Hi,

I've just recently got a Dell PowerEdge 700 and installed Woody on it.
The system came with an integrated Intel Pro100/S network card and I
can't get it to work. I've read through a million articles all day
today trying to figure it out myself, but no luck.

I downloaded the source for e100 device driver and compiled it ok, and
it is located in the correct location as specified below. When I try to
do an "insmod e100" or "modprobe e100" I get the error

/lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o: init_module: no such
device.
/lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o: insmod:
/lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o: insmod e100 failed

I recompiled the kernel using version 2.4.18 (from the woody CD) but
still no luck. Do I need to use an ever newer kernel? Am I missing
something else? Please, any help or suggestions would be most
appreciated.

Thanks,
Camilo

Camilo Rostoker wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've just recently got a Dell PowerEdge 700 and installed Woody on it.
> The system came with an integrated Intel Pro100/S network card and I
> can't get it to work. I've read through a million articles all day
> today trying to figure it out myself, but no luck.
>
> I downloaded the source for e100 device driver and compiled it ok, and
> it is located in the correct location as specified below. When I try to
> do an "insmod e100" or "modprobe e100" I get the error
>
> /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o: init_module: no such
> device.
> /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o: insmod:
> /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o failed
> /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o: insmod e100 failed
>
> I recompiled the kernel using version 2.4.18 (from the woody CD) but
> still no luck. Do I need to use an ever newer kernel? Am I missing
> something else? Please, any help or suggestions would be most
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Camilo

I am using the e100 module with Debian Sarge. See if my webpage helps :

http://www.geocities.com/msdebian/dslaptop.html

Well I took a look at your webpage. The only things you tried
differently were adding a line in the /etc/modutils/alias file and using
a new kernel. I tried adding the alias but that didn't work so I guess
I'll try the newer kernel later today, but I don't see why that should
be the problem as I'm sure there are other people out there who got
their Intel Pro100/S cards to work on old kernel versions.

Cheers,
Camilo



> Madhusudan Singh wrote:
>
>
> I am using the e100 module with Debian Sarge. See if my webpage helps :
>
> http://www.geocities.com/msdebian/dslaptop.html

I just got the pro 100ve to work on a dell dimension 9100, but i used
kernel 2.6.8. Once I had the headers/sources in place, it compiled fine
and works fine. I thought it would work w/2.4 kernel, but since the 9100
came with sata drives, i had to use 2.6 kernel...hth...

Camilo Rostoker wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just recently got a Dell PowerEdge 700 and installed Woody on it.
> The system came with an integrated Intel Pro100/S network card and I
> can't get it to work. I've read through a million articles all day
> today trying to figure it out myself, but no luck.
>
> I downloaded the source for e100 device driver and compiled it ok, and
> it is located in the correct location as specified below. When I try to
> do an "insmod e100" or "modprobe e100" I get the error
>
> /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o: init_module: no such
> device.
> /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o: insmod:
> /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o failed
> /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o: insmod e100 failed
>
> I recompiled the kernel using version 2.4.18 (from the woody CD) but
> still no luck. Do I need to use an ever newer kernel? Am I missing
> something else? Please, any help or suggestions would be most appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Camilo

Cliff,

I have been trying to install debian on a dell dimension 9100, but ran
into trouble with both the network card (I solved this problem by
manually loading the e100 module after reading this thread) and the
SATA card.

If you could tell me more about how you installed debian with the SATA
hard drive controller on the 9100, I would greatly appreciate it. Fist
of all, what debian release are you using, and for what platform? I
have tried a few of them, but would really like to use the unofficial
stable 3.1 AMD64 release, to take full advantage of the Pentium D that
came with my 9100. Are you running a dual-core 64 bit kernel? What
kernel version are you using? I have tried 2.4 and 2.6. What setting
did you use in your BIOS, and what drivers for the hard drive
controller during the install?

I have managed to find a few combinations that worked during install,
and GRUB started to load the system, but then I got a kernel panic. Do
I need to force the installed system to use a particular driver?

Thanks for your help detailing your success,

jamesh



cliff pankonien wrote:
> I just got the pro 100ve to work on a dell dimension 9100, but i used
> kernel 2.6.8. Once I had the headers/sources in place, it compiled fine
> and works fine. I thought it would work w/2.4 kernel, but since the 9100
> came with sata drives, i had to use 2.6 kernel...hth...
>
> Camilo Rostoker wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've just recently got a Dell PowerEdge 700 and installed Woody on it.
> > The system came with an integrated Intel Pro100/S network card and I
> > can't get it to work. I've read through a million articles all day
> > today trying to figure it out myself, but no luck.
> >
> > I downloaded the source for e100 device driver and compiled it ok, and
> > it is located in the correct location as specified below. When I try to
> > do an "insmod e100" or "modprobe e100" I get the error
> >
> > /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o: init_module: no such
> > device.
> > /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o: insmod:
> > /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o failed
> > /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/net/e100/e100.o: insmod e100 failed
> >
> > I recompiled the kernel using version 2.4.18 (from the woody CD) but
> > still no luck. Do I need to use an ever newer kernel? Am I missing
> > something else? Please, any help or suggestions would be most appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Camilo