Hello all,

Basically, yast does not recognize my ethernet card. Is there anything that can be done? I collected the information below.

Any help, hints or advice are greatly appreciated

TIA,
Casey

---> uname -a
Linux simba 2.6.22.5-31-default #1 SMP 2007/09/21 22:29:00 UTC x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux



---> lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07c1 (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07cb (rev a2)
00:01.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07cd (rev a1)
00:01.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07ce (rev a1)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07cf (rev a1)
00:01.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07d0 (rev a1)
00:01.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07d1 (rev a1)
00:01.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07d2 (rev a1)
00:01.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07d3 (rev a1)
00:02.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07d6 (rev a1)
00:03.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07d7 (rev a2)
00:03.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07d8 (rev a1)
00:03.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07d9 (rev a1)
00:03.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07c8 (rev a1)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07fe (rev a1)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 056a (rev a1)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 056c (rev a1)
00:09.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07fc (rev a1)
00:0a.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 056d (rev a1)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 056e (rev a1)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 056f (rev a1)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 056f (rev a1)
00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07f0 (rev a2)
00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07dc (rev a2)
00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07e1 (rev a2)
01:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev c0)
04:00.0 Communication controller: Conexant Unknown device 2f82



---> rpm -qa | grep sles 10
nvsata-sles10-0.11-1.23
nvlan-sles10-0.62-1.23


---> ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:820 (820.0 b) TX bytes:820 (820.0 b)





---> cat /etc/hosts
#
# hosts This file describes a number of hostname-to-address
# mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly
# used at boot time, when no name servers are running.
# On small systems, this file can be used instead of a
# "named" name server.
# Syntax:
#
# IP-Address Full-Qualified-Hostname Short-Hostname
#

127.0.0.1 localhost

# special IPv6 addresses
::1 localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback

fe00::0 ipv6-localnet

ff00::0 ipv6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ipv6-allnodes
ff02::2 ipv6-allrouters
ff02::3 ipv6-allhosts
127.0.0.2 simba.pridelands simba




---> lsmod
Module Size Used by
iptable_filter 19840 0
ip_tables 37848 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 37000 1 ip_tables
joydev 27904 0
nls_iso8859_1 21888 1
nls_cp437 23680 1
vfat 30336 1
fat 70704 1 vfat
nls_utf8 18816 1
ipv6 372344 20
snd_pcm_oss 67456 0
snd_mixer_oss 34176 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq 74992 0
snd_seq_device 25620 1 snd_seq
cpufreq_conservative 24968 0
cpufreq_userspace 23680 0
cpufreq_powersave 18560 0
acpi_cpufreq 28040 0
microcode 31256 0
firmware_class 27520 1 microcode
apparmor 58672 0
fuse 62512 4
loop 36356 0
dm_mod 77152 0
ohci1394 51272 0
ieee1394 115800 1 ohci1394
usb_storage 102816 1
rtc_cmos 25016 0
rtc_core 38156 1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib 19968 1 rtc_core
snd_hda_intel 368804 1
snd_pcm 108680 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 42632 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 84984 9 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 25360 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 27280 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
ide_core 165648 1 usb_storage
sr_mod 33444 1
cdrom 52392 1 sr_mod
button 26400 0
sg 53304 0
sd_mod 45824 8
ohci_hcd 38020 0
ehci_hcd 50572 0
usbcore 155560 4 usb_storage,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
edd 26760 0
ext3 156688 2
mbcache 26248 1 ext3
jbd 89192 1 ext3
fan 22792 0
ahci 45316 6
pata_amd 31876 0
libata 164096 2 ahci,pata_amd
scsi_mod 176536 5 usb_storage,sr_mod,sg,sd_mod,libata
thermal 34576 0
processor 59592 2 acpi_cpufreq,thermal

If you do 'lspci -n' you get the PCI BusID and VendorID:ProductID - if you can match those to the output of 'lspci' you can make a list of the incompatible chip(s). There's a good chance it's an all-in-one chip and reports a number of devices. 'google' can help you identify the chip and perhaps even the Linux drivers needed (if any drivers are available).

