Intel Pro 10/100 driver for Linux?

I have Ubuntu installed, but I've also tried KateOS as a live CD.

So far on the forums I have only found one other post with a similar problem which has not helped. I have found an Intel driver in the Dell RH repository, but it doesn't list my device as a supported one - I will try this in any case, later, to see whether it helps

Kevin

I've never used linux before.

That said, would either of the following links help?:

http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&Inst=Yes&ProductID=820&DwnldID=2896&strOSs=39&OSFullName=Linux*〈=eng

http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&Inst=Yes&ProductID=820&DwnldID=6647&strOSs=39&OSFullName=Linux*〈=eng

Thanks for your inputs. I have Ubuntu 6.05 - one thing I'm not sure of is how to tell whether the "restricted modules" have been installed (nor whether that would help)- if they aren't on the CD I may have to work out how to download them and install from a "stick" or CD-R.

The link to the Intel site was one I have already tried. All seems to go according to the install instructions for the e100 driver, apart from installation of man pages which I'm told should make no difference. "modprobe e100" produces no errors, but no ethernet connection either, even after a reboot.

The information I have from the Dell motherboard doesn't match any of the codes listed so maybe it is the wrong driver (or the wrong information). I think I will also have to go back to the installation steps for this, being a Linux illiterate, and make sure I've done everything correctly, and that the installation instructions contain all the required steps.

I'd kinda hoped someone else might have tried Linux on an E520 with this network card and already have an answer!

I'll report back after some further work!

Kevin

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@KrsDe wrote:
Thanks for your inputs. I have Ubuntu 6.05 - one thing I'm not sure of is how to tell whether the "restricted modules" have been installed (nor whether that would help)- if they aren't on the CD I may have to work out how to download them and install from a "stick" or CD-R.

The link to the Intel site was one I have already tried. All seems to go according to the install instructions for the e100 driver, apart from installation of man pages which I'm told should make no difference. "modprobe e100" produces no errors, but no ethernet connection either, even after a reboot.

The information I have from the Dell motherboard doesn't match any of the codes listed so maybe it is the wrong driver (or the wrong information). I think I will also have to go back to the installation steps for this, being a Linux illiterate, and make sure I've done everything correctly, and that the installation instructions contain all the required steps.

I'd kinda hoped someone else might have tried Linux on an E520 with this network card and already have an answer!

I'll report back after some further work!

Kevin

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I don't have an EEPro10/100 in any of my current machines, but at least in the past, the Intel 10/100 cards have always been EXTREMELY well supported under nearly any distro.

The e100 module name looks slightly strange, I thought it was called something else, but they may have renamed it in the 2.6 series, I haven't used a machine with an Intel Pro/100 card in years.

Try lspci and/or lspci -v to get the vendor/product ID of the Ethernet controller.