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anarchist · Apprentice Joined: 12 Jul 2002 Posts: 264

Hi there, i have got some minor problems with this really nice board, actually there are just 2 problems:
The first one, i simply cant get the 3com onboard lan to start work, is there any trick? which drivers shall i use? has anyone managed to get it running? would be really nice.
And the second not so important one, is there any way to measure my temperatures by using lmsensors or is it impossible to use it with this board at this time?
thanks :-)

BonezTheGoon · Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2002 11:48 pm Post subject:

You could try to modprobe the 3c59x module (which I think is the one to use for the 3c9xx cards too) and see if that brings up your MAC. Let us know what you find.

Regards,
BonezTheGoon

taskara · Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2002 3:17 am Post subject:

yeah 3c59x works under windows, but not sure about linux.

I think there is support for it in the latest beta kernels, maybe you can make a new boot cd with a custom kernel, or use a temporary nic.

How do you find the board? I've been thinking of getting one

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BonezTheGoon · Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2002 3:25 am Post subject:

I do believe the 3c59x.o module is fairly standard for 2.4.x kernel's. I don't think you will have any trouble trying it, both the Gentoo Sources and Vanilla Sources have it by default I can promise you. What I cannot tell you is whether it is the correct module to use, just try it and see.

Regards,
BonezTheGoon

neur0mancer · n00b Joined: 16 Dec 2002 Posts: 3

what does cat /proc/pci | grep net give you? If its something like:

dol-sen · Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2002 6:29 am Post subject: network drivers

Check out this thread https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=25742

here is a snip of one of rommel's messages in that thread:

anarchist · Apprentice Joined: 12 Jul 2002 Posts: 264

okay i already tried to load the 3c59x and it did not work but what confuses me, also the driver asus ships (its a 3c90x driver) does not work

cat /proc/pci |grep net gives me
Ethernet controller: PCI device 10de:0066 (nVidia Corporation) (rev 161).
Ethernet controller: PCI device 10b7:9201 (3Com Corporation) (rev 64).
and nothing more........
some ideas?

taskara · Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2002 11:14 am Post subject:

like I suggested, you might want to put in a temp nic, or re-build your boot cd with the nvidia drivers / 3Com driver from 2.5.51
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anarchist · Apprentice Joined: 12 Jul 2002 Posts: 264

thats not the problem, my system is up and running, but i want that 3com nic to work! thats all, my system runs smooth and is right now being recompiled with athlon-xp flags. but i would really appreciate if one could tell me how to get this 3com nic to work

BonezTheGoon · Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2002 2:28 pm Post subject:

anarchist · Apprentice Joined: 12 Jul 2002 Posts: 264

asus ships a linux module on their cd its called (if you have compiled it) 3c90x.o

taskara · Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2002 9:40 pm Post subject:

ahhhhh ic.. interesting..

you probably couldn't care atm, but apart from the nic problem, how are you liking the performance of the A7N8X ?

what ram and cpu did you go for ?

did you get the deluxe version ? or standard one ?
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BonezTheGoon · Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2002 9:50 pm Post subject:

So when you try to modprobe 3c90x after compiling the driver from Asus what happens? Also when you try to modprobe 3c59x that is native to the 2.4.x kernel what happens? Errors? Anything? I googled around for a while and no one seems to be mentioning this, so either it is WAY too new or it is WAY too easy usually. I couldn't tell you which though. Are you dual-booting this machine? If so what driver does windows use and how well does it work?

Regards,
BonezTheGoon

BonezTheGoon · Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2002 9:54 pm Post subject:

Also have you read around here at all to see if there is some official documentation to get this working? Just an idea . . .

Regards,
BonezTheGoon

anarchist · Apprentice Joined: 12 Jul 2002 Posts: 264

@taskara
i really like the performance this board is really fast... i got an 1900+ because ill wait for the barton to be released.
and ATM i got 256mb infineon pc 333 cl 2.5 running at 280mhz and the timings 5 2 2 2 its really nice ram! and not to expensive..... and the second one is actually coming tommorow :-)

well its the deluxe version :-)

@bonez the goon
im not dual booting so i dont know...... well the link you postet is the link for the nvidia driver package and this nic works flawlessly ........... i already tried to load the 3c59x module but it does not work .... well i'll give you the output of modprobe 3c90x:

"bash-2.05b# modprobe 3c90x
Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/drivers/net/3c90x.o will taint the kernel: no license
See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/drivers/net/3c90x.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/drivers/net/3c90x.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/drivers/net/3c90x.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/drivers/net/3c90x.o: insmod 3c90x failed

thats it....... and i really don't know how to fix this problem .....

taskara · Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2002 10:09 pm Post subject:

do you have "plug n plug OS" DISabled in to bios? maybe linux can't find the irq ??

another question -you got the deluxe version,yeah? does the sound use realtek ALC650 (like the standard) or does it use nvidia sound ?

also did you get a serial hdd? and try to use the silicon controller? have you gotten it to work under linux?

sorry to bug you, thanks!
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anarchist · Apprentice Joined: 12 Jul 2002 Posts: 264

i think i have plug and play os disabled but im not too sure...... im actually not using the onboard sound so cant tell and im not using SATA either :-)

taskara · Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2002 10:56 pm Post subject:

hehe.. ok then!

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BonezTheGoon · Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2002 11:17 pm Post subject:

The link for the nVidia nForce driver set does not include any support for your ONBOARD 3Com NIC? Boy nVidia is slipping in their old age. Hrrmph. After you get those errors have you tried checking to see if the NIC magically came up?

X-SoCiaL · Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2002 3:37 pm Post subject:

I just want to add that I built myself a new system at home about 2 weeks ago. It got a Asus P4T533-C motherboard with P4 2.533GHz CPU and 512 1000Mhz memory. As I installed Gentoo, I had no problem with the onboard Intel 100 Pro VE card. But as soon as the installation part was finished and I rebooted, their was no way in hell that I could get the NIC to work. No matter if I had it as a module or in the kernel. I then tried a Realtech II (SMC) card and had exactly the same problem. So finally I went to poke around in BIOS and guess what, it was Plug'nPlay OS support that created the problem. I turned it of and both the SMC and Intel card kicked in so check it out, and check it out again =)

/Roger
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anarchist · Apprentice Joined: 12 Jul 2002 Posts: 264

thanks im gonna check it, as soon as my kdelibs hast merged ;-)

anarchist · Apprentice Joined: 12 Jul 2002 Posts: 264

moep actually i dont seem to have this plug and play option.....

X-SoCiaL · Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2002 8:30 pm Post subject:

You should have ... usually under a subcategory ... PCI something ... will check the right place in BIOS later ... Almost all BIOS:s got this
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taskara · Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2002 9:50 pm Post subject:

hey, make sure you check that option, for reasons exactly like X-SoCiaL had - that's why I mentioned it b4!

it should be under the

Forge · Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2002 4:23 am Post subject:

The 3C920 isn't supported by the current kernels. The POS that Asus put on their CD doesn't work, either. I believe the 920 needs it's PCI ID added to the 3c59x driver.