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nVidia nForce drivers

I just installed Red Hat 9.0 and I have a MSI K7N2GL motherboard with nForce2 chipset. It has a built in network adapter which I can not find any drivers for... Any ideas ????

Greetings

:Pengy:

You cannot find the network adaptor drivers or the NForce drivers? Either way, head over to the nvidia site www.nvidia.com and get the nforce drivers, this link should be the one you need:
http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_nforce_1.0-0256

If it's for the network adaptor, open up a console, and as root type:
lspci -vv > lspci.output
This will create a test file with the contents of lcpci -vv in it, post that up here.

Cool

Thanks alot I downloaded the driver and now I can see the ethernet card but when I try activate the connection I get this message:

"nvnet device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initalization"

Then I ran this command you gave me and saved the file but.. lol I dont have a floppy nor a CD-burner and the ethernet card aint working so I cant get the file to you, is there something special you were looking for in that file ????

And another question, I currently have a dual boot with WinXP and RedHat could I access the Linux file that was created via WinXP somehow ??

Yeah... if you have a FAT32 partition somewhere, just mount that partition

(mkdir /mnt/fatdisk
mount /dev/hdx /mnt/fatdisk)

and then

cp lspci.output /mnt/fatdisk

:) hint hint: use mc (midnight commander), a file manager like Norton Commander in the old days :) makes it easier moving files around :)

By the way, let me know how you're doing with those nforce drivers... So far in Slack9.0 they're proving a real pain in the behind :)

damn man, can't get anything installed (lspci even gives an error for the memory controllers - even though they obviously _do_ work since I can run Linux)

Thank you all... I managed to mount the file system and copy the file over so here it is:

00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01e0 (rev a2)
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
Region 0: Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Capabilities: [40] AGP version 2.0
Status: RQ=31 SBA+ 64bit- FW+ Rate=x1,x2,x4
Command: RQ=0 SBA- AGP- 64bit- FW- Rate=x1
Capabilities: [60] #08 [2001]

00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01eb (rev a2)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c17
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-

00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ee (rev a2)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c17
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-

00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ed (rev a2)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c17
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-

00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ec (rev a2)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c17
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-

00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ef (rev a2)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c17
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-

00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a3)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 5700
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
Capabilities: [48] #08 [01e1]

00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 5700
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-
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 12
Region 0: I/O ports at d000 [size=32]
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-

00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 5700
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 10
Region 0: Memory at e2004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
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-

00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 5700
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 B routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: Memory at e2005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
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-

00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 5700
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 C routed to IRQ 5
Region 0: Memory at e2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [44] #0a [2080]
Capabilities: [80] 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-

00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 570c
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 11
Region 0: Memory at e2001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Region 1: I/O ports at d400 [size=8]
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-

00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 5700
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 (500ns min, 1250ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 12
Region 0: I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
Region 1: I/O ports at dc00 [size=128]
Region 2: Memory at e2002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
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-

00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 006c (rev a3) (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
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-

00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 5700
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)
Region 4: I/O ports at f000 [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-

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32
Memory behind bridge: e0000000-e1ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d8000000-dfffffff
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-

02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU] (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 5710
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (1250ns min, 250ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Region 1: Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Region 2: Memory at dc000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=512K]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [60] 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: [44] AGP version 2.0
Status: RQ=31 SBA+ 64bit- FW+ Rate=x1,x2,x4
Command: RQ=0 SBA- AGP- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none>

I hope you can help me Master...

huh!!
i am running red hat 9 ona msi k7n2 with out any external drivers
running my on board network and sound cards no prob!
(i had problems with these in rh 8.0)

:confused: :Pengy: :scratch:

Quote:

Originally posted by baldurkn
Thanks alot I downloaded the driver and now I can see the ethernet card but when I try activate the connection I get this message:

"nvnet device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initalization"

Then I ran this command you gave me and saved the file but.. lol I dont have a floppy nor a CD-burner and the ethernet card aint working so I cant get the file to you, is there something special you were looking for in that file ????

What do you get from:
lspci
And also from:
ifconfig
How do you normally have your network setup? Do you have to enter a static IP, or is it configured via DHCP, PPPoE or what?

