Bug#326062: installation report
On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 04:45:48PM +0200, Witold Krakowski wrote:
> lspci -n
> 0000:00:00.0 0600: 10de:00e1 (rev a1)
> 0000:00:01.0 0601: 10de:00e0 (rev a2)
> 0000:00:01.1 0c05: 10de:00e4 (rev a1)
> 0000:00:02.0 0c03: 10de:00e7 (rev a1)
> 0000:00:02.1 0c03: 10de:00e7 (rev a1)
> 0000:00:02.2 0c03: 10de:00e8 (rev a2)
> 0000:00:05.0 0680: 10de:00df (rev a2)
> 0000:00:06.0 0401: 10de:00ea (rev a1)
> 0000:00:08.0 0101: 10de:00e5 (rev a2)
> 0000:00:0a.0 0101: 10de:00e3 (rev a2)
> 0000:00:0b.0 0604: 10de:00e2 (rev a2)
> 0000:00:0e.0 0604: 10de:00ed (rev a2)
> 0000:00:18.0 0600: 1022:1100
> 0000:00:18.1 0600: 1022:1101
> 0000:00:18.2 0600: 1022:1102
> 0000:00:18.3 0600: 1022:1103
> 0000:01:00.0 0300: 1002:4153
> 0000:01:00.1 0380: 1002:4173
> 0000:02:08.0 0c03: 1033:0035 (rev 41)
> 0000:02:08.1 0c03: 1033:0035 (rev 41)
> 0000:02:08.2 0c03: 1033:00e0 (rev 01)
> 0000:02:09.0 0100: 9004:8178 (rev 01)
> 0000:02:0b.0 0c00: 1106:3044 (rev 80)
> 0000:02:0c.0 0180: 1095:3114 (rev 02)
Well no pci ethernet detected there.
> Base System Installation Checklist:
> [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
>
> Initial boot worked: [O]
> Configure network HW: [E]
> Config network: [ ]
> Detect CD: [ ]
> Load installer modules: [ ]
> Detect hard drives: [ ]
> Partition hard drives: [ ]
> Create file systems: [ ]
> Mount partitions: [ ]
> Install base system: [ ]
> Install boot loader: [ ]
> Reboot: [ ]
>
> Comments/Problems:Sarge won't find my onboard Ethernet adapter. I
> choose the forcedeth module which is
> appropriate for the nvidia/marvell adapter, but the installer says
> there is no HW for that.
> It's strange, because on other distros I tried, the forcedeth module was used.
>
> <Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
> I would boot with another kernel, but don't know how to do that
> (if it's possible at all).It seems that some parameters are needed for
> the forcedeth module, but I don't
> know what they are, and what values they can have.>
There seems to be a problem in 2.6.8 about detecting some nvidia network
chips.
modprobe forcedeth on console 2 should load the driver, even though the
pci info doesn't list it and hence the installer doesn't know to load
it.
It seems to have been fixed in later kernels but that doesn't help the
sarge installer much. Loading the driver manually should do the trick
though.
So in summary try this:
boot linux26 option
when it fails to detect network, hit leftalt+F2, then 'modprobe
forcedeth' and it should hopefulyl find the network chip, then
leftalt+F1 to go back to installer and retry detecting network and
hopefully it will then have found it.
ifconfig -a in console2 should also show an eth device if it found it.
Don't confuse the firewire port which it often detects too as the one
you want. The MAC address of ethernet is xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx while for
firewire it is much longer.
ie: 00-11-D8-00-00-0D-1D-F5-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 is a firewire MAC.
Len Sorensen
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