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terrorfactor

Member

Registered: 2011-06-27

Posts: 7

Stable: realtek 8139cp driver (xenserver)

Hi,

I am trying to make an as light as possible linux system that can work with spotify. After running into a whole bunch of issues with choosing a hypervisor (esxi: no network drivers, xenserver stable: stuck on boot, hyper-v: slitaz won't boot after installing), I thought I had it figured out.

Slitaz v4 worked perfectly on vmware player, with the spotify I found here: http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/spotify-client

However, when installing v4 on my xenserver, the network card is not supported.

Tried the cooking version, network works, but the spotify client in that topic doesn't start (no errors, nothing).

Xenserver seems to emulate a realtek 8139CP card. This driver is not included in v4, but it is in v5.

I found this topic: http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/module-8139cp-pour-carte-ethernet-realtek

with this package: http://mirror.slitaz.org/~bellard/linux-8139cp-2.6.37.tazpkg, but I can't get the package on my slitaz, since I have no ethernet, and a coupled flashdrive on xencenter, doesn't seem to get recognized by slitaz.

Any idea how I can get the networkdriver on v4, or how I can get a working spotify package on v5?

terrorfactor

Member

Registered: 2011-06-27

Posts: 7

Re: Stable: realtek 8139cp driver (xenserver)

no one?

kultex

Administrator

Registered: 2011-03-28

Posts: 1,175

Re: Stable: realtek 8139cp driver (xenserver)

download the linux-8139cp-2.6.37.tazpkg to a stick - start your Slitaz v4 - copy it to your home folder

get root

and install it with

tazpkg install linux-8139cp-2.6.37.tazpkg

terrorfactor

Member

Registered: 2011-06-27

Posts: 7

Re: Stable: realtek 8139cp driver (xenserver)

Hi,

Thanks, but Slitaz doesn't recognize the USB stick that I coupled to the VM, apparently

kultex

Administrator

Registered: 2011-03-28

Posts: 1,175

Re: Stable: realtek 8139cp driver (xenserver)

then mount it by hand - as root

fdisk -l

gives you the disk name - then

mount /dev/sdxx /media/flash

terrorfactor

Member

Registered: 2011-06-27

Posts: 7

Re: Stable: realtek 8139cp driver (xenserver)

Lol, tried to couple it again on my vm, and this time it just worked. I guess I gave up a bit too soon. Seems to work with that package, awesome!

Thanks