nForce2 LAN problem in Mandrake 9.1

smitty1276 · 06-10-2004, 02:40 PM

My motherboard is a ChainTech N7IL1 nForce 2 etc...

I have an old PCI LAN card installed (it came form an old HP system or somehting). Mandrake recognizes the old card, which apparantly isn't working properly, as I am getting d/l speeds of about 2.0 kbs. The on-board card, however, is not being detected at all.

I have downloaded and installed the nVidia unified driver, and it doesn't appear to have helped.

Any ideas why only the old card is showing up?

Oops... ignore that old signature with system info at the bottom.

hamish · 06-10-2004, 03:30 PM

Yeah, with the nforce NIC you are better using the forcedeth module. It is included in the kernel. If it isn't comiled already, you will be pleased to hear that it is a module, so you won't have to reboot! w00t

compile forcedeth, "modprobe forcedeth" and then you can set up your onboard ethernet
card.

Hamish

smitty1276 · 06-10-2004, 03:55 PM

Thanks. Now the only problem... I can't find it to compile it.

And "modprobe forcedeth" didn't work without the compile, which I imagine is to be expected. lol

Thanks for the help! If you can just bear with me I should be off you back in a few minutes!

smitty1276 · 06-10-2004, 07:45 PM

I read that it is included with the newer versions of the kernel, so I downloaded and compiled the new kernel, but now I can't get the image to load. Everything says to do the build "make bzImage", yada, yada, then to copy that image and the System.map into the boot directory. But the lilo config tool doesn't recognize it as a valid kernel, and hand editing it doesn't seem to work either.

I just want my stupid LAN to work!!!

hamish · 06-11-2004, 01:28 AM

Hey

Which kernel you running now? As long as it is 2.6.* you will be fine.

1. Find out if forcedeth has benen compiled
# grep -i forcedeth /usr/src/linux/.config
If the return is CONFIG_FORCEDETH=n, then it isn't installed. We will have to make it.

2. Make forcedeth as a module.
it is in :
Device Drivers --> Networking support --> Ethernet (10 or 100 mbit) --> Reverse Engineered nForce Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)

3. do make modules && make modules install
4. modprobe forcedeth

hope this helps
Hamish

smitty1276 · 06-11-2004, 02:29 AM

I'm sorry, I'm actually running Mandrake 9.2, not 9.1 as I stated earlier. I think I hit the wrong key.

That said, the kernel is 2.4.22, so it isn't there. That's why I posted saying that I was trying (unsuccessfully) to compile a 2.6 kernel.

Any ideas why the kernel isn't installing correctly?

gowator · 06-11-2004, 04:08 AM

MDK kernels have forcedeth from 2.6 in MDK 10.
The 2.4.22-13 is I think the default but if you use that you need the nforce drivers from the nvidia web site.

If you move to a 2.6 lernel (by upgrading to MDK 10 or putting in your own kernel) then use the forcedeth.

If you use a 2.6 kernel and compile your own its just
make && make modules_install && make install
(after the make config or make menuconfig)

hamish · 06-11-2004, 05:48 PM

This thread is an excellent compiling guide. Just follow that.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=73436

it will take you about 20 mins to 30 mins the first time.

H