[NBLUG/talk] USB ethernet adapter for Dell Optiplex 745?
Mr. Jan Hearthstone
hearthstone11 at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 13 19:30:16 PDT 2013
I found the driver needed for the Dell OptiPlex 745 network card ( Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5754 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express ) in two forms: .rpm (but I run Debian based AntiX), as tg3-3.124c.tar.gz (318 KiB), and as tg3_sup-3.124c-1.ISO.tar.gz (3.1 MiB).
I tried to follow the instructions the http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/faq_drivers.php#tg3 offers:
Copy the driver (.linux-x.x.x.zip) into a temporary directory that
the user has write permissions to.
e.g., cp linux-7.0.36 zip /home/usr/tmp
Extract the contents of the ZIP archive
Execute: unzip linux-x.x.36.zip (e.g., unzip linux-7.0.36.zip)
Change the working directory to where the driver source is located:
e.g., cd Server/Linux/Driver
Untar the driver source
tar -xzvpf netxtremex-x.x.x.tar.gz (e.g., tar -xzvpf
netxtreme2-7.0.36.tar.gz)
Change the working directory to the driver source
e.g., cd netextreme2-7.0.36
Build the new driver from source
Execute: make clean (if this command fails, make sure the
build environment is installed)
Install the driver source
EX:: sudo make install
Remove the previously installed driver from memory (WARNING: This
command will remove the driver for the network interfaces; only
execute if your physically at the system)
EX: sudo rmmod bnx2 or bnx2x
Load the newly compiled and installed driver from disk into memory
EX: sudo modprobe bnx2 or bnx2x
but got only as far as "make clean" which did not work for me.
Please remember that I did take a basic Unix course, but that the extent of my Linux education. I do use Linux, because when I go Windows I end up with Debian again. I don't want to switch to any other Linux distro as I am an ancient dog, reluctant to learn new tricks, besides--this is the first time I had to install a driver of any kind ...
Thank you sincerely - Hearthstone.
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>Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 12:45:16 -0700
>From: Mark Street <jet at sonic.net>
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>Subject: Re: [NBLUG/talk] USB ethernet adapter for Dell Optiplex 745?
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>I would suggest utilizing your resources before throwing in the towel.
>I used to tell my students this, of which Alan was one them.
>
>Mepis is Debian based last I checked... That chipset should be
>supported and still is. I have several of these older machines and
>frequently boot into Knoppix on them. What kernel modules are loaded?
>lsmod | grep bxn2
>
>What do you see?
>Do you see any errors for the interface during boot or after? boot.log
>Do you actually see the interface if you run ifconfig? Are there errors
>in the ifconfig ouput?
>
>Try this one: rmmod bnx2 && modprobe bnx2
>See if it works now.
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>Much more to learn, very little time....
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>Best Regards,
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>On 8/9/2013 2:51 PM, Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote:
>> I am having problems connecting with Ethernet on Dell Optiplex 745
>> (onboard Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5754 Gigabit Ethernet PCI
>> Express) that Allan Cecil gave me--the light is steady amber when box
>> plugged in, and stays so always. According to Internet search that
>> might be common problem for Linux.
>>
>> Allan Cecil suggested USB ethernet adapters--I know nothing of those;
>> would you, please give me some intelligence on this?
>>
>> I installed Mepis AntiX on the machine ...
>>
>> Thank you, Hearthstone.
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>On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 12:45:16PM -0700, Mark Street wrote:
>> I would suggest utilizing your resources before throwing in the towel. I
>> used to tell my students this, of which Alan was one them.
>>
>> Mepis is Debian based last I checked... That chipset should be supported
>> and still is. I have several of these older machines and frequently boot
>> into Knoppix on them. What kernel modules are loaded? lsmod | grep bxn2
>>
>> What do you see?
>> Do you see any errors for the interface during boot or after? boot.log
>> Do you actually see the interface if you run ifconfig? Are there errors
>> in the ifconfig ouput?
>>
>> Try this one: rmmod bnx2 && modprobe bnx2
>> See if it works now.
>
>
>I think this Broadcom chipset uses the tg3 driver.
>
> E Frank Ball frankb at frankb.us
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>Message: 3
>Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 14:39:22 -0700
>From: Mark Street <jet at sonic.net>
>To: talk at nblug.org
>Subject: Re: [NBLUG/talk] USB ethernet adapter for Dell Optiplex 745?
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>On 8/11/2013 2:16 PM, E Frank Ball III wrote:
>> On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 12:45:16PM -0700, Mark Street wrote:
>> > I would suggest utilizing your resources before throwing in the towel. I
>> > used to tell my students this, of which Alan was one them.
>> >
>> > Mepis is Debian based last I checked... That chipset should be supported
>> > and still is. I have several of these older machines and frequently boot
>> > into Knoppix on them. What kernel modules are loaded? lsmod | grep bxn2
>> >
>> > What do you see?
>> > Do you see any errors for the interface during boot or after? boot.log
>> > Do you actually see the interface if you run ifconfig? Are there errors
>> > in the ifconfig ouput?
>> >
>> > Try this one: rmmod bnx2 && modprobe bnx2
>> > See if it works now.
>>
>>
>> I think this Broadcom chipset uses the tg3 driver.
>It just might...
>
>http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/downloaddrivers.php
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