How to install CNET40B network board to IBM thinkpad 600E

[fdufnews]

Hi,

First I must advise that I'm newbie in Linux.

I try to revive an old IBM Thinkpad 600E using Vector Linux. I have installed VL 5.8. Chasing around the forum I have found the information to set the audio card. Now all is working fine except the network.

Vasm don't recognize my CNETCN40B PCMCIA network card.

Here are some screen copy

root:# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:02.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1251A
00:02.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1251A
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4610/11 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Neomagic Corporation NM2200 [MagicGraph 256AV] (rev 12)

root:# lspcmcia
Socket 0 Bridge:        [yenta_cardbus]         (bus ID: 0000:00:02.0)
Socket 1 Bridge:        [yenta_cardbus]         (bus ID: 0000:00:02.1)
Socket 1 Device 0:      [-- no driver --]       (bus ID: 1.0)

When I extract the CN40B the "Socket 1 Device 0:" line disappear so I suppose that my PCMCIA card is detected but I don't know how to install it by hand.

Can you please help me.

regards,

fred

[JohnB316]

Fred,

Can you tell us a little bit more about the network card you're trying to make work with your laptop:

1) The brand name and model that's printed on the card
2) Is it a wired or wireless card

I tried to use Google to find information about your network card with the information you provided, but I got no hits.

Thanks,
John

[bigpaws]

Vasm don't recognize my CNETCN40B PCMCIA network card

Do you mean Cnet CN40BC?

When I extract the CN40B the "Socket 1 Device 0:" line disappear so I suppose that my PCMCIA card is detected but I don't know how to install it by hand.

Extract? Please explain this better.

The only thing you missed was the output of lsmod. Check the output
before and after you extract the CN40BC card.

Bigpaws

[fdufnews]

Thanks for you answers

First of all I confirm it is a CNET CN40BC pcmcia network card. It is a wired lan card.


Here are the copies of lsmod:

with card in PCMCIA slot:
fred:$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
nls_iso8859_15          5504  0
nls_cp437               6656  0
vfat                   10240  0
fat                    41372  1 vfat
usb_storage            72384  0
xt_limit                3200  0
xt_pkttype              2688  0
ipt_REJECT              4864  1
xt_tcpudp               3968  4
ipt_LOG                 6144  0
xt_state                2816  7
iptable_mangle          3200  0
iptable_nat             6660  0
iptable_filter          3328  1
ip_conntrack_irc        6128  0
ip_nat_ftp              3584  0
ip_nat                 13868  2 iptable_nat,ip_nat_ftp
ip_conntrack_ftp        6640  1 ip_nat_ftp
ip_conntrack           37600  6 xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_conntrack_irc,ip_nat_ftp,ip_nat,ip_conntrack_ftp
ip_tables              12020  3 iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter
x_tables               11140  8 xt_limit,xt_pkttype,ipt_REJECT,xt_tcpudp,ipt_LOG,xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_tables
lp                     10120  0
parport_pc             23364  1
parport                29640  2 lp,parport_pc
cpufreq_conservative     6536  0
cpufreq_ondemand        5900  0
cpufreq_performance     2816  0
cpufreq_powersave       2560  0
speedstep_lib           4740  0
freq_table              4512  0
sg                     25500  0
fuse                   37780  0
snd_cs4236             15464  2
snd_opl3_lib            8960  1 snd_cs4236
snd_hwdep               7428  1 snd_opl3_lib
snd_cs4236_lib         14336  1 snd_cs4236
snd_mpu401_uart         7040  1 snd_cs4236
snd_cs4231_lib         19968  2 snd_cs4236,snd_cs4236_lib
snd_seq_dummy           3716  0
snd_seq_oss            27392  0
snd_seq_midi_event      6528  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                42320  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss            37280  0
snd_mixer_oss          14080  3 snd_pcm_oss
pcnet_cs               34736  0
8390                    8448  1 pcnet_cs
snd_cs46xx             72520  0
gameport               11912  1 snd_cs46xx
snd_rawmidi            18592  2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_cs46xx
snd_seq_device          6924  5 snd_opl3_lib,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd_ac97_codec         80160  1 snd_cs46xx
snd_ac97_bus            3072  1 snd_ac97_codec
pcmcia                 22560  1 pcnet_cs
snd_pcm                61828  5 snd_cs4236_lib,snd_cs4231_lib,snd_pcm_oss,snd_cs46xx,snd_ac97_codec
yenta_socket           22156  4
snd_timer              18692  4 snd_opl3_lib,snd_cs4231_lib,snd_seq,snd_pcm
rsrc_nonstatic         10624  1 yenta_socket
evdev                   8320  0
snd                    39780  16 snd_cs4236,snd_opl3_lib,snd_hwdep,snd_cs4236_lib,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_cs4231_lib,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_cs46xx,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
shpchp                 29604  0
i2c_piix4               8076  0
pcmcia_core            31512  4 pcnet_cs,pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
intel_agp              19100  1
soundcore               8032  3 snd
serio_raw               6148  0
i2c_core               16256  1 i2c_piix4
snd_page_alloc          8072  3 snd_cs4231_lib,snd_cs46xx,snd_pcm
pcspkr                  3456  0

