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Post HDD Install Issues (sound, ctrl-alt-Fx, nforce/nvidia)
Using the new 3.2 Knoppix (2003-03-25) had a very smooth hdd install on a Shuttle SN41G2 Only a couple issues to work through.
Firstly, of course, i had to download the proper drivers for the onboard nforce chipset and nvidia gforce 4 mx video adapter. both compiled from the source tar with little problem, although the sound module did not compile for lack of the i810 audio module's source code which the nforce module patches. luckily the included i810 driver mostly works, in that KDE's arts works fine. but xmms doesn't work. what's up with the OSS drivers? tuxracer has no sound as well. any ideas?
on the other hand, although the nvnet module and nvidia modules compiled and work okay, everytime i reboot i have to rerun insmod on them then ifconfig my network card and startx manually. does anyone know how i properly make this automatic?
also (now that the nvidia driver is in place?) when i use ctrl+alt+fx i do not get a terminal, just a blank screeen (this happen on xandros too by the way) does anyone know how to fix this?
much thanks for any help you can provide.
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Have you put the module names in /etc/modules?
rock
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I have compiled and installed the nvnet module following the directions. Everything is where it should be, and nvnet.o is in /etc/modules to load at start up, and it is working. But no network is coming up on eth0 or anything else for that matter. DHCP is active on my network, but without a netconfig I just am not sure what steps to take to get the nic running with out it being auto detected.
MSI nForce2 - virgin hdd install from latest knoppix. Only the nVidia drivers have been added.
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Originally Posted by
wififun
I have compiled and installed the nvnet module following the directions. Everything is where it should be, and nvnet.o is in /etc/modules to load at start up, and it is working. But no network is coming up on eth0 or anything else for that matter.
What does ifconfig -a tell you?
DHCP is active on my network, but without a netconfig I just am not sure what steps to take to get the nic running with out it being auto detected.
Whaddaya mean 'without a netconfig'? Open a term and type netcardconfig
What does your /etc/network/interfaces look like?
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eth0
Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx
x
x
x
x
x
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x6000
You have no i.p. address! (obviously)
1) What happens when you do this:
#ifdown -a
(output should be nothing)
#ifup -a
(It should only take a moment to bring back up)
#ifconfig -a
2)Make a backup copy of your current /etc/network/interfaces
Then try this one:
auto lo eth0
iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet dhcp
Then take it down & back up again.
And of course......post back.
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I updated my apt sources, and did a dist upgrade.
After that the dhcp problem was solved, nothing else seemed to work.
My process now is boot -> instmod nvnet -> netcardconfig -> yes to dhcp -> ifconfig -a to see that all is well.. It works!
The module will not load at boot up though, even with a line added to /etc/modules. There was no documentation with nVidia's drivers beyond the make, make install combination.
I appriciate the help.
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nforce2 nvnet
I just did an install on an MSI nforce2 system and have the same problem with loading nvnet on boot. Thanks to this forum, I can get networking up using: insmod nvnet followed by netcardconfig. Does anyone now how to get nvnet to load on boot?
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Re: nforce2 nvnet
Originally Posted by
m_yates
I just did an install on an MSI nforce2 system and have the same problem with loading nvnet on boot. Thanks to this forum, I can get networking up using: insmod nvnet followed by netcardconfig. Does anyone now how to get nvnet to load on boot?
If putting the module in /etc/modules does not work then you can try what I have to use for my sidewinder joystick for the netcard, that is making an alias and pre-installing the module. Edit the file as root in a console window /etc/modutils/aliases and add the lines:
Code:
# Added by me for netcard on boot
alias eth0 nvnet
pre-install nvnet
Then enter the command update-modules to update the modules.conf while still in the root console then you would have to re-boot to see if it works, if the pre-install option does not work try putting modprobe in place of the pre-install instead.
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nvnet module
Thanks for the help. It turns out that I didn't have nvnet in /etc/modules. After adding it, networking works fine.
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