Boomerang card detected, but not working in RedHat 5.2

John D'Arcy jdarcy01@student.vill.edu
Fri Feb 26 10:13:54 1999



Donald Becker wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, John D'Arcy wrote:
> > Subject: Re: Boomerang card detected, but not working in RedHat 5.2
> > > > > You don't have link beat.  What are you connected to?
> > > Does power-cycling the machine (unplugging it from the wall, or switching it
> > Yes, I tried unplugging it.  Subsequently booting directly into Linux did not fix the
> > problem.  I get the same problems.
>
> When you first power up the machine (before the driver starts), do you get
> link beat?  You should -- the '840A should power up into normal
> autonegotiate mode.
>
> Donald Becker                                     becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov
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The card detects a 10Base-T network before the driver loads.  When the driver does load, it
can't seem to find anything on the network.

-John