Slack 9.0 with Biostar M7NCD

DevZerolt · 12-20-2003, 08:58 AM

Hi,
Biostar M7NCD, slackware 9.0, kernel 2.6.0. How to make LAN work? I tryed to compile kernel but nothing works

Any suggestions?

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Sorry for my bad english.

miaviator278 · 12-21-2003, 03:58 AM

what do you mean nothing works?
what type of onboard lan is it?
is your lan card listed in the output of any of the following

dmesg
lspci
lsmod
pnpdump

crashmeister · 12-21-2003, 05:22 AM

Don't know about slack but you probably have to get the driver from nvidia's website as with most other distros.

DevZerolt · 12-21-2003, 07:37 AM

nForce2, Lan with RTL8201BL chip
It's shown in the lspci
00:04:0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)

crashmeister · 12-21-2003, 09:17 AM

You need the nvidia drivers for that controller.What i don't know is whether there is a slack package for it or you'll have to get it from nvidia.Just go to http://www.nvidia.com and go to drivers-linux-nforcedrivers (not the graphics drivers) and install it.There's a how-to there,too.

ronware · 12-21-2003, 11:18 AM

As posted, you need the nvidia drivers. You will need to download them and install the 'nvidianet' (I think that's right) driver, then it will work.

Before I figured that out, I bought a new 3COM card (which works great), but you can save yourself that expense if you have patience.

miaviator278 · 12-21-2003, 04:06 PM

please post your results on getting and installing the driver, whether or not it works...