From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mxsf07.insightbb.com (mxsf07.insightbb.com [74.128.0.77]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id F172810A0C for ; Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:47:16 -0400 (EDT) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.43,269,1246852800"; d="scan'208";a="733183593" Received: from unknown (HELO asav03.insightbb.com) ([172.31.249.123]) by mxsf07.insightbb.com with ESMTP; 25 Jul 2009 12:47:16 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AloKAB/UakpKhPU6/2dsb2JhbACBS4lBhS6/RYQNBQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.43,269,1246852800"; d="scan'208";a="100244063" Received: from 74-132-245-58.dhcp.insightbb.com (HELO Boe) ([74.132.245.58]) by asav03.insightbb.com with SMTP; 25 Jul 2009 12:47:16 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Jayson Smith" To: "Speakup" Subject: Ethernet not working, a weird one! Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:47:18 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:47:17 -0000 Hi, For several years, I have had a Linux system running Gentoo, without issue. This is an approx. 1.8GHZ desktop, and I'm not running any GUI, it's strictly console. On June 18, lightning struck our home. Among other things, it appears to have destroyed every device connected to our Ethernet network at the time of the hit. This included the 3Com 3C905C NIC in my Linux box. I found another such card and installed it. No joy. Even though the kernel driver is installed, the system refuses to recognize the card. It is listed in the output of lspci, though. Just in case this other card was also toast (not likely, since it was sitting in a drawer at the time of the lightning hit) I installed a Realtek Ethernet NIC and recompiled the kernel with its driver installed. No joy. However, the real kicker is that a System Rescue CD which includes Speakup can access the Internet using the 3C905 card I installed, and which my Linux system would not recognize. Therefore, I know the card, and more importantly, the motherboard are working okay. It's just something messed up on the software end. What could this be? If I end up having to rebuild from scratch, what is a currently good distro for console only, no GUI Linux that supports Speakup? If I were rebuilding anyway, I would strongly consider switching from Gentoo to an easier to maintain distro. Thanks for any help. Jayson