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[RESOLVED] ... EG1032 v3 Not Detected by 9.1 i386 Netinst CD

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[RESOLVED] ... EG1032 v3 Not Detected by 9.1 i386 Netinst CD

#1 Post by tanstaafl-tanj »

i have an old e-Machines PC with an AMD Athlon XP 2500+ CPU (from /proc/cpuinfo) and a Linksys EG1032 v3 Instant Gigabit Desktop Network Adapter (according to WinXP, with which machine originally came installed). i used gparted to squeeze down the WinXP partition and booted the "debian-9.1.0-i386-netinst.iso" CD, but it was unable to detect the EG1032. i googled a bit and found that Linksys had changed the v3 version to use the Realtek 8169s chipset, and people back in 2005 or so had success re-compiling the kernel, so figuring that the 9.1 debian kernel already had the necessary fix, i tried using the Realtek 8169 module, but the loader still couldn't detect the card. i then finished installing from the netinst CD, then shut down and booted with a KNOPPIX 7.2 CD, and it had no problem finding the card as eth0 and connecting to the network.

next, i tried to find specific information about the card on debian.org, but struck out. i then tried to find something here, but the latest post about the card here is 12 years old and more than 2 major kernel versions ago. ordinarily, i would bite the bullet and try recompiling the kernel (which i've never done), but i have other things to do, and a friend is waiting for me to get this machine working, so i'm asking for help. does anybody know why the netinst can't find this old card?
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Re: Linksys EG1032 v3 Not Detected by Debian 9.1 i386 Netins

#2 Post by p.H »

What does "lspci -nn" print about the ethernet adapter ?

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Re: Linksys EG1032 v3 Not Detected by Debian 9.1 i386 Netins

#3 Post by tanstaafl-tanj »

OK, this might be a hardware problem; KNOPPIX 7.2 no longer finds eth0, and the same thing that shows up in lspci for debian base is what shows up for KNOPPIX 7.2 (BTW, i'm using KNOPPIX 7.2 because the DVD drive isn't working correctly). i'll open up the box and see what i can do, then report back here.

thank u for the quick response!

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Re: Linksys EG1032 v3 Not Detected by Debian 9.1 i386 Netins

#4 Post by arochester »

It might be quicker and easier to change the card for another...

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Re: Linksys EG1032 v3 Not Detected by Debian 9.1 i386 Netins

#5 Post by stevepusser »

Some related Realtek NICs require non-free firmware: https://packages.debian.org/stretch/firmware-realtek

You could try an ISO image which contains the non-free firmware.

Are there any missing firmware messages when you run as sysadmin:

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dmesg|grep -Ei 'wlan|firmw|dhc'
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Re: Linksys EG1032 v3 Not Detected by Debian 9.1 i386 Netins

#6 Post by tanstaafl-tanj »

OK, it was a hardware problem; the card had been loosened, then fastened back down with a huge dustbunny insulating the PCI connection. after applying a little vacuum, all is now OK.

thanks to all for your assistance!

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