From: stappers@stappers.nl (Geert Stappers)
Reply-To: 378817@bugs.debian.org
To: Philip Eve <philip_eve@hotmail.com>, 378817@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#378817: network card in a nForce chipset
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:54:22 +0200
On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 02:30:34AM +0000, Philip Eve wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
>
> Boot method: CD (netinst)
> Image version: 19/07/06, about midnight GMT, the "stable" i386 version
from
> the Debian web site
> Date: 19/07/06, about 1-2AM GMT
>
> Machine: Self-built from retail components
> Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3500+
> Memory: 1 GB
> Partitions: One NTFS partition (it's a windows XP machine)
>
> Output of lspci and lspci -n: I don't know what this line means
'lspci' is short for "list all PCI devices",
it is also the computerprogram that reveals hardware information.
There are in Debian-Installer two ways to start that program.
Select in the main-menu "shell" or press 'ALT-F2'[1]
then type
lspci
lspci -n
> 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: [O]
> Load installer modules: [ ]
> Detect hard drives: [ ]
>
> Comments/Problems: My motherboard has an nForce chipset which I rely on
for
> network functionality. The installer reported being unable to detect a
> network card, and gave a list of possible network cards. NForce did
appear
> on there, but though I selected this, it still would not work - it said
> something along the lines of "the forcedeth module did not work. Please
> supply extra parameters to make it work".
The "Please supply extra parameters to make it work" is a hint about
something that _can_ help. Example of where it _can_ work is,
when the driver expects the networkcard at IObase 0x300 or 0x280,
but your card has actual it's IObase at 0x310, then you supply the
parameter 'io=310'.
I doubt that supplying extra parameters to the forcedeth will help you.
"a nForce chipset" does _not_ mean that the forcedeth can be used.
Contact the retailer(s) of the compoments you are using
and ask them about Linux support.
Cheers
Geert Stappers