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Hello there !

I have a problem and wish to ask for help from the community...

I need to set up a Mageia 2 system (yes, I know, it's a little old but the software I have to install only works en MGA 2). The computer has 2 network cards.

I've installed the LSB from the installation CD, and tried to verify the network cards. One is ok, the other not ; I can see it, set an IP Address on it, but cannot ping from this card ...
I had an idea that could seem absurd but ... I booted on the live cd, set up the two network cards, and then ... everything was ok !!!

I begin to wonder ... since the Installation CD only contains free software, and no legacy drivers, and since the live CD seems to have more legacy drivers, could it be a driver issue ?

In this case, how can I know which is the missing driver, and add it to my installation-cd set up system ?

Thanx to all

Either when booted from the live cd, run

Code: Select all: lspcidrake -v

and look what driver is loaded for that second card,
or check if you have the firmware installed. You should have at least kernel-firmware-nonfree.

Hello and thank you for answering.

I've run the command, and here is the result :

Code: Select all: 8139too : Accton Technology Corporation|SMC2-1211TX [NETWORK_ETHERNET] (vendor:1113 device:1211 subv:1113 subd:a211) (rev: 10) sky2 : Marvell Technology Group Ltd.|88E8057 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller [NETWORK_ETHERNET] (vendor:11ab device:4380 subv:17aa subd:304f) (rev: 10) i2c_i801 : Intel Corporation|N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller [SERIAL_SMBUS] (vendor:8086 device:27da subv:17aa subd:304f) (rev: 01) ata_piix : Intel Corporation|N10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [IDE mode] [STORAGE_IDE] (vendor:8086 device:27c0 subv:17aa subd:304f) (rev: 01) intel_rng : Intel Corporation|82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge [BRIDGE_ISA] (vendor:8086 device:27b8 subv:17aa subd:304f) (rev: 01) unknown : Intel Corporation|82801 PCI Bridge [BRIDGE_PCI] (vendor:8086 device:244e) (rev: e1) uhci_hcd : Intel Corporation|N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:27cb subv:17aa subd:304f) (rev: 01) uhci_hcd : Intel Corporation|N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:27ca subv:17aa subd:304f) (rev: 01) uhci_hcd : Intel Corporation|N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:27c9 subv:17aa subd:304f) (rev: 01) uhci_hcd : Intel Corporation|N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:27c8 subv:17aa subd:304f) (rev: 01) shpchp : Intel Corporation|N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 [BRIDGE_PCI] (vendor:8086 device:27d2) (rev: 01) shpchp : Intel Corporation|N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [BRIDGE_PCI] (vendor:8086 device:27d0) (rev: 01) snd_hda_intel : Intel Corporation|N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (vendor:8086 device:27d8 subv:17aa subd:304f) (rev: 01) Card:Intel 810 and later: Intel Corporation|4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [DISPLAY_VGA] (vendor:8086 device:2e32 subv:17aa subd:304f) (rev: 03) unknown : Intel Corporation|4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller [BRIDGE_HOST] (vendor:8086 device:2e30 subv:17aa subd:304f) (rev: 03) hub : Linux 3.3.6-desktop586-2.mga2 uhci_hcd|UHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub] (vendor:1d6b device:0001) hub : Linux 3.3.6-desktop586-2.mga2 uhci_hcd|UHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub] (vendor:1d6b device:0001) usb_storage : |USB DISK 2.0 [Mass Storage|SCSI|Bulk-Only] (vendor:13fe device:3600) hub : Linux 3.3.6-desktop586-2.mga2 uhci_hcd|UHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub] (vendor:1d6b device:0001) usbhid : IBM Corp.|Unknown [Human Interface Device|Boot Interface Subclass|Mouse] (vendor:04b3 device:310d) usbhid : LITE-ON Technology|USB NetVista Full Width Keyboard. [Human Interface Device|Boot Interface Subclass|Keyboard] (vendor:04b3 device:3025) hub : Linux 3.3.6-desktop586-2.mga2 uhci_hcd|UHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub] (vendor:1d6b device:0001)

serpenth wrote:8139too : Accton Technology Corporation|SMC2-1211TX [NETWORK_ETHERNET] (vendor:1113 device:1211 subv:1113 subd:a211) (rev: 10)
sky2 : Marvell Technology Group Ltd.|88E8057 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller [NETWORK_ETHERNET] (vendor:11ab device:4380 subv:17aa subd:304f) (rev: 10)

The names of the two drivers used are marked in bold.

Now you need to find out which is which, and which doesn't work when installed from free cd/dvd.
For the installation where it's not working, if you run as root

Code: Select all: journalctl -ab | grep -i drivername

to query the log about that driver.

