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[xenocyd3]

Hey..

Installed a fresh copy of Red Hat 9 on my computer... The internet doesn't automatically connect and when I go to configure my ethernet, it doesn't have the Onboard LAN I have on my Biostar M7NCG

 

[Spyro]

That's an nforce board right? Do your graphics and sound work? I'm thinking that these will help.

 

[xenocyd3]

Still having problems

 

[xenocyd3]

bump

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: xenocyd3
Still having problems

What kind of problems?

 

[xenocyd3]

it says the nvnet device does not seem to be present when i try to activate

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: xenocyd3
it says the nvnet device does not seem to be present when i try to activate

I don't really have much red hat experience and I don't have any experience with nforce2 boards at all, but try logging in as root, opening a terminal, and typing "modprobe nvnet" and then post what error (if any) that you get.

 

[xenocyd3]

how do you open a terminal

 

[Ant001]

uh...

If you're in the "desktop" there should be a button on the panel that looks like a black screen with text on it. Click it. Type "modprobe nvnet". Post results.

 

[drag]

In redhat it's not always on the desktop. Sometimes it's up in the menus under system tools or some such nonsense.

If you can't find it, hit ctrl-alt-F2 (or any of the f-buttons up to F6) and that should get you out of X and into regular console mode. From there you can long into it as root easily.

 

[civad]

In KDE, you can type alt+f2 to get a small window which says 'run' type xterm or rxvt and you should get a terminal window.

 

[xenocyd3]

modprobe command does not work..

 

[xenocyd3]

ok i got into root it says
modprobe: can't locate module nvnet

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: xenocyd3
ok i got into root it says
modprobe: can't locate module nvnet

That means that the module isn't installed. Make sure that the package (?) installed right.

 

[xenocyd3]

how do i uninstall it?

 

[drag]

did you install the drivers from Nvidia's website?


All you have to do is download the driver package.
from here

If you use the RPM, just install it like you would normally do. Then get into a terminal and run "depmod" and then "modprobe nvnet"

You can also compile it from scratch using the src.rpm file..

If you can't use the RPM for whatever reason or your are distro that's not supported you just have to use the source code "tarball" instead. "tar zxfv nvidia.driver.file.name.tar.gz" and the "cd into.new.nvidia.folder" and then read the README file (very important) and follow it's directions.


Nvidia should have all the directions you need to get their drivers going.


You can check if you already have the nvnet file, buy

cd /lib/modules

du -a | grep nvnet

That will show you the name of the file and it's path. If it's there it may not be for your kernel if you have a upgraded version. You can have more then one kernel, and each kernel will have it's own set of drivers. But you can only use the drivers for the kernel you are currently using.


You can find out which kernel you are currently using, buy using the dmesg command.

dmesg | less

It should be the first line. Dmesg will also show you important information on the hardware that can be detected. You can also find the kernel version by going to the special file /proc/version and reading it.

To uninstall it. Just delete the nvnet.o module file. Or if you are using RPM's then uninstall that specific RPM.

You don't have to uninstall it to reinstall it. The file will simply overwrite the old one. (should)