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Dikkiedik
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 Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:36 pm Post subject: Back on the gentoo scene: New PC |
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So I'm back. After a long time not using gentoo, I've recently bought a brand new PC (Home made) and I now want to try Gentoo on it. My last PC was way to slow do the things I want with Gentoo.
So, I put the live cd in and got started. But right in the beginning I'm allready getting into trouble:
- X won't start (No screen found)
- On Board NIC won't DHCPCD.
| Code: | This is my configuration (thanks to Everest EDIT: Running on Windows so indeed I have an IP (windows 'just works'):
Motherboard:
CPU Type 2x , 2400 MHz (7 x 343)
Motherboard Name P5N32E SLI Plus (Asus)
Motherboard Chipset Chipset NVIDIA Dual X16 SLI - ATX
System Memory 2048 MB
BIOS Type Award (12/20/06)
[ BIOS ]
BIOS Properties:
Vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD
Version ASUS P5N32-E SLI PLUS ACPI BIOS Revision 0302
Release Date 12/20/2006
Size 1024 KB
Boot Devices Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM, ATAPI ZIP, LS-120
Capabilities Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD, BBS
Supported Standards DMI, APM, ACPI, PnP
Expansion Capabilities PCI, USB
Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS (256 MB)
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB] (AU30637002364)
Multimedia:
Audio Adapter SoundMAX HD Audio
Storage:
IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce 590/570/550 Serial ATA Controller
IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce 590/570/550 Serial ATA Controller
IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce 590/570/550 Serial ATA Controller
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller A347SCSI SCSI Controller
Disk Drive WDC WD740ADFD-00NLR4 (69 GB, IDE)
Disk Drive WDC WD5000AAKS-00TMA0 (465 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive ATAPI DVD A DH20A1S
Optical Drive AXV CD/DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device (Virtual DVD-ROM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK
Network:
Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller (192.168.1.3)
Processor Properties:
Manufacturer Intel
Version Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.40GHz
External Clock 266 MHz
Maximum Clock 3800 MHz
Current Clock 2400 MHz
Type Central Processor
Status Enabled
Upgrade ZIF
Socket Designation Socket 775
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Do I need some special kind of driver(s) for this motherboard?
How do I proceed??
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djscribble
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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Per your output you already have an IP address on there of 192.168.1.3, however, i had a similar problem, and the module you need to get your networking going is: FORCEDETH (in the kernel it is under the 10/100 section, however it still works with gigabit)
What is the output when you run dhcpcd? Also, what did you use to get that output that you provided (i looked for everest, but couldn't find anything in portage)
Also, in RE to x not starting, that is because the livecd does not have the nvidia drivers that you card requires (i have the 8800gts and had the same problem) if you change the driver in your xorg to vesa then you can start X |
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Dikkiedik
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| Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
Everest is a program I use running on Windows. It does indeed not show in Portage. And even if it did, I haven't installed Gentoo jet on my system (because of the X problem... Way too much work to set up a second computer for the handguide (since I couldn't use LINKS because of the network problem).
The output of DHCPCD is something like: Timeout, couldn't find DHCP server, or something like that. It says it's unable to locate a DHCP server, but my router and switch are set up alright and the router is definitly serving IP's. Windows works just fine.
I read some time ago that some Nvidia onboard cards don't seem to work with Gentoo and there was a solution, however I couldn't find anything after a quick search on the forum (and didn't really know what to look for).
I'm going to try and run using the vesa driver now. If it works, my problem is halfway to being solved!! Thanks!!!
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Dikkiedik
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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Haven't tried the vesa stuff yet... So no progress on there.
Can anybody tell me why my network cards (2 onboard on a P5N32E SLI Plus (Asus) motherboard) won't work???
And perhaps a resolution to this problem??
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cyrillic
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Location: Groton, Massachusetts USA
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Dikkiedik wrote: | | Can anybody tell me why my network cards (2 onboard on a P5N32E SLI Plus (Asus) motherboard) won't work??? |
It could be an IRQ routing problem.
Try booting with "acpi=off" or "pci=noacpi" and see if that helps. |
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