With card removed from PCMCIA slot:
fred:$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
nls_iso8859_15          5504  1
nls_cp437               6656  1
vfat                   10240  1
fat                    41372  1 vfat
usb_storage            72384  1
xt_limit                3200  0
xt_pkttype              2688  0
ipt_REJECT              4864  1
xt_tcpudp               3968  4
ipt_LOG                 6144  0
xt_state                2816  7
iptable_mangle          3200  0
iptable_nat             6660  0
iptable_filter          3328  1
ip_conntrack_irc        6128  0
ip_nat_ftp              3584  0
ip_nat                 13868  2 iptable_nat,ip_nat_ftp
ip_conntrack_ftp        6640  1 ip_nat_ftp
ip_conntrack           37600  6 xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_conntrack_irc,ip_nat_ftp,ip_nat,ip_conntrack_ftp
ip_tables              12020  3 iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter
x_tables               11140  8 xt_limit,xt_pkttype,ipt_REJECT,xt_tcpudp,ipt_LOG,xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_tables
lp                     10120  0
parport_pc             23364  1
parport                29640  2 lp,parport_pc
cpufreq_conservative     6536  0
cpufreq_ondemand        5900  0
cpufreq_performance     2816  0
cpufreq_powersave       2560  0
speedstep_lib           4740  0
freq_table              4512  0
sg                     25500  0
fuse                   37780  0
snd_cs4236             15464  2
snd_opl3_lib            8960  1 snd_cs4236
snd_hwdep               7428  1 snd_opl3_lib
snd_cs4236_lib         14336  1 snd_cs4236
snd_mpu401_uart         7040  1 snd_cs4236
snd_cs4231_lib         19968  2 snd_cs4236,snd_cs4236_lib
snd_seq_dummy           3716  0
snd_seq_oss            27392  0
snd_seq_midi_event      6528  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                42320  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss            37280  0
snd_mixer_oss          14080  3 snd_pcm_oss
pcnet_cs               34736  0
8390                    8448  1 pcnet_cs
snd_cs46xx             72520  0
gameport               11912  1 snd_cs46xx
snd_rawmidi            18592  2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_cs46xx
snd_seq_device          6924  5 snd_opl3_lib,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd_ac97_codec         80160  1 snd_cs46xx
snd_ac97_bus            3072  1 snd_ac97_codec
pcmcia                 22560  1 pcnet_cs
snd_pcm                61828  5 snd_cs4236_lib,snd_cs4231_lib,snd_pcm_oss,snd_cs46xx,snd_ac97_codec
yenta_socket           22156  2
snd_timer              18692  4 snd_opl3_lib,snd_cs4231_lib,snd_seq,snd_pcm
rsrc_nonstatic         10624  1 yenta_socket
evdev                   8320  0
snd                    39780  16 snd_cs4236,snd_opl3_lib,snd_hwdep,snd_cs4236_lib,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_cs4231_lib,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_cs46xx,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
shpchp                 29604  0
i2c_piix4               8076  0
pcmcia_core            31512  4 pcnet_cs,pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
intel_agp              19100  1
soundcore               8032  3 snd
serio_raw               6148  0
i2c_core               16256  1 i2c_piix4
snd_page_alloc          8072  3 snd_cs4231_lib,snd_cs46xx,snd_pcm
pcspkr                  3456  0

[JohnB316]

Bigpaws,

Thanks for clearing that one up. "Cnet CN40BC" yielded quite a few hits with Google, including the fact that it has support in Linux. The module that the original poster will need to load is the pcnet_cs module to support that card.

