Hello

I had no problem installing this driver on Slackware 10.1 (2.4 kernel), but am having problems with Slack 12, kernel 2.6. The download does have "Linux(2.4.x)" so maybe it does not actually work with 2.6 yet.

The Asus NX1001 is a cheap 10/100 Ethernet card, but I have found it to be fine for a small home network.

For a start the Linux driver directory in the Asus download had a space in it that "make" falls over. Fixed that ("_").

Then the readme.txt is badly written.... "make all => generate NX1001.ko" .. should just be "make all".

But that doesn't fix it. Make goes off doing strange things. A badly written Makefile ? This line seems suspicous...

"make -C /lib/modules/2.6.21.5-smp/build SUBDIRS=/home/djbarney/build/NX1001_Driver/Linux_v120 modules"

What are "SUBDIRS" ? I can find no reference to that. Then make starts looking for "modules" as a build target.

I had to put the readme, make output and more in a pastebin.

Any ideas ? Maybe I should just get another card ?

DJ Barney

Hi DJ_Barney, Are you *sure* you need to install a third party module? What does lspci -v say about the card?
Good luck. ;-)

Hello !

So what are you saying ? If the kernel can see the card then I can use some kind of generic ethernet setup ?

Here is lspci ...

Sundance ? Is the chip on this Asus NX1001 a Sundance ? I'll have to check.

I tried using modprobe to insert a Sundance module in the net folder that I found. I don't think it worked. I'm not even sure if that particular module is for some other piece of Sundance technology.

I also tried the KDE network setup tools. I selected "Slackware 10.1" setup, taking a risk (I have 12). I assume the network setup has not changed that much.

ifconfig still only lists loopback and my ppp connection (a USB DSL modem).

DJ Barney

If you tried modprobe and didn't receive any errors then the module likely inserted properly. Whether the module works or not is another question. Check lsmod to see if the module loaded, if so have a look at this.
Good luck. ;-)

Got it !

I think I just needed some encouragement.

It was the Asus proprietary driver that was throwing me off. I thought the Slack setup had not seen the card but it must have. I think I was just picking all the wrong places to look ! It is the sundance driver BTW. I was searching through my messages for "Asus" or "NX1001". Probably should have used "eth0". The kernel shows sundance.c being loaded but the hardware entry is actually "IC Plus Corporation IP100A FAST Ethernet Adapter". I can only guess these names are generic chips on the board. Oh well, confusion over.

DJ Barney

Glad you got it sorted.
Good Luck. ;-)

Thanks. I thought of writing a guide to the card, but I guess this thread should turn up through Google now.

DJ Barney