[vortex] WOL doesn't work after shutting down in Linux

Dr.Tilmann Bubeck bubeck@think-at-work.de
Sat Jun 29 15:32:01 2002


Have you tried the following line in /etc/modules.conf?
   options 3c59x enable_wol=1

I use this card sucessfully under RH 7.1 together with WOL!
  Till

On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 13:52:19 -0400 (EDT)
David Vos <dvos12@calvin.edu> wrote:

> I'm sure that this question has been answered several times over, but
> I've searched the web and archives and I still haven't gotten it
> working.
> 
> I have a 3C905CX-TX-M that I want to set up with wake-on-lan.  I set up
> the BIOS and it works when I shut down the computer from Windows (98 and
> 2000).  But, when I shutdown from Linux, the link-light turns off and it
> does not listen to the majic packet.  I am using a stock RedHat 7.1
> system that has been fully updated with 'up2date -u', including the
> kernel.
> 
> I have tried the latest stable driver from Scyld's site
> ("3c59x.c:v0.99U", according to 3c59x.c), using the pci-scan.  The only
> way I've gotten the link-light to stay on was when I did
> 
> ifconfig eth0 down
> rmmod 3c59x
> pci-config -#3 -S
> shutdown -h now
> 
> Advanced power management is enabled, so the machine turns itself off. 
> If I follow these steps, the link light stays on, but it doesn't respond
> to the majic packet.
> 
> Any ideas?  Would I be better of compiling the kernel myself?  Should I
> try some expirimental driver off Scyld's site?
> 
> David
> 
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