[ILUG] NE2000 ISA config

Barry Carroll barry.carroll at trintech.com
Wed Jul 4 11:51:13 IST 2001


mandrake will use a framebuffer driver only when the graphics system is VESA
2.0 compliant (I think...)

you could pick up something like an ati rage pro 8mb for 30quid which is
well supported.

-----Original Message-----
From: Breathnach, Proinnsias (Dublin)
[mailto:breatpro at exchange.ie.ml.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 11:41 AM
To: 'Darragh Rogan'
Cc: 'ILUG'
Subject: RE: [ILUG] NE2000 ISA config


Darragh	
In the networking setup you should have an autoprobe option for the module
ne (your card) ... pci cards generally do what they're told, so that
explains the P3 ...

modprobe ne io=0x240 irq=10 

should do the trick afterwards ... these are the only values you should need
to supply ...

If you're using the graphical install, it looks like mandrake can already
detect and use your card in some basic configuration ... (Probably VESA
framebuffer though) ...

Try and let the installer autodetect the card, it should be OK with that ...

Proinnsias

> -----Original Message-----
> Subject:	[ILUG] NE2000 ISA config
> 
> I/O range: 0240 - 025F
> irq 10
> 
> So, I'm halfway through the install here, and Mandrake is looking for this
> info:
> 
> What should I fill in for each of these? I have no expereience what so
> ever
> with ISA cards - my PCI ne2000 card in the P3 sorted itslef out.
> 
> Also, this machine has a dodgy vid card - and after typing all the codes
> on
> the chips, found the win9x driver
> 
> It seems to be a Acer Inc. ALi M3145
> 
> How do I get that going in Linux - its not listed there with all the other
> cards. Should I use SVGA?
> 


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