Hi,

I recently installed RH9.0 on my comp, it a Asus an A7N8X-X with an integrated NIC (Nvidia nForce MCP NW adapter). I never had any troubles in the past with many Linux installs since it always detected and got my cards to work for me!
Probably why I am stucked now!
Anyhow, on using the IFCONFIG I get the LO card:
Lien encap: Boucle locale
inet adr:127.0.0.1...
If this is needed I will write the whole thing, but I found this is only a virtual card...
I tried to use the NW config GUI tool, on the material tab it does see a card, it calls it a 3c501 (I don't know why)
When I tried to activate that, I would get a message that the TULIP tool is not present so the card cannot be activated
I then installed a KNE100TX kingston card in there.
I restarted and during the boot up, I get the same TULIP tool missing message and that the card will not get installed

I am unfamiliar with Linux and where to go to get what I need to configure this thing, do I have to re-install the whole thing? Of do I simply need to add the parameters in the right places?

Cheers!

check out whether your network card has been detected by browsing the file /etc/sysconfig/hwconf. if kudzu has detected the card then there will be a driver description there. then try installing drivers.

I had shed loads or problems to begin with and in the end I had to download the latest nvidia drivers....

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_nforce_1.0-0261

I could not get them to install so I had to install the redhat development packages (in the rpm section) and down load the tar ball version.

I extracted the tar ball in /usr/src and ran make and it thought about it for a min or two and then it came back with no errors. I then ran make install and that also worked......I then ran insmod nvnet and low n behold it ativated....

This then showed my onboard nic in the hardware section which it didn't do before....

Here are two links with hints and tips ppl gave me...

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...1&pagenumber=2

http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/view...484&highlight=

N.B I had to install the developmet packages before I could get it to work...

There are probably others tho who know how to get around this if you dont have the packages....

Ran.

Hi,

Well, I got a bit baffled with how to get the nVedia driver, since my comp could not connect to the net, and I am still learning how to install a driver! I got my situation solved by simply adding a kingston NIC and then I re-installed RH 9.0, it took the NIC up and installed it, it is all fine now, this would confirm it was a driver issue.

cheers!

Sorry,

I forgot to add I was running two comps...I downloaded off one and then copied the files to floppy and transferred to the other. I know what you mean tho. I had my hard disk go dodgy on me and had to do a complete re-install after hours of trying to get the thing formatted. I even have a returns number and error code off it to send to maxtor.....

For some reason onboard nics always give me so much crap.....

Glad you got it sorted anyway...

Ran.

Hi,
no worries, I appreciate your time in answering me and your help, this is what counts!

cheers!