[elrepo] LAN driver install w/o network?

[Alan Bartlett]

On 26 August 2011 01:20, James Bowery <jabowery at gmail.com> wrote:

> Also, I suspect this /var/log/anaconda.program.log entry may have something
> to do with it.  What does "No card detected" mean, anyway?
>
> Aug 25 12:24:07 localhost kernel: Atheros(R)
> AR8121/AR8113/AR8114/AR8131/AR8132/AR8152 PCI-E Ethernet Network Driver -
> version 1.0.1.14
> Aug 25 12:24:07 localhost kernel: Copyright (c) 2007 - 2009 Atheros
> Corporation.
> Aug 25 12:24:07 localhost kernel: atheros_eth 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI
> 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16

The section of the log, above looks o.k., to me. The section that
follows it, below, has nothing to do with the Atheros driver.

> Aug 25 12:24:07 localhost kernel: iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0
> Aug 25 12:24:07 localhost kernel: iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver
> v1.05
> Aug 25 12:24:07 localhost kernel: iTCO_wdt: failed to reset NO_REBOOT flag,
> reboot disabled by hardware
> Aug 25 12:24:07 localhost kernel: iTCO_wdt: No card detected

Perhaps a Google search for iTCO may prove illuminating. Quite
honestly I have no idea.

It's at times like this that I wish I could automagically ssh into a
user's system but . . . D'oh! No working network access.

Perhaps other subscribers to this m/l may have a suggestion for you to try.

I keep coming back to the fact that the default distro driver should
support that card and you should not need to be using our kmod
package. What is the point of commonality? Er -- the hardware. So I'm
back to that question, once again. Does the LAN interface actually
work? Has it been tested? What does the motherboard manufacturer's
diagnostic programs report?

It's now 0155 hours, Friday morning, in my part of the world and I
hear my bed calling for me. :)