HTH a bit,
John

[bigpaws]

With card in in shows the right modules loaded.

This module is the one you want:

pcnet_cs               34736  0

Now try Vasm to see if you can get it configured.

The manual way is netconfig that should get you
going.

HTH

Bigpaws

[fdufnews]

I have used netconfig to create a network.
But I still have nothing.
ifconfig reports no eth0 or eth1

here is a dump of a part of /VAR/LOG/MESSAGES

Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:00:02.0 [1014:00eb]
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: Yenta: Enabling burst memory read transactions
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: Yenta: Using CSCINT to route CSC interrupts to PCI
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: Yenta: Routing CardBus interrupts to PCI
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: Yenta TI: socket 0000:00:02.0, mfunc 0xfba97543, devctl 0x62
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0698, PCI irq 11
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: Socket status: 30000010
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:00:02.1 [1014:00eb]
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: Yenta: Using CSCINT to route CSC interrupts to PCI
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: Yenta: Routing CardBus interrupts to PCI
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: Yenta TI: socket 0000:00:02.1, mfunc 0xfba97543, devctl 0x62
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0698, PCI irq 11
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: Socket status: 30000006
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: piix4_smbus 0000:00:07.3: Found 0000:00:07.3 device
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 0000:00:06.0
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000:00:02.0
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 0000:01:00.0
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcff: clean.
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x820-0x8ff: clean.
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x800-0x80f: clean.
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x3e0-0x4ff: excluding 0x4d0-0x4d7
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x3af: excluding 0x130-0x137 0x220-0x22f 0x388-0x38f
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: excluding 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: cs: memory probe 0x60000000-0x60ffffff: clean.
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcff: clean.
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x820-0x8ff: clean.
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x800-0x80f: clean.
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x3e0-0x4ff: excluding 0x4d0-0x4d7
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x3af: excluding 0x130-0x137 0x220-0x22f 0x388-0x38f
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: pcnet_cs: unable to read hardware net address for io base 0x300
Nov 24 21:12:27 Thinkpad kernel: pcnet_cs: unable to read hardware net address for io base 0x300
.....
Nov 24 21:12:38 Thinkpad ifplugd(eth0)[2583]: ifplugd 0.28 initializing.
Nov 24 21:12:39 Thinkpad ifplugd(eth0)[2583]: Using interface eth0
Nov 24 21:12:40 Thinkpad ifplugd(eth0)[2583]: Failed to detect plug status of eth0
Nov 24 21:12:40 Thinkpad ifplugd(eth0)[2583]: Exiting.
Nov 24 21:12:40 Thinkpad ifplugd(eth1)[2609]: ifplugd 0.28 initializing.
Nov 24 21:12:40 Thinkpad ifplugd(eth1)[2609]: Using interface eth1
Nov 24 21:12:41 Thinkpad ifplugd(eth1)[2609]: Failed to detect plug status of eth1
Nov 24 21:12:41 Thinkpad ifplugd(eth1)[2609]: Exiting.


As you can see the card controler is recognized
A new card is recognized and registered
But pcnet_cs is unable to access the card

If some one has any idea.

[bigpaws]

As root try ifconfig eth1 up
then ifconfig
then dhcpcd eth1
then ifconfig eth1 | grep inet (This will test for an ip address)

eth1 since it appears to be what is being called by the kernel.
You can also try this as eth0.

After

[fdufnews]

ifconfig eth1 up

returns

eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

same message using eth0

[bigpaws]

Perplexing

How about modprobe pcnet cs

Then try the ifconfig I mentioned before.

Bigpaws

[fdufnews]

modprobe pcnet_cs

returns no error

but the ifconfig returns the same message

I wish I had not corrupted any configuration file during my tries. Perhaps I'll try to reinstall VL to morrow morning.

Thanks a lot for your help

[easuter]

Please post the output of this command:

Code:

cat /etc/modprobe.conf

[fdufnews]

Hi,

Sorry for the delay but I can work on this machine only during week end.

