Forcedeth doesn't work with nForce 430 on Kernel 2.6.16 (and laters)

[Zsombi]

Everybody knows, that after Kern. 2.6.16 nForce driver is not supported. You can't build it.
The only possibility is the forcedeth.

But on my ASUS M2N-DH the forcedeth can't find my onboard LAN.
- In Yast Harware detection, i can't see anything that refers to LAN, although the onboard sound is visible - but it doesn't work!

Where can i find a working forcedeth?

ps1.: SATA, ACHI, IDE work fine.
ps2.: I've tried the turn off and wait, while pushing the power button woodoo.

config:
ASUS M2N-DH
AUDIGY 2
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200

OS:
SUSE 10.1 (2.6.16.21-025 SMP kernel with multiproc)
XP sp2

[netllama]

If the NIC isn't enumerated on the PCI bus, that's not a driver bug, that's a motherboard bug. Please post the output from lspci.

Thanks,
Lonni

[Zsombi]

Here You are:

00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 03ea (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 03e0 (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 03eb (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 03f5 (rev a2)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 03f4 (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 03f1 (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 03f2 (rev a2)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 03f3 (rev a1)
00:05.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 03f0 (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 03ec (rev a2)
00:07.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 03ef (rev a2)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 03f6 (rev a2)
00:08.1 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 03f6 (rev a2)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 03e8 (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 03e9 (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 03e9 (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)
01:0a.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy MIDI/Game port (rev 04)
01:0a.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 04)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0392 (rev a1)

[netllama]

Your NIC is right here:
00:07.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 03ef (rev a2)

How are you determining that forcedeth can't find it?

[Zsombi]

The forcedeth doesn't load on startup although other hardware modules are loaded - it's not in lsmod list.

And it doesn't work either when i load it manually (modeprobe forcedeth).

[netllama]

You need to do more than just load a module for a device to work. Did you configure the interface? What does dmesg report when forcedeth is loaded?

[Zsombi]

I've tried to configure via Yast but when i close it, "Network Manager is now disconnected" message appiers - like on startup.
In my place, there are another well configured SUSE system - i've done same way, via Yast, i'm not a terminal guru :).

dmesg reports - i don' copy all (it's too long), only forcedeth part.

forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.49.
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team

[netllama]

Are you sure that you have an nForce 430 motherboard? I've not run across any M2 CPU boards that were nForce4. I suspect the problem here might be the old version of forecedeth that you're using.

[Zsombi]

Mb's manual says:
Lan - NVIDIA nForce 430 MCP built-in Gigabit MAC with external Attansic PHY.
This MB has a USB Wifi as well i couldn't make it work either - but i don't need it i've only tried another way to get internet work.

The forcedeth i've tried is the one which has come with the original SUSE 10.1 dvd. I don't know if there's a newer version of it.

I'm new to linux, and very happy that i've found someone who helps this much :)

[Zsombi]

:captnkill:
I'm writing under my SUSE 10.1. !!!
:captnkill:

The solution was to build a new kernel, 2.6.18 is good for this motherboard.
For how to build a new one, I've found a good manual in openSUSE site's HOWTO.

Thanks a lot.

[gnutux]

apparently many new drivers were implemented on the new 2.6.18 kernel.

gnutux