For lspci to do its best, you need the latest PCI ID list from pciids.sourceforge.net
To find out where lspci is expecting this list:
strings lspci | less (then search for pci.ids)

If you do 'lspci -n' you get the PCI BusID and VendorID:ProductID - if you can match those to the output of 'lspci' you can make a list of the unknown chip(s). There's a good chance it's an all-in-one chip and reports a number of devices. 'google' can help you identify the chip and perhaps even the Linux drivers needed (if any drivers are available).

For lspci to do its best, you need the latest PCI ID list from pciids.sourceforge.net
To find out where lspci is expecting this list:
strings lspci | less (then search for pci.ids)

Also try searching for packages with the name 'nvidia' in it - maybe an extra package/module needs to be installed.

A wild guess would be that you have an nForce chipset and need to load the 'forcedeth' driver to get the network working. (but that's just a wild guess)

Worst case would be that you need to download a proprietary driver from NVidia, copy it over to your computer and install it. Unfortunately this often requires linking with your running kernel - so you'd also need build tools and the headers for your running kernel.

A driver won't help because lspci has nothing to do with the kernel. What it means is simple enough but also bad news: your device is not supported at this time. The only thing you can do is run update-pciids, which will download the latest pci definitions. If you are lucky, your device may be included. If not, then it is not supported at all.

Thanks for all the help

I thought so too and did the following:

simba:/ # modprobe -l | grep force
/lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/kernel/drivers/input/joystick/iforce/iforce.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/kernel/drivers/net/forcedeth.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/kernel/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-nforce2.ko

simba:/ # lsmod | grep forcedeth
forcedeth 65416 0

simba:/ # modprobe -r forcedeth

simba:/ # modprobe forcedeth msi=0 msix=0

simba:/ # /etc/init.d/network restart
Shutting down network interfaces:
Shutting down service network . . . . . . . . . . . . . done.
Setting up network interfaces:
lo
lo IP address: 127.0.0.1/8
Checking for network time protocol daemon (NTPD): doneed
Setting up service network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . done.

simba:/ # ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1492 (1.4 Kb) TX bytes:1492 (1.4 Kb)

I did “modprobe forcedeth msi=0 msix=0” and “modprobe forcedeth”. Neither of them worked.

I got the troubleshooting tips from here:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/show...=680i+ethernet

I also tried the following:
1. Place “options forcedeth msi = 0 msix=0” in /etc/modprobe.conf
2. Modprobe -r forcedeth
3. mop probe forcedeth

This did not work either.

Unfortunately, I have an HPa6500f. It seems as though the chipset is defined as follows:
GPU/VPU: NVIDIA GeForce 7100

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/en...6-3733085.html
Chipset
a6535c-b / a6528p / a6512p-b / a6552f: Intel® G33 Express Chipset
a6500f: nVidia GeForce 7100 nForce 630i
a6518f: nVIDIA nForce 430
a6534f: nVidia nForce 430 Chipset
a6502f / a6547c-b / a6530f: nVIDIA nForce 430 Chipset

I have an HP Pavilion a6500f machine (unfortunately)

I also found the following discussion:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/show...=680i+ethernet
It talks about a bug in the bios of the software

I then went to this page:
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us

And downloaded (according to the entries):
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2.run which was created on: July 30, 2008

Could this solve the problem? I am somewhat hesitant to run this package as I don’t know whether or not it will trash the system altogether. The preference is to locate another forcedeth driver

On this page: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/117411
Someone with UBUTU went to kernel 2.6.24.17.19 and found that it solved his problem but I am on Suse with a kernel version of 2.6.22.5-31. Also, his problem is with nforce 680i while mine is with 630i.

QUESTION: Would running this ".run" file mess up the system beyond repair? If this ethernet thing does not work, what other options do I have for connecting to the internet? Can I get another ethernet card or something like that?

