No access to the internet with the new computer :(Forum: Networking Topic: No access to the internet with the new computer :( started by: Key Posted by Key on June 08 2007,12:06
I'm a little bit disappointed, as my new computer ( ASUS Pundit P1-AH2 barebone system ) will not give me access to the internet.I'm still using Damn Small Linux v 3.2 installed on my old memory stick ( usb-pen ). I didn't have problems with this on my older computers. It was always working and there are no changes on it as it is write protected. Also I do not have any problems with this new computer to get access to the internet with the installed Vista 64 bit operating system. Therefore I assume, that the onboard network device from this new computer isn't supported from DSL ? The network device is: NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller VLAN 0011 What can be done? How can I get my memory stick working again with getting access to the internet automatically? Is it easy to install a driver for this network device if it isn't supported yet? Looking for further information on this issue. Thank you very much in advance. Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on June 08 2007,13:48
driver = forcedepthThough maybe yours is a newer revision that isn't supported? Or maybe you need to load chipset drivers first (nforce2*?). Could run `find /lib/modules | grep nforce` Posted by Key on June 08 2007,16:10
Thanks for your quick response. Unfortunately my knowledge with Linux ist too small in order to know how to proceed. From the ASUS homepage, I found these further information: North Bridge: nVidia Crush 51PV South Bridge: nVidia MCP 51 LAN: 10/100/1000 Mbps Don't know if these information will help? DSL reports that no network-card has been found, although there is an onboard network-card ( which works fine with Vista ). Maybe it is easier to install an additional network-card to the computer than adding a supported driver? And I thought that everything is so easy, as I had already 3 computers where their different network-cards have always been configured automatically with DSL. Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on June 08 2007,16:49
To load a module, use `sudo modprobe <module>` in a terminal/console/tty/command prompt. You can also run that find command there.But I forgot to recommend a search first: see i.e. < http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....16;st=5 > Don't think anyone's backported/compiled it in 2.4.26 for DSL yet... Posted by Key on June 08 2007,17:34
Now I understand the problem.Thank you for this information. So I am waiting now for a new DSL with a new kernel. I have voted for: "Update DSL Kernel to 2.4.34" Hope it won't take so much time. But at least I have hope now, that it will work with a newer kernel. Maybe I will try another distro with a newer kernel in the meantime. Posted by Key on June 08 2007,20:51
I have tried DSL-N 0.1 RC4 now as well.Unfortunately this doesn't work on my machine. Screen is frozen after boot. Furthermore I have tried Knoppix 5.1.1. Internet is working again! Yeah! :-) Now I really know that it is the kernel which doesn't give me access to the internet with DSL 3.2 or DSL 3.3. I wanted to try DSL 2.0 as well ( as it has a newer 2.4.(31) kernel for some reason ) but it stopped booting after some seconds. Reason: CD-Rom not found! I'm using a SATA-DVD-drive and a SATA-harddisk. Seems that kernel 2.4.26 doesn't like my SATA-drives. I hope my SATA drives and my onboard network-card will be recognized again with the next DSL version, doesn't matter if kernel 2.4.xx or 2.6.xx. It should be updated quite soon. Thanks. Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on June 08 2007,23:18
Use 2.1 (b) for sata boot time modules (as suggested in the thread I posted - see changelog notes for more details)Not sure about dsl-n as I have not used it much, but you can probably find something related to your m/b chipset. |