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A7N8X Deluxe LAN Problems with Linux
I picked up an Asus A7N8X Deluxe Motherboard recently for a new
computer. I'm trying to install Debian linux on it but am having alot of problems. Issue #1: The LAN port at the top I had read was the 3Com port, however, I was able to get this running from a Knoppix CD after I downloaded, compiled and did an "insmod nvnet.o" however this seems strange because why would the nvnet.o driver work if that was the 3Com port? Issue #2: The bottom LAN port (next to the audio plugs) does not get a little green light when I plug in the network cable. The other one does. I can see where you enable/disable the NVidia LAN port in the BIOS, but I cannot find one for the 3Com. Which port is which? Why are they acting goofy? I would like to get the bottom port to respond, but since I can't I am forced to deal with the upper port. ** is there a place to enable the 3Com in the BIOS? If so, where is it as opposed to the Nvidia one? ** Someone posted that the 3c59x driver worked for them, but i tried to modprobe 3c59x and it didn't work. I got an error. Unfortunately, Debian netinst CDs do not come with a compiler, and since you can't compile the network driver without a compiler and you can't apt-get a compiler, it's a tricky situation. I am going to try to get a full Debian CD next. If anyone can help me find out 1) why the bottom port isn't working or 2) another way to get the LAN working without having to go through all sorts of driver downloading and compilation hell, I would appreciate the help. I am not happy with Asus's choich of Nvidia so far. PS: I tried forcedeth drivers but when I ran "insmod forcedeth.o" it said that it had been compiled for a different kernel version.... and I couldn't find the source or figure out how to get the 2.4.20-bf2.4 version Thank you for any help!!!!! |
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"Shane Berringer" wrote in message
om... I picked up an Asus A7N8X Deluxe Motherboard recently for a new computer. I'm trying to install Debian linux on it but am having alot of problems. Issue #1: The LAN port at the top I had read was the 3Com port, however, I was able to get this running from a Knoppix CD after I downloaded, compiled and did an "insmod nvnet.o" however this seems strange because why would the nvnet.o driver work if that was the 3Com port? This is a rather odd result. The NIC connection near the keyboard/mouse connectors is the 3com, and frankly it must be that your installing the Nforce driver caused something else to change to make the 3com NIC work. Issue #2: The bottom LAN port (next to the audio plugs) does not get a little green light when I plug in the network cable. The other one does. I can see where you enable/disable the NVidia LAN port in the BIOS, but I cannot find one for the 3Com. Which port is which? Why are they acting goofy? I get a yellow LED illuminated when I plug in a cable, no green LED, not sure what the green LED indicates, the manual does not help. The yellow LED flashes to indicate activity. I am connected to a 10/100 switch, and the switch indicates a 100MB/S and full duplex connection via the switch's LEDs. I would like to get the bottom port to respond, but since I can't I am forced to deal with the upper port. ** is there a place to enable the 3Com in the BIOS? If so, where is it as opposed to the Nvidia one? ** Yes, look at the integrated peripherals page in the BIOS, it's there, I've enabled and disabled the 3com NIC. Someone posted that the 3c59x driver worked for them, but i tried to modprobe 3c59x and it didn't work. I got an error. There's a great faq or 2 for this board at www.nforcershq.com , check it out in the ASUS and LINUX forums. Unfortunately, Debian netinst CDs do not come with a compiler, and since you can't compile the network driver without a compiler and you can't apt-get a compiler, it's a tricky situation. I am going to try to get a full Debian CD next. If anyone can help me find out 1) why the bottom port isn't working or 2) another way to get the LAN working without having to go through all sorts of driver downloading and compilation hell, I would appreciate the help. I am not happy with Asus's choich of Nvidia so far. PS: I tried forcedeth drivers but when I ran "insmod forcedeth.o" it said that it had been compiled for a different kernel version.... and I couldn't find the source or figure out how to get the 2.4.20-bf2.4 version Thank you for any help!!!!! |
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Issue #2: The bottom LAN port (next to the audio plugs) does not get a little green light when I plug in the network cable. The other one does. I can see where you enable/disable the NVidia LAN port in the BIOS, but I cannot find one for the 3Com. Which port is which? Why are they acting goofy? Lights on both works diferently 3Com (up) Green = flash when activity Orange Off=10Mbps, On=100Mbps (no flash) nVidia (bottom) Green = 10Mbps, flash when activity Orange= 100Mbps, flash when activity |
