Hi All,
Newbe here again.Im having problems getting an internet connection.At boot and shutdown,I get an error "eth_up Command not found'.Ive tried netconfig.I am trying to connect via DHCP.I know the IP address and tried manually configuring it,but that doesnt seem to help.I am still using the 2.4.33 kernel,and I have on board ethernet.When I open network connections in KDE,I have to pick an earlier version of slackware{10.2},then enable eth o.Ive tried configuring IP address there also.I think I may need some modules.In syslog I get these errors:

insmod: pciehp failed
kernel: shpchp:shpc_inti:shpc_cap_offset==0
insmod: inti_module: No such device
insmod errors can be caused by incorrect modulr parameters,including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
insmod: insmod shpchp failed
insmoc: insmod pciehp failed

I hope this info helps,Thanks for all your help.This forum is great.

What mobo do you have? Someone might be experiencing the same effect here. Also, what kind of onboard nic do you have? Can you run a lspci and a lsmod and post it?

Any particular reason you are stuck on the default kernel? Why not upgrade?

lspci

00:0d.0 IDE interface nVidia Corp. MCP55 SATA controller {rev a2}
00:0d.1 IDE interface nVidia Corp. MCP55 SATA controller {rev a2}
00:0d.2 IDE interface nVidia Corp. MCP55 SATA controller {rev a2}
00:0e.0 PCI Bridge nVidia Corp, MCP55 PCI Bridge{rev a2}
00:10.0 Bridge: nVidia Corp, MCP55 ethernet {rev a2}
00:12.0 PCI Bridge nVidia Corp, MCP55 PCI Express Bridge{rev a2}
00:14.0 PCI Bridge nVidia Corp, MCP55 PCI Express Bridge{rev a2}
00:16.0 PCI Bridge nVidia Corp, MCP55 PCI Express Bridge{rev a2}
00:17.0 PCI Bridge nVidia Corp, MCP55 PCI Express Bridge{rev a2}
00:18.0 Host Bridge AMD K8 Hypertransport Technology Controller
00:18.1 Host Bridge AMD K8 Address Map
00:18.2 Host Bridge AMD K8 DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host Bridge AMD K8 Misc Controller
02:00.0 VGA compatable controller nVidia Corp GeForce 7900 GT{rev a1}
03:08.0 Multimedia audio controller Creative Labs SB0400 Audigy 2 value
03:0b.0 FireWire Texas Instruments TSB43AB22A IEEE-1394a-2000 controller
06:00.0 Mass Storage controller Silicon Image Inc SIL 3132 SATA 2 controller [rev a1}
07:00.0 VGA compatable controller nVidia Corp GeForce 7900 GT{rev a1}


lsmod

hid 21380 0 {unused}
usbmouse 1912 0 {unused}
input 3104 0 [keybdev mousedev hid usbmouse
usb-ohci 18856 0 {unused}
ehci-hcd 17644 0 {unused}
usbcore 56812 1 {hid usbmouse usb-ohci ehci-hcd}
forcedeth 15312 0
snd-emu10k1 84292 0 {unused}
snd-hwped 4156 0 {snd-emu10k1}
snd-util-mem 1152 0 {snd-emu10k1}
snd-ac97-codec 68168 0 {snd-emu10k1}
snd-pcm 52804 0 {snd-pcm-oss snd-seq snd-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi}
snd-timer 13168 0 {snd-seq snd-emu10k1 snd-pmc}
snd-rawmidi 12224 0 {snd-emu10k1}
snd-seq-devise 3716 0 {snd-pcm-oss snd-seq snd-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi}
snd 34304 0 {snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-emu10k1 snd-hwdep snd-util-mem snd-sc97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-dev}
soundcore 3300 10 {snd}
snd-page-allo 4980 0 {snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-mixer snd-emu10k1 snd-hwdep snd-pcm snd-rawmidi snd-seq-dev}
ohci1394 23568 0 {unused}
ieee1394 41150 0 {ohci1394}
idescsi 9392 0


I have an Asus M2N32 SLI Deluxe MB and that uses the nforce 590 chipset which controlls just about everything.Ive been trying to get the internet up before trying to upgrade the kernel.I am also going to need help there.If you know of any tutorials or have any tips,it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Upgrade the kernel first.
go to /testing/packages/linux-2.6.18 folder in your Slack11 install media and install all packages there using pkgtool.
Then do
%lilo
2-3 times and restart.
Then check wether the net works ..( remmeber to do ifconfig again.)
Also did you install drivers for your onboard NIC?

The 2.6 kernel causes many hardware problems to go away .. (atleast for me it did)

Yhe new kernel didnt work.I guess Ill have to get drivers through nVidia or Asus.Ill keep you informed

I suppose if the chipset is fairly new it's possible that 2.6.18 may not support it yet, and fall back onto something more generic. Hopefully nvidia will have drivers for it.

if the kernel does:
You may have to do a custom compilation and enable the proper hardware in make menuconfig. There is a sticky in this forum on how to do that.

I noticed that there really wasn't anything related to your nic in both outputs of lspci and lsmod. You didn't mention what kind of nic you have onboard. Post that because someone might be running into the same problem.

Flashed BIOS to version 0706.Fixed.Thanks all.