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On 16 June 2007, Thierry de Coulon wrote: |
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> hello, |
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> I'm trying to install on a Gigabyte M61PM-S2. that card works well, but |
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> uses some chipsets that are only supported in the latest kernels. |
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> Network is such a chipset, it's an nvidia nForce 430 chipset that "uses" a |
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> Realtek RTL8211 PHY that, apparently, does not require drivers (if I |
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> understand it rignt it's the nvidia part that has drivers. |
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> Now the problem I don't understand: |
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> I've installed from the 2007.0 minimal install CD, using a stage 3. |
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> net-setup finds the card and configures it. It says it uses the forcedeth |
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> module. And it works perfectly, with fast downloads. |
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> After compiling a kernel (I've used genkernel) and a succesful reboot I |
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> have the following situation: |
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> the forcedeth module is loaded |
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> revolv.conf and /etc/conf.d/net seem to be OK. They look just the same as |
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> those on my other machine running Sabayon. |
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A guess from what I have read on another list: You have a conflict because |
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both drivers (modules) are loaded, the RLT one and forcedeth. If you remove |
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the RLT module, does is work? |
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Uwe |
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The Informal Linux Group Namibia: |
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http://www.linux.org.na |
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SysEx (Pty) Ltd.: |
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http://www.SysEx.com.na |
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