[ubuntu-in] bsnl dataone setup on ubuntu - ifconfig error

[Bhasker C V]

Alok,

 As suspected, your network card is not supported ! Atleast the driver
is not available. Unfortunately the lspci does not give more information
on the card chipset too. The only options leftout would be (AFAIK)

1. If you can find the driver for your intex card. I did some googling
   and found some people using 8139too for this card. So can you try
   # modprobe 8139too 
   you must execute this command as root. Else you must use sudo to 
   execute this command
   If the command works, then the command dmesg will show the chipset
    and card information and ifconfig eth0 must showup properly.

2. The other solution would be to have the card changed as per 
   Onkar Shinde, since buying a RTL card is one of the best you
   can do to avoid issues with drivers. RTL based chipsets are well 
   tested and also that they are fully compatible with any OS (AFAIK)
   most of them pack their OS with RTL drivers. Before shelling out
   for a network card make sure you confim that it is a RTL chipset
   card (you can see the RTL chipset in the card) and also demand the
   shop owner to give you linux drivers for the card. 
   As per Onkar, you can also bank on intel cards but i had some  
   problems with intel cards before and so i am a li'l skeptic about
   intel cards. 



On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 20:38 +0530, आलोक कुमार wrote:
> 2007/1/22, Gora Mohanty <gora at sarai.net>:
> > On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 12:00 +0530, आलोक कुमार wrote:
> > [...]
> > >
> > > That seems to be the problem. I did have a problem in getting windows
> > > to recognize it as well. Thank you Onkar and Gora for the pointer.
> > > Which card would you recommend if not INTEX? I don't mind spending on
> > > another card, time is of the essence :)
> > [...]
> >
> 
> 
> The lspci output is as follows:
> <snip not copy pasted - wrote on paper and then retyped it here>
> 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset
> Host Bridge (MCH) (rev 02)
> 0000:00:01.0 PCI Bridge: Intel Corporation 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset
> AGP Bridge (rev 02)
> 0000:00:le.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82850/PCI Bridge (rev 04)
> 0000:00lf.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801/BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 04)
> 0000:00lf.1 IDE Interface: Intel Corporation 82801/BA U100 (rev 04)
> 0000:00lf.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801/BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 04)
> 0000:00lf.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801/BA SMBus (rev 04)
> 0000:00lf.4 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801/BA/BAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 04)
> 0000:01:00.0 VGA Compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5M64
> [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro] (Rev 15)
> 0000:02:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic Crystal 6S4281
> PIC Audio (rev01)
> 0000:02:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Unknown device 19o4:2031 (rev 01)
> 
> </snip>
> 
> 
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