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Hi I am trying to install Linux for the 1st time, Actually the 2nd time. Originally I installed the retail distro of SUSE Linux 10. All went very well until I tried to Install Oracle DB10G which refused to install because apparently SUSE 10 is not yet supported by Oracle. So I downloaded SLES9 and reinstalled. This time the install completed but with an error during the Network Configuration phase. After the Ethernet Test failed the View Logs button yielded:
etho
ERROR: Interface eth0 is not available
This looks like some kind of driver issue although I have'nt seen any similar postings of this problem. And the ASUS K8N-E Deluxe and onboard networking are supposed to be supported for SUSE. Right ?
Anyway I'd be much ablidged to anyone for their help.
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lspci -v
is a command you can type in a terminal
root is the super user
you become root by typing su
if you post result pertinent to nic card then people can help
once you know the model of the card it is easier to find the driver
rare that you will have to download driver, most of them are with the right kernel
it is often a question of loading them from the HD rather than downloading them
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If you want to learn I recommand you look into rute user guide,
newbie admin guide, both bookmarked in LQ bookmark
Also suse has comprehensive help sections.
Well It looks like 9.3 won't work either. Seems its basically the 32bit version of 10.0. The download page offers a link for a 64 bit DVD which takes you to the 10.0 download page.
here is the lspc -v output you recommended I post.
I'm going to start looking at those admin files and help files. Thanks!
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Hi,
I am worried lspci did not even find your ethernet controller, or did not list it well.
I expected something of the like (I have a different mobo) below.
Strangely your firewire is detected.
I am stumped. Are you sure your hardware is OK? Has the nic card ever worked with Zinblows
Only suggestion I have at this point is to try a live cd of ubuntu 5.10
and do a lspci from there (because the HCL says the nic card should work)
One more suggestion is to look at the doc/google for the exact model of the nic card chip
and then try to modprobe the driver (load)
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7N8X Mainboard onboard nForce2 Ethernet
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
Memory at e9086000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at e000 [size=8]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
PS: See what lshw can list
Last edited by Emmanuel_uk; 02-12-2006 at 06:25 AM.
I installed RHEL4 (CentOS) distro and everything works fine. I would have liked to have gotten to the bottom of the problem but like you I was concerned about the lspci output. Since I did'nt have a spare copy or 90 bucks to blow on Zinblows , I went with CentOS. The SUSE 10 install went far smoother that the 9 as well. Seems that much was improved from my perspective anyway. If Oracle10G were supported I would definately have liked to stick with it (10). For now I'm going to move on with my project since I have a platform that works.
Thanks alot for all your help. This is a great forum thanks to folks like you. I will definately chock it up as a learning experience.
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You are welcome
I heard many good things about centos. I meant to try.
It shows it is often worth trying a few distro.
For the completness of this thread, do you mind posting
the new output of lspci -v
It should tell you where on the pci bus the ethernet card is
Then if you could paste
cat /proc/pci
(extract the relevant part for the ethernet driver)
you should find the PCI id of the ethernet card,
so anybody googling for this device can find the thread.
cat /proc/pci
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Class 0600: PCI device 10de:00e1 (rev 161).
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0000000 [0xf7ffffff].
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
Class 0601: PCI device 10de:00e0 (rev 162).
Bus 0, device 1, function 1:
Class 0c05: PCI device 10de:00e4 (rev 161).
IRQ 177.
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=3.Max Lat=1.
I/O at 0x5080 [0x509f].
I/O at 0x5000 [0x503f].
I/O at 0x5040 [0x507f].
Bus 0, device 2, function 0:
Class 0c03: PCI device 10de:00e7 (rev 161).
IRQ 185.
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=3.Max Lat=1.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfebfd000 [0xfebfdfff].
Bus 0, device 2, function 1:
Class 0c03: PCI device 10de:00e7 (rev 161).
IRQ 193.
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=3.Max Lat=1.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfebfe000 [0xfebfefff].
Bus 0, device 2, function 2:
Class 0c03: PCI device 10de:00e8 (rev 162).
IRQ 177.
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=3.Max Lat=1.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfebffc00 [0xfebffcff].
Bus 0, device 5, function 0:
Class 0200: PCI device 10de:00df (rev 162).
IRQ 185.
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=1.Max Lat=20.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfebfc000 [0xfebfcfff].
I/O at 0xec00 [0xec07].
Bus 0, device 6, function 0:
Class 0401: PCI device 10de:00ea (rev 161).
IRQ 193.
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=5.
I/O at 0xe800 [0xe8ff].
I/O at 0xe400 [0xe47f].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfebfb000 [0xfebfbfff].
Bus 0, device 8, function 0:
Class 0101: PCI device 10de:00e5 (rev 162).
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=3.Max Lat=1.
I/O at 0xffa0 [0xffaf].
Bus 0, device 10, function 0:
Class 0101: PCI device 10de:00e3 (rev 162).
IRQ 177.
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=3.Max Lat=1.
I/O at 0x9f0 [0x9f7].
I/O at 0xbf0 [0xbf3].
I/O at 0x970 [0x977].
I/O at 0xb70 [0xb73].
I/O at 0xc800 [0xc80f].
I/O at 0xc400 [0xc47f].
Bus 0, device 11, function 0:
Class 0604: PCI device 10de:00e2 (rev 162).
Master Capable. Latency=16. Min Gnt=11.
Bus 0, device 14, function 0:
Class 0604: PCI device 10de:00ed (rev 162).
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=3.
Bus 0, device 24, function 0:
Class 0600: PCI device 1022:1100 (rev 0).
Bus 0, device 24, function 1:
Class 0600: PCI device 1022:1101 (rev 0).
Bus 0, device 24, function 2:
Class 0600: PCI device 1022:1102 (rev 0).
Bus 0, device 24, function 3:
Class 0600: PCI device 1022:1103 (rev 0).
Bus 1, device 0, function 0:
Class 0300: PCI device 10de:0322 (rev 161).
IRQ 201.
Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=5.Max Lat=1.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfd000000 [0xfdffffff].
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0000000 [0xe7ffffff].
Bus 2, device 11, function 0:
Class 0c00: PCI device 1106:3044 (rev 128).
IRQ 209.
Master Capable. Latency=64. Max Lat=32.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfeafe800 [0xfeafefff].
I/O at 0xbc00 [0xbc7f].
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, I went with CentOS. The SUSE 10 install went far smoother that the 9 as well. Seems that much was improved from my perspective anyway. If Oracle10G were supported I would definately have liked to stick with it (10). For now I'm going to move on with my project since I have a platform that works.