Hello again,

Below are the results when running:

lspci -nnvv

TIA

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00:0a.0 PCI bridge [Class 0604]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:056d] (rev a1) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: efb00000-efbfffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: efa00000-efafffff
Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
Capabilities: [b8] Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:2a64]

00:0b.0 PCI bridge [Class 0604]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:056e] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
Memory behind bridge: ef900000-ef9fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000ef800000-00000000ef8fffff
Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
Capabilities: [40] Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:0000]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable+
Address: 00000000fee0300c Data: 4149
Capabilities: [80] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Device: Supported: MaxPayload 256 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag+
Device: Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us
Device: Errors: Correctable+ Non-Fatal+ Fatal+ Unsupported+
Device: RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
Device: MaxPayload 256 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x16, ASPM L0s L1, Port 0
Link: Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <4us
Link: ASPM Disabled RCB 64 bytes CommClk- ExtSynch-
Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x16
Slot: AtnBtn- PwrCtrl- MRL- AtnInd- PwrInd- HotPlug- Surpise-
Slot: Number 1, PowerLimit 75.000000
Slot: Enabled AtnBtn- PwrFlt- MRL- PresDet- CmdCplt- HPIrq-
Slot: AttnInd Off, PwrInd On, Power-
Root: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- PME-
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel

00:0c.0 PCI bridge [Class 0604]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:056f] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
Memory behind bridge: ef700000-ef7fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000efe00000-00000000efefffff
Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
Capabilities: [40] Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:0000]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable+
Address: 00000000fee0300c Data: 4151
Capabilities: [80] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Device: Supported: MaxPayload 256 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag+
Device: Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us
Device: Errors: Correctable+ Non-Fatal+ Fatal+ Unsupported+
Device: RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
Device: MaxPayload 256 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Port 1
Link: Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <4us
Link: ASPM Disabled RCB 64 bytes CommClk- ExtSynch-
Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1
Slot: AtnBtn- PwrCtrl- MRL- AtnInd- PwrInd- HotPlug- Surpise-
Slot: Number 2, PowerLimit 10.000000
Slot: Enabled AtnBtn- PwrFlt- MRL- PresDet- CmdCplt- HPIrq-
Slot: AttnInd Off, PwrInd On, Power-
Root: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- PME-
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel

00:0d.0 PCI bridge [Class 0604]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:056f] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: efd00000-efdfffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000efc00000-00000000efcfffff
Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
Capabilities: [40] Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:0000]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable+
Address: 00000000fee0300c Data: 4159
Capabilities: [80] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Device: Supported: MaxPayload 256 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag+
Device: Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us
Device: Errors: Correctable+ Non-Fatal+ Fatal+ Unsupported+
Device: RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Port 2
Link: Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <4us
Link: ASPM Disabled RCB 64 bytes CommClk- ExtSynch-
Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1
Slot: AtnBtn- PwrCtrl- MRL- AtnInd- PwrInd- HotPlug- Surpise-
Slot: Number 3, PowerLimit 10.000000
Slot: Enabled AtnBtn- PwrFlt- MRL- PresDet- CmdCplt- HPIrq-
Slot: AttnInd Off, PwrInd On, Power-
Root: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- PME-
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel

00:0e.0 IDE interface [Class 0101]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:07f0] (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:2a64]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 4348
Region 0: I/O ports at 09f0 [size=8]
Region 1: I/O ports at 0bf0 [size=4]
Region 2: I/O ports at 0970 [size=8]
Region 3: I/O ports at 0b70 [size=4]
Region 4: I/O ports at f700 [size=16]
Region 5: Memory at efff8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [8c] #12 [0010]
Capabilities: [b0] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/3 Enable+
Address: 00000000fee0200c Data: 4169

00:0f.0 Ethernet controller [Class 0200]: nVidia Corporation Unknown device [10de:07dc] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:2a64]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0 (250ns min, 5000ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 15
Region 0: Memory at efffd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Region 1: I/O ports at f600 [size=8]
Region 2: Memory at efffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Region 3: Memory at efffb000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask+ 64bit+ Queue=0/3 Enable-
Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000
Masking: 00000000 Pending: 00000000