SuSE 8.2 problem?

[robisc]

Trying to do a net install of SuSE 8.2 and the network modules for my Realtek RTL8201 PHY NIC aren't included, I have an Epox 8RDA+ board in this box, anyone have any luck with this board and a SuSE FTP install? If so where did you get the drivers?

 

[robisc]

I can't be the only one here with an Nforce board with SuSE can I?

 

[TonyRic]

try to load the 8139too driver, it is included but not necessarily autoodetected.

 

[robisc]

Tried it but it gave me an error and wasn't loaded.

 

[robisc]

OK I bought the boxed version of SuSe and got it installed on this box, all seemed well thru the install but I can't get a net connection, it seems as if my hardware is installed fine when I look at devices and my network settings are OK, I use DHCP through a router. My questions is: Do I need the nvidia drivers for the Nforce board that are located on Nvidia's website?

 

[manly]

I don't have a solution, but this question was recently asked here:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=34&threadid=1073260

 

[robisc]

Looks relevant, I am going to try the Nvidia drivers this evening, thanks for the link.

 

[robisc]

OK I had no luck with the Nvidia card so I put in a Belkin card, the hardware wizard started and the card seemed to install properly, I gave the box a name and set up the net connection to use DHCP, but I can't get to the internet. Any ideas?

 

[TonyRic]

Sounds to me like the default gateway isn't being setup properly. Check in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (or eth1 depending) and make sure the IP of your router is in there as GATEWAY= xIP.ADD.RES.Sxx it may be in /etc/sysconfig/network, I cannot remember as I am not at home on my laptop. But, you could also do it through YaST.

 

[robisc]

OK I got it, don't know what it has to do with it but I added a line to the bootloader and turned ACPI=off and now I am connected, all else stayed the same, I am posting this fro now from SuSE now, thanks for the replies.

 

[manly]

Oh I forgot to mention that enabling ACPI for nForce2 systems is not recommended for SuSE Linux. In fact, the SuSE installer kernel won't boot up (on my system) if ACPI is enabled. I'm pretty sure the default athlon optimized kernel won't either. Unfortunately you probably wouldn't know to disable ACPI unless you read their mailing list (archive).

Instead of disabling ACPI completely, I've just turned off PCI IRQ routing (pci=noacpi). Neither change solves the problem I have. Even worse, I was hoping I'd at least get power management (for system suspend) if I disabled just IRQ routing, but judging only from the KDE PM tool, that doesn't appear to be the case.

Ref: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=34&threadid=1087645

As I stated in that thread, ACPI for (SuSE) Linux is still relatively half-baked. It's fairly essential for notebook PCs, but seems to create problems for desktops.

Edit:
nVidia still hasn't updated their Windows UDP, but new Linux nForce drivers were quietly released:
http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_nforce_1.0-0261

I say quietly because you have to visit the nForce Driver Archive page to find them. In theory, for kernel 2.4.20 or later, their nForce GART patch will support non-nVidia GPUs, such as ATI Radeon. I might give it a try soon; last time I put a Radeon 9x00 card in my system, SuSE showed a completely blank screen at bootup. None of their documented workarounds (disabling FB text mode) seemed to work either...