Also, what about the firmware - did you check if you have that installed?

Hi Doctor,

I've done as you told, here is the results (I have checked both network cards).

Here is the working card :

Code: Select all: Feb 19 11:20:31 localhost ifplugd(eth1)[860]: Using interface eth1/00:01:6C:5C:68:55 with driver <sky2> (version: 1.30)

and here is the other :

Code: Select all: Feb 19 11:20:31 localhost ifplugd(eth0)[790]: Using interface eth0/00:30:F1:47:93:7C with driver <8139too> (version: 0.9.28) Feb 19 11:25:55 localhost ifplugd(eth0)[2240]: Using interface eth0/00:30:F1:47:93:7C with driver <8139too> (version: 0.9.28)

doktor5000 wrote:Also, what about the firmware - did you check if you have that installed?

My apologies, but I'm a beginner and don't know how to check that (I saw Linux for the first time a few days ago ...).

How may I check that the firmware is installed ?

By the way, I was wondering : is it normal that the card appears twice when I ran the command lspcidrake ?

serpenth wrote:How may I check that the firmware is installed ?

Please ask next time directly if you don't know something, or just say so - otherwise I'd think you have simply forgotten to post it or omitted it.

Please show the output of

Code: Select all: rpm -qa | grep firmware

serpenth wrote:By the way, I was wondering : is it normal that the card appears twice when I ran the command lspcidrake ?

Which card appears twice?

Ok I'll be more careful next time.

The card that appears twice is the not-working one.

No need to be careful

And please post the duplicate output you're referrring to, couldn't spot it in what you posted above in viewtopic.php?p=54669#p54669

serpenth wrote:

Here I only have one entry for eth1 :
Feb 19 11:20:31 localhost ifplugd(eth1)[860]: Using interface eth1/00:01:6C:5C:68:55 with driver <sky2> (version: 1.30)

and here I have two for eth0 :
Feb 19 11:20:31 localhost ifplugd(eth0)[790]: Using interface eth0/00:30:F1:47:93:7C with driver <8139too> (version: 0.9.28)
Feb 19 11:25:55 localhost ifplugd(eth0)[2240]: Using interface eth0/00:30:F1:47:93:7C with driver <8139too> (version: 0.9.28)

That is not lspcidrake output, but from the system log (journal). It simply shows that the system is trying to find a link on the adapter.

Hello Doc,

Here is the results of rpm -qa :

On the installed system -not working card) :

Code: Select all: carl9170-firmware-1.9.4-1.mga2 kernel-firmware-20120219-1.mga2

and on the live system (working perfectly) :

Code: Select all: [live@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa | grep firmware speedtouch-firmware-0.1-9.mga2.nonfree carl9170-firmware-1.9.4-1.mga2 ipw2200-firmware-3.1-2.mga1 kernel-firmware-20120219-1.mga2 radeon-firmware-20120322-3.mga2.nonfree zd1211-firmware-1.4-5.mga1 ralink-firmware-20120421-3.mga2.nonfree bluez-firmware-1.2-6.mga1 rtlwifi-firmware-20120421-3.mga2.nonfree ipw2100-firmware-1.3-4.mga1 kernel-firmware-nonfree-20120421-3.mga2.nonfree atmel-firmware-1.3-4.mga1 [live@localhost ~]$

Is it relevant for you ?

doktor5000 wrote:check if you have the firmware installed. You should have at least kernel-firmware-nonfree.

If you look again at you post, it should become obvious ...

I'm beginning to understand

I should install at least "kernel-firmware-nonfree-20120421-3.mga2.nonfree", right ?

I took a look at the live cd, but it seems the files are flattened in sqfs (or something like that).
is there a way for me to "mount" the sqfs file and rpm the firmware or should I look for it on the web ? In this case, how should I deal with dependencies ?

Again, thank you for helping me

serpenth wrote:is there a way for me to "mount" the sqfs file and rpm the firmware or should I look for it on the web ? In this case, how should I deal with dependencies ?

You should not look somewhere on the web, but use the Mageia software management, which will automatically resolve dependencies.
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Install_and_ ... r_beginner
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Software_man ... e_software

Unfortunately, it's not that simple ...

The Mageia system I have to set up will be the base to a firewall and logging platform ; that's why it's a LSB set up with no GUI.
Can the firmware be installed through command line ?

Sure, simply use urpmi: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/URPMI

Code: Select all: urpmi kernel-firmware-nonfree

will install the package and all required dependencies.

Please check our software management MAQeia for more information on software and package management.

Thank you very much for your precious help.
I will try this monday morning and get back to you to tell you the result.

Thank you very much for your help.
I have installed the kernel firmware nonfree and everything went ok.
Both network cards are working perfectly !!! :mrgreen:

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