PCMCIA: New D-LINK DFE-650 100TX or Netgear FA410TXC Cards Do Not Work.

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 6.4
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PCMCIA: Version -3.1.14

Symptom:

You want to use a new D-LINK DFE-650 100TX or NetGear FA410TXC. The card manager loads the module pcnet_cs but the card does not work. Error messages similar to these are displayed in /var/log/messages:

Apr 17 16:44:02 linux kernel: eth0: found link beat
Apr 17 16:44:03 linux kernel: eth0: lost link beat

or

Apr 19 16:33:10 linux kernel: eth0: lost link beat
Apr 19 16:33:14 linux kernel: eth0: Tx timed out, cable problem? TSR=0x42, ISR=0x0, t=1000.

Cause:

The transmitter has not been properly adjusted in new cards with the DL10022 chipset. The affected DFE-650 cards can be identified by means of their MAC address, which starts with 00:E0:98:77:xx:xx or with 00:50:BA:73:xx:xx.

Solution:

These cards are supported by the new PCMCIA package version 3.1.15. Please download the package 'pcmcia_m-3.1.15-3.i386.rpm' (including modules) from SuSE ftp server:

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.4/a1/pcmcia_m.rpm

Install this package by entering:

rpm -ihv --force /...Pfad.../pcmcia_m.rpm

In case you obtain the following error message:
Error: failed dependencies:
libforms.so.0.88 is needed by pcmcia-3.1.14-0
the package 'xforms', series 'd', must be previously installed

or use instead the following command for the installation:

rpm -ihv --force --nodeps /...Pfad.../pcmcia_m.rpm


Keywords: PCMCIA, DFE650, NETGEAR, FA410TXC

Categories: Network

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