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Issue #2: The bottom LAN port (next to the audio plugs) does not get a
little green light when I plug in the network cable. The other one does. I can see where you enable/disable the NVidia LAN port in the BIOS, but I cannot find one for the 3Com. Which port is which? Why are they acting goofy? I get a yellow LED illuminated when I plug in a cable, no green LED, not sure what the green LED indicates, the manual does not help. The yellow LED flashes to indicate activity. I am connected to a 10/100 switch, and the switch indicates a 100MB/S and full duplex connection via the switch's LEDs. You are right, I am getting a constant Yellow on the top LAN port... my eyes must be going bad. I still get nothing when I plug in the bottom. I would like to get the bottom port to respond, but since I can't I am forced to deal with the upper port. ** is there a place to enable the 3Com in the BIOS? If so, where is it as opposed to the Nvidia one? ** Yes, look at the integrated peripherals page in the BIOS, it's there, I've enabled and disabled the 3com NIC. Here are the options on my Integrated Periperhals page: Primary VGA BIOS USB Controllers USB Keyboard Legacy Support USB Legacy Mouse Support Onboard AC97 Audio Controller Onboard LAN(Nvidia) Onboard 1394 Device Floppy Disk Access Controller Onbord Serial Port 1 Onbord Serial Port 2 UART2 Use As Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode ECP DMA Select Onboard Game Port Onboard Midi I/O Onboard Midi IRQ But I don't see 3Com.... Although since I'm getting the yellow light when I plug in the cable, I guess I can assume it's enabled... Someone posted that the 3c59x driver worked for them, but i tried to modprobe 3c59x and it didn't work. I got an error. There's a great faq or 2 for this board at www.nforcershq.com , check it out in the ASUS and LINUX forums. I'll check it out. Thanks for the help. At this point I think I'm going to focus on trying to get 3Com to work since I am having so much trouble with compile errors on the nvnet.o driver and must not be patching the forcedeth one properly either..... Still no luck with either of them though. What could the proper 3Com driver be? 3c59x doesn't seem to work. |
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IIRC, I thought 3Com has a vanilla Linux driver on their web site for
the LAN. Shane Berringer wrote: Issue #2: The bottom LAN port (next to the audio plugs) does not get a little green light when I plug in the network cable. The other one does. I can see where you enable/disable the NVidia LAN port in the BIOS, but I cannot find one for the 3Com. Which port is which? Why are they acting goofy? I get a yellow LED illuminated when I plug in a cable, no green LED, not sure what the green LED indicates, the manual does not help. The yellow LED flashes to indicate activity. I am connected to a 10/100 switch, and the switch indicates a 100MB/S and full duplex connection via the switch's LEDs. You are right, I am getting a constant Yellow on the top LAN port... my eyes must be going bad. I still get nothing when I plug in the bottom. I would like to get the bottom port to respond, but since I can't I am forced to deal with the upper port. ** is there a place to enable the 3Com in the BIOS? If so, where is it as opposed to the Nvidia one? ** Yes, look at the integrated peripherals page in the BIOS, it's there, I've enabled and disabled the 3com NIC. Here are the options on my Integrated Periperhals page: Primary VGA BIOS USB Controllers USB Keyboard Legacy Support USB Legacy Mouse Support Onboard AC97 Audio Controller Onboard LAN(Nvidia) Onboard 1394 Device Floppy Disk Access Controller Onbord Serial Port 1 Onbord Serial Port 2 UART2 Use As Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode ECP DMA Select Onboard Game Port Onboard Midi I/O Onboard Midi IRQ But I don't see 3Com.... Although since I'm getting the yellow light when I plug in the cable, I guess I can assume it's enabled... Someone posted that the 3c59x driver worked for them, but i tried to modprobe 3c59x and it didn't work. I got an error. There's a great faq or 2 for this board at www.nforcershq.com , check it out in the ASUS and LINUX forums. I'll check it out. Thanks for the help. At this point I think I'm going to focus on trying to get 3Com to work since I am having so much trouble with compile errors on the nvnet.o driver and must not be patching the forcedeth one properly either..... Still no luck with either of them though. What could the proper 3Com driver be? 3c59x doesn't seem to work. |
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