On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 12:47:04AM -0700, Nifty Hat Mitch wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 02:35:50PM -0700, cromworshipper-fedorastuff@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:35:50 -0700 (PDT) > > From: <cromworshipper-fedorastuff@xxxxxxxxx> > > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: FC4 on DFI Lanparty: no network > > Reply-To: cromworshipper-fedorastuff@xxxxxxxxx, > > For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > I have Rev A of this motherboard: > > http://www.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_product_spec_details_r_us.jsp?PRODUCT_ID=1524&CATEGORY_TYPE=MB&SITE=US > > > > I just installed FC4 this morning, and it didn't find any network adapters. > > I installed one FC4 test release, I don't recollect whether it was test3 or > > test4, which worked out of the box. > > > > How do I make this work? I guess I'll try to install the nVidia platform > > driver tonight: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_nforce_1.0-0301 > Was this the x86_64 version of FC4? Woops I looked and this is not one of the 64bit DFI lanparty boards. However, the below still makes sense. First tell us what chip you have then we can help map a driver to your lan chip. In a pinch find an common inexpensive PCI card. > > Does "lspci" give you this line. > > 00:05.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK8S Ethernet Controller (rev a2) > > If so in /etc/modprobe.conf look for a line that looks like: > > alias eth0 forcedeth > > And in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts look for ifcfg-eth0 > and make sure that it is sane. > -- T o m M i t c h e l l Found me a new place to hang my hat :-) Found me a cable too.
