[NTLUG:Discuss] Networking problem (was Invisible cursor)

[Leroy Tennison]

tophatjames at yahoo.com wrote:
> Update the BIOS, then update FC5 to the latest.  The BIOS will let this particular board start to work, but until you also update the O/S, it is still flaky. 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Douglas Scott" <dcscott1 at comcast.net>
> To: "NTLUG Discussion List" <discuss at ntlug.org>
> Sent: 10/13/06 9:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Networking problem (was Invisible cursor)
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> On Thursday 12 October 2006 8:52 am, Wayne Walker wrote:
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>> read the man page for your video card driver.  Most of them have an
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>> On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 08:38:55AM -0500, Douglas Scott wrote:
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>>> I've got an unusual problem.  I just installed Suse 10.1 on a new
>>> computer I just built and I can't see the cursor.  It's there.  Icons
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> Thanks for the tip.  That worked.  Now I can finally look into the other big 
> issue I have with the machine, namely the networking.  The machine duel boots 
> into the other OS and networking, including DHCP, works fine there, so it's 
> not a hardware issue.
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> The network card appears to be detected but DHCP could never get an address 
> back from the server.  I finally gave up on that and went to a static 
> address.  ifconfig shows I have the address.  Running status on the network 
> service shows it is running.  And running route shows that routing is setup 
> correctly.  However route takes it's time reporting this.  It seems to hang 
> for about 20 seconds twice during the listing.  Once when it lists 
> 192.168.1.0 and once when it lists the default line.
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> Actually this is the 3rd install on this machine.  While waiting to download a 
> copy of the Suse 10.1 64 DVD I installed Suse Enterprise Edition 10 and 
> Fedora Core 5, both of which I had sitting around from magazines.  I noticed 
> that both also had trouble with the network.
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> I had assumed that I needed to get a driver for the system.  The motherboard, 
> is an Asus A8N-VM/CSM, which has an nVidia chipset.  The ethernet controller 
> is an MCP51 and is built into the MB.  The MB came with a disk that includes 
> Linux drivers on it, but running the program results in an error.  I checked 
> the nVidia web site and they recommend Suse users should use Yast to upgrade.  
> Of course that rather requires getting the network to work first.
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> The module that the network card should be using is forcedeth and this is 
> present and lsmod shows that it is loaded.  
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> So I am out of ideas.  Any suggestions.
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> Doug
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Thinking about this further, you're having more hardware problems than 
normal.  It may be time to take that motherboard back to the dealer and 
say "I want one more compatible with Linux".  I had a miserable 
experience with a VIA-based board and finally bought an Elite Group 
(ECS) board at the recommendation from those on this list and have had 
good success with it.  I have two ASUS boards running Linux but both are 
SIS-based.  SIS is not a high-end chipset but I haven't had any trouble 
with it (the ECS board is SIS-based because of previous experience).