3c905C-TX/TX-M onboard NIC not working

[Brian Harwood]

PC: HP e-Vectra
Distributions: Ubuntu Breezy, Dapper, Edgy
NIC: 3Com 3c905C-TX/TX-M (Tornado)
NIC is identified correctly but will not function.
Slackware installation works ok, but not Ubuntu.
Tried with Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu.
lsmod shows
  Module: mii Size: 6912 Used by: 3c59x

[Jeff Greene (jeffgreene)]

This is not really a bug as it should work with no prior setup because I believe it is built in to the 2.6 kernel. You may want to file a Support ticket or search around for solutions on Google. I found this which might be of help:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=192799

[Brian Harwood (bjbm)]

Jeff Greene said the following on 3/12/2006 10:15 AM:
> This is not really a bug as it should work with no prior setup because I believe it is built in to the 2.6 kernel. You may want to file a Support ticket or search around for solutions on Google.
Ok, didn't know quite where to file it actually.
> I found this which might be of help:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=192799
>
> ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: ubiquity => None
> Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected
>
Hi Jeff,
Thanks for the info, it is as I suspected. Could not find it anywhere
myself, perhaps because I was focusing more on drivers and possible
plug-n-play problems
Will try out 3c90xcfg.exe shortly.

Brian

[Brian Harwood (bjbm)]

Jeff Greene said the following on 3/12/2006 10:15 AM:
> This is not really a bug as it should work with no prior setup because I believe it is built in to the 2.6 kernel. You may want to file a Support ticket or search around for solutions on Google. I found this which might be of help:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=192799
>
> ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: ubiquity => None
> Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected
>
>
Thanks Jeff,

Running 3c90xcfg.exe from DOS works just fine.
Just plug the PC into your network and "Autoconfigure"

I think this utility should be available 'somewhere' as I see a lot of
people looking for the same answer.
Would be nice to see a reference to it whenever a 3c905 NIC is found.
Don't know where to suggest this, or how it might be done.

Brian