graphics:  Card: Chips and F65555 HiQVPro 
           X.org: 1.12.4 drivers: chips (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) tty size: 80x28 Advanced Data: N/A for root 
Network:   Card-1: Xircom Cardbus Ethernet 10/100 driver: xircom_cb 
           IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: 00:10:a4:c6:72:d4
           Card-2: Xircom Cardbus Ethernet + 56k Modem driver: serial 
           IF: N/A state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 4.3GB (-) 1: id: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MK4309MA size: 4.3GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 114M used: 5.8M (6%) fs: rootfs ID: swap-1 size: 0.33GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 64 Uptime: 7 min Memory: 44.9/151.4MB Client: Shell (su) inxi: 1.9.9 
demo@antiX1:~
$ lspci -k | grep Xircom
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Xircom Cardbus Ethernet 10/100 (rev 03)
    Subsystem: Xircom Cardbus Ethernet 10/100
01:00.1 Serial controller: Xircom Cardbus Ethernet + 56k Modem (rev 03)
    Subsystem: Xircom CBEM56G-100 Ethernet + 56k Modem
demo@antiX1:~
$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
nfsd                  156046  2 
auth_rpcgss            19755  1 nfsd
nfs_acl                 1576  1 nfsd
nfs                    88586  0 
lockd                  42731  2 nfs,nfsd
fscache                21695  1 nfs
sunrpc                122417  6 nfs,nfsd,auth_rpcgss,lockd,nfs_acl
af_packet              19031  2 
dm_crypt               10846  0 
dm_mod                 51354  1 dm_crypt
xircom_cb               6248  0 
toshiba_acpi           10065  0 
psmouse                52159  0 
sparse_keymap           1937  1 toshiba_acpi
rfkill                 10599  1 toshiba_acpi
wmi                     6240  1 toshiba_acpi
parport_pc             23969  0 
serio_raw               3177  0 
parport                21942  1 parport_pc
pcmcia                 24870  0 
fan                     1818  0 
processor              23837  1 
yenta_socket           15802  0 
floppy                 41663  0 
evdev                   6815  4 
microcode               8484  0 
mac_hid                 2214  0 
pcspkr                  1273  0 
thermal                 6606  0 
i2c_piix4               6769  0 
pcmcia_rsrc             5995  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core             8446  3 pcmcia,pcmcia_rsrc,yenta_socket
thermal_sys            10423  3 fan,thermal,processor
battery                 5391  0 
button                  3513  0 
ac                      1753  0

Thanks in advance.

rokytnji · posted: 2013-09-08 02:05

Just to humor us. Post output of

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harry@biker:~
$ sux
Password: 
bash: cannot set terminal process group (-1): Inappropriate ioctl for device
bash: no job control in this shell
root@biker:/home/harry# dmesg | grep firmware
[    6.075185] thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: Outdated ThinkPad BIOS/EC firmware
[    6.075191] thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: This firmware may be missing critical bug fixes and/or important features
[    6.213753] psmouse serio1: trackpoint: IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons: 3/3

In case firmware is missing on that Xircom. I ignore the errors above on this IBM T23 Laptop.

Plus, since I am lightheaded and under the weather. Maybe cover all bases with

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root@biker:/home/harry# lspci -v | grep -i net
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 42)
07:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
root@biker:/home/harry# lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
02:08.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller [8086:1031] (rev 42)
    Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A/T/X Series [1014:0209]
    Kernel driver in use: e100
07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI [1814:0301]
    Subsystem: Belkin F5D7010 v6000 Wireless G Notebook Card [1799:701e]
    Kernel driver in use: rt61pci
root@biker:/home/harry# ip addr show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:d0:59:cc:ba:8a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: irda0: <NOARP> mtu 2048 qdisc noop state DOWN qlen 8
    link/irda 00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff
4: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:11:50:dd:3b:c0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.254.15/24 brd 192.168.254.255 scope global wlan0
    inet6 fe80::211:50ff:fedd:3bc0/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
root@biker:/home/harry# ip link show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:d0:59:cc:ba:8a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: irda0: <NOARP> mtu 2048 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 8
    link/irda 00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff
4: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DORMANT qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:11:50:dd:3b:c0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

Hopefully the other members can use that info also to make things go smoother on fixing your issue.
Out for the count, cough,cough, Rok

z1p101 · posted: 2013-09-08 05:19

OK

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demo@antiX1:~
$ sux
Password: 
xauth:  file /root/.Xauthority does not exist
bash: cannot set terminal process group (-1): Inappropriate ioctl for device
bash: no job control in this shell
root@antiX1:/home/demo# dmesg | grep firmware

root@antiX1:/home/demo# lspci -v | grep -i net
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Xircom Cardbus Ethernet 10/100 (rev 03)
    Subsystem: Xircom Cardbus Ethernet 10/100
01:00.1 Serial controller: Xircom Cardbus Ethernet + 56k Modem (rev 03) (prog-if 02 [16550])
    Subsystem: Xircom CBEM56G-100 Ethernet + 56k Modem
root@antiX1:/home/demo# lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Xircom Cardbus Ethernet 10/100 [115d:0003] (rev 03)
    Subsystem: Xircom Cardbus Ethernet 10/100 [115d:1181]
    Kernel driver in use: xircom_cb
01:00.1 Serial controller [0700]: Xircom Cardbus Ethernet + 56k Modem [115d:0103] (rev 03)
    Subsystem: Xircom CBEM56G-100 Ethernet + 56k Modem [115d:1181]
    Kernel driver in use: serial
root@antiX1:/home/demo# ip addr show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:10:a4:c6:72:d4 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet6 fe80::210:a4ff:fec6:72d4/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
root@antiX1:/home/demo# ip link show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:10:a4:c6:72:d4 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
root@antiX1:/home/demo#