[realtek] problem:hp pavilion with realtek on redhatv7

Donald Becker becker@scyld.com
Thu, 30 Nov 2000 19:17:53 -0500 (EST)


On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, David Blight wrote:

> i have an hp pavilion 8776c computer ,which comes with
> a realtek 8139 built in. I am trying to install redhat linux
> version 7. I have updated the drivers to the latest
> available. The drivers do not seem to work.
> I have also added a linksys lne100tx (v 2) with same problem
> 
> i get the follow message on bootup
> rtl8139.c:v1.11 7/14/2000 Donald Becker, becker@scyld.com.
> http://www.scyld.com/network/rtl8139.html
> 
> The PCI BIOS has not enabled the device at 0/144!  Updating PCI command
> 0003->0007.
> eth0: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at 0x1c00, IRQ 0, 00:e0:18:c6:78:fd.

IRQ0... you need to read
 http://www.scyld.com/expert/irq-conflict.html

Then you should update to v1.12, as v1.11 has a nasty bug :-O.

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