Here is the copy you asked:
fred:$ cat /etc/modprobe.conf
# /etc/modprobe.conf (old location for Linux 2.6+ config)
#
# The use of this config file is deprecated if you are using a
# 2.6.x or newer kernel.  Instead, create files in the
# /etc/modprobe.d/ directory containing modprobe options.
#
# For more information, see "man modprobe.conf".

alias eth1 pcnet_cs

Do you think a complete reinstall from scratch will help?

Fred

[bigpaws]

A reinstall might be the best place to start
since you noted changing config files.


After the reinstall, during the setup use the
network configuration. Then post the lsmod
and then ifconfig -a.

From what I have seen the card is recognized
and the modules are loaded.

Post back so we can get your card working.

Bigpaws

[fdufnews]

Hi,

I have cross tested the network card in another laptop, the card works fine.

I have reinstalled from a fresh formatted hard drive.
During installation the network installation program said that there is no network card.
Here is the copy of lsmod and ifconfig -a:

root:# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
nls_iso8859_15          5504  1
nls_cp437               6656  1
vfat                   10240  1
fat                    41372  1 vfat
usb_storage            72384  1
xt_limit                3200  0
xt_pkttype              2688  0
ipt_REJECT              4864  1
xt_tcpudp               3968  4
ipt_LOG                 6144  0
xt_state                2816  7
iptable_mangle          3200  0
iptable_nat             6660  0
iptable_filter          3328  1
ip_conntrack_irc        6128  0
ip_nat_ftp              3584  0
ip_nat                 13868  2 iptable_nat,ip_nat_ftp
ip_conntrack_ftp        6640  1 ip_nat_ftp
ip_conntrack           37600  6 xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_conntrack_irc,ip_nat_ftp,ip_nat,ip_conntrack_ftp
ip_tables              12020  3 iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter
x_tables               11140  8 xt_limit,xt_pkttype,ipt_REJECT,xt_tcpudp,ipt_LOG,xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_tables
lp                     10120  0
parport_pc             23364  1
parport                29640  2 lp,parport_pc
cpufreq_conservative     6536  0
cpufreq_ondemand        5900  0
cpufreq_performance     2816  0
cpufreq_powersave       2560  0
speedstep_lib           4740  0
freq_table              4512  0
sg                     25500  0
fuse                   37780  0
snd_cs4236             15464  2
snd_opl3_lib            8960  1 snd_cs4236
snd_hwdep               7428  1 snd_opl3_lib
snd_cs4236_lib         14336  1 snd_cs4236
snd_mpu401_uart         7040  1 snd_cs4236
snd_cs4231_lib         19968  2 snd_cs4236,snd_cs4236_lib
snd_seq_dummy           3716  0
snd_seq_oss            27392  0
snd_seq_midi_event      6528  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                42320  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss            37280  0
snd_mixer_oss          14080  3 snd_pcm_oss
pcnet_cs               34736  0
8390                    8448  1 pcnet_cs
pcmcia                 22560  1 pcnet_cs
intel_agp              19100  1
shpchp                 29604  0
evdev                   8320  0
snd_cs46xx             72520  0
serio_raw               6148  0
gameport               11912  1 snd_cs46xx
pcspkr                  3456  0
snd_rawmidi            18592  2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_cs46xx
snd_seq_device          6924  5 snd_opl3_lib,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd_ac97_codec         80160  1 snd_cs46xx
snd_ac97_bus            3072  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm                61828  5 snd_cs4236_lib,snd_cs4231_lib,snd_pcm_oss,snd_cs46xx,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer              18692  4 snd_opl3_lib,snd_cs4231_lib,snd_seq,snd_pcm
yenta_socket           22156  4
snd                    39780  16 snd_cs4236,snd_opl3_lib,snd_hwdep,snd_cs4236_lib,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_cs4231_lib,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_cs46xx,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
rsrc_nonstatic         10624  1 yenta_socket
i2c_piix4               8076  0
soundcore               8032  3 snd
pcmcia_core            31512  4 pcnet_cs,pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
snd_page_alloc          8072  3 snd_cs4231_lib,snd_cs46xx,snd_pcm
i2c_core               16256  1 i2c_piix4

root:# ifconfig -a
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)