Suse linux network module?

[bigpoppapumpg]

trying to install this os by ftp, which requires a small .iso and then all you have to do is specify the fpt ip. Well when i select network install, it says no network device found, plese install network module first.

I have a few modules I downloaded with tons of network devices in them, but i have no idea which one to specify. my nforce2 mobo uses the embeded nvidia mac, but im not sure which one this is. anyone have any idea how i can install this network module?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Do you have a better NIC? I am not sure the nVidia NICs work without proprietary drivers.

 

[bigpoppapumpg]

No I just use the one on the mobo. Oddly I installed Debian mini .iso ftp installation and it had no problems downloading all the packages, evidently it worked fine with my nic. suse however, the one i really want to use, asks for a module. I believe nforce2 mobos use a realtek ehternet, is there a general realtek module I could use that would work?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Yeah, check to see which module Debian is loading (or use knoppix to find out), and then try loading it in SuSE.

 

[bigpoppapumpg]

im a linux newbie, how do i find out which one debian loaded?

 

[Crusty]

lsmod

That will tell you what modules have been loaded.

lspci

That will give you more information about your devices, it could help to find the module name.

 

[bigpoppapumpg]

i was told on anther forum to simply use the nvidia nvnet module for suse. sound about right?

 

[Crusty]

well sure, try and load that module and see what happens.

 

[bigpoppapumpg]

ok so find that module, copy it to a floppy, and when suse ftp installer asks for a network module I can specify to look in the floppy drive?

 

[drag]

Originally posted by: bigpoppapumpg
ok so find that module, copy it to a floppy, and when suse ftp installer asks for a network module I can specify to look in the floppy drive?

sometimes that will work, often it won't. Modules are generally only usefull for the kernels that they are compiled to be used with. You want the drivers from Nvidia's website, they have nforce driver package.

Sorry, but this is why propriatory drivers suck. I don't know how or why it worked with you debian mini iso, but Knoppix is escentually a debian OS.

I had a nforce board and the nic wouldn't work without the propriatory drivers. I had a ethernet card laying around, so I just used that instead. You can pick up a cheap one that will work for between 4-10 bucks.

The nforce board sometimes use a nvidia-modified versions of the realtek chipset-based onboard nic. These things are used in the cheapest and probably most common cards you can find, and they work great. But the nvidia ones are pseudo-compatable with the standard drivers.

The modules for these cards are called rtl8139. Or something similar, don't quite remember...

All the modules for your kernel are located in /lib/modules/kernel-name, were kernel name is the name of the kernel you are using. Try this command:

find /lib/modules/ | grep 8139

So if you find a rtl8139.o then you go

modprobe rtl8139

(minus the .o part)

and that should get the drivers installed. Then you have to configure the ethernet interface. If you use dhcp on your network then it would be something like:

dhclient eth0
or
dhcpcd eth0

I am pretty sure.