What does your modules.conf look like also?

Cool

Hello,

Can Master C give me some hints, I get the exact error after
d/l and install the latest driver (I use RH9).

"nvnet device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initalization"

Add in /etc/modules.conf:

alias eth0 nvnet
options nvnet optimization=1

Hmm... Might be a problem with the drivers themselves in that case. More than a few people have reported "issues" with this. Look more at Nvidia's site and their forum for info on this. It may be that you simply need to create the device using mknod, however that should be included in the script if that is so.

Good Luck

Cool

I have the exact same problem but only with an ASUS A7N266-VM and RedHat 9.0. What would be the syntax of mknod (though it probably won't work)?

Also, I need a way to access my NTFS volumes through RedHat ('cause i don't want to have to use Knoppix to swap files Btween them both)

P.S.: I am a n00b, so plz don't be harsh

For NTFS:
http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/redhat.html

As for mknod, that would be quite a rough answer, check man mknod, however the device would be specific, so the Nvidia folks would have to supply you with that one.

Cool

Hi all,

Please d/l and install from the tar ball instead:
NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0261.tar

Install steps
---------------
tar -xvzf NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0261.tar
cd nforce
make
make install

nvnet.o should be created successfully.
Now seems eth0 can be recognised even at startup.

I will try more....

Thanks for your help, but it DIDN'T WORK!!!

I keep getting these errors about no such file or directory and errors from just about every line of code when i tried the regular "make" command (the make command exists, obviously).

P.S.: With reguard to NTFS, how do I figure out what version my kernel is?

Click here for my website!

Kernel version:
uname -r

Cool

I don't know why, .rpm is not work (for me) but tar is ok.
Check "make" and "make install" has no error.

Please remember to:
Add in /etc/modules.conf:

alias eth0 nvnet
options nvnet optimization=1

If you use redhat, then issue redhat-config-network and you
can see eth0 is then enabled.

For checking your linux version, there is a command, but I forgot.
I believe RH9 is 2.4.20-8.

Thanks for reminding me to do that. However, I get the same errors as when I used the .rpm file. I'd post the error messages (which i have on disk) but I cant since Notepad says that the files are "corrupt."

(...Microsoft will own you)

Can we get this sorted out? I've never managed a successful install yet of the nforce drivers. The i810_audio driver in the kernel only plays 45 KHz sound (KDE sounds and such) for some reason, there's a couple of threads on it, probably in the hardware forums, but they haven't had a response.

kernal verion can be displayed
uname -r

Are you asking me?

My kernel is 2.4.21, compiled by me.

I can't get the drivers to insmod or modprobe , it comes up something about the device not existing, when it clearly does exist. It does this for both the sound and network drivers.

Quote:

Originally posted by ingy866
Can we get this sorted out? I've never managed a successful install yet of the nforce drivers. The i810_audio driver in the kernel only plays 45 KHz sound (KDE sounds and such) for some reason, there's a couple of threads on it, probably in the hardware forums, but they haven't had a response.

Having some sound issues myself but try the alsa driver.It does work better for me.If you only get kde sounds try to disable the arts sound server or point it into the right direction depending on what you use for sound.
Anyway - if I try to play sound from two apps at the same time my x-server crashes.I'll try the nvidia sound driver and report back.
Keep in mind that there are two different versions of the onboard sound for nforce2 chipsets.One calls itself 'soundstorm' and the other one is just sound.lspci shows two 'multimedia audio' thingy's for my motherboard.
One is [Via VT82C686B] the other is AC97 Audio Controller.

Hmm... it may be working after all. It plays mp3 audio, it just doesn't play CDs for some reason. I have the original nforce motherboard, and I think I'm getting somewhere. I'll fiddle around with the module a bit more, then perhaps try the UT2003 demo. I thought about alsa but I've been busy with other things, and sound also works in Enlightenment. I'll fiddle a bit more and report back if I find anything important. Thanks :)

Don't know about Ut2003 but Quake works fine here.

uname -r

will tell you which version of the kernel you are running

edit: woah... sorry. missed page 2, already answered. :)