RH9 + Epox 8RDA+

[Kooldino]

I have the above combo in a new system. However, RH9 won't read the on board NIC. Any tips?

[albatorsk]

What NIC is it? What does "lspci" say?

[Kooldino]

is "lspci" a terminal prog that lists everything in my PCI?

I think it's the built in Realtek NIC

[Marshmallowman]

from the epox site
its a

Realtek RTL8201 PHY

which *might* use the nvnet module from what I have seen around the net.

I *think* you should install the nforce drives from nvidia, as it contains the nvnet module.....not that I have had any luck getting nvnet to work on my a7n8x..

lspci will list your devices and maybe the module it requires

lsmod will show what modules are currently loaded

[Kooldino]

Which drivers should I use for RH9?

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_nforce_1.0-0248.html

NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0248.src.rpm?

[Kooldino]

Hmm, tried an lspci > /mnt/floppy/lspci.txt, and it worked, but I couldn't read it from a PC. Anyway, if I output it to the screen, the only thing questionable I see is:

00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01e0 (rev c1)

00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01eb (rev c1)

00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ee (rev c1)

00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ed (rev c1)

00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ec (rev c1)

00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ef (rev c1)

...

00:00.8 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 006c (rev a3)



The rest are all known devices.

[albatorsk]

Originally posted by Kooldino
Anyway, if I output it to the screen, the only thing questionable I see is:

00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01e0 (rev c1)

This is the nForce2 AGP controller.

00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01eb (rev c1)

00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ee (rev c1)

00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ed (rev c1)

00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ec (rev c1)

00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ef (rev c1)

These are all memory controllers, of course.

00:00.8 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 006c (rev a3)

This is listed as an nForce2 External PCI Bridge.

I'm not sure if any of the RPM's will work on RH 9, but a safe bet would be the tar-ball (NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0248.tar.gz).

[Kooldino]

Hmm, ok. Anyone know how to list all the currently installed RPMs?

[Kooldino]

ok, I got it...rpm -qa

Problem is, that now that i found the package name of the old drivers i want to remove, rpm -e packagename isn't doing squat.

[Kooldino]

Wow...I rebooted and all my uninstall probs are solved. That's random.

[mallowman]

RPM on RedHat 8.0 and 9 have a nasty habit of leaving stale lock files and totally freezing up in some circumstances. One of those is if you do something like rpm -qa | less and quit as soon as you find the package name you are looking for. The init scripts remove the lock files on reboot so it was able to proceed from that point. The following page has some more information about the issue (and how to fix it without rebooting) http://www.rpm.org/hintskinks/repairdb/

[Kooldino]

Ok, found RH9 drivers...

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

Installed them...and the NIC appears, but it's unable to be Activated.

[Kooldino]

Damn, looks like I may have to update my kernel to run these new drivers...arg. Never done that...

[albatorsk]

Originally posted by Kooldino
Damn, looks like I may have to update my kernel to run these new drivers..

Why?

[Kooldino]

Because they say they're for kernel 2.4.20-9 and I only have -8