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Hi, i've just got a brand new pc with a Gigabyte P4 Titan 667 series -- GA-8st667 mobo and i'm having all kinds of trouble getting linux to function properly. Does anyone know if this mobo is supported or where to find out, i have problems like getting the sound (on board) and network to go, it seems as though linux just can't work the network card. I've tried installing Gentoo without success as it needs network access, and now is running Mandrake 9 but still no sound or network.
Anyone with any ideas please throw em my way, need any other into just ask...
The drivers are probably there in the kernel for the board's add-ons, its probably the fault of the auto-configuration tools that Mandy uses that tend to lag behind a bit. Brand new gear is always a tad of a headache. If you can, what's the output of /sbin/lspci -v as far as the multimedia and ethernet controllers are concerned, Gigabyte's site is less than specifically helpful.
These should take care of it, but I never trust gear on integrated motherboards... seems like RH8.0 has a blindspot with one of these 2 devices lately, which sucks because every joker on the planet has this NIC:
modprobe i810_audio
modprobe 8139too
Hopefully it'll just wake up, remeber that and not have a tardation attack on the next boot, but if not I know you can at least make the ethernet module load by adding the line to /etc/modules.conf:
thanx for your help...
when i run the modprobe i810_audio i get the following error:
[root@bullroarer root]# modprobe i810_audio
/lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdkenterprise/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o.gz: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
modprobe: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdkenterprise/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o.gz failed
modprobe: insmod i810_audio failed
the "modprobe 8139too" seems to work fine but still no network access and btw, the "alias eth0 8139too" line already exists in the /etc/modules.conf file
How do you get your IP address? dhcp? static? pppoe?
If its a static:
ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.23 up
ping 192.168.1.1
If dhcp:
dhcpcd eth0
Your device is running, you just haven't configured it. If either of the above work, try editing the file: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcg-eth0 (or something close to that...) It has blanks for all the important questions, if this is dhcp, you just have to give that an =YES.
I'll look into the sound card some more, maybe the module changed, the page I was looking at was a year and a half old.
Wait, I just realised... this is Mandrake, they use the ALSA modules typically... If the command "/sbin/lspci" lists a mountain of modules stacked within one another... then its loaded alsa, which comes muted by default. You might want to check your mixer settings under Multimedia from whichever desktop you're using.
Originally posted by isoaga Hi, i've just got a brand new pc with a Gigabyte P4 Titan 667 series -- GA-8st667 mobo and i'm having all kinds of trouble getting linux to function properly. Does anyone know if this mobo is supported or where to find out, i have problems like getting the sound (on board) and network to go, it seems as though linux just can't work the network card. I've tried installing Gentoo without success as it needs network access, and now is running Mandrake 9 but still no sound or network.
Anyone with any ideas please throw em my way, need any other into just ask...
Later.
I have this exact same board. There appears to be some kind of incompatibility with this Ethernet chip and the drivers. It does the same thing in Windows. Basically, linux(or windows) will see the chip, but it cannot establish a link. Installing new drivers for windows fixed the problem in windows, but there are no newer drivers for linux. However, if you boot windows with the new driver and then warm boot linux, it will work fine. This has been my workaround. Luckily, I'm running a dual-boot system which doesn't get shut down often, so this is more of a nuisance than a major problem.
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