Asus A7N8X deluxe + Mandrake 9.1 RC2

[nicgalla]

Hi folks!
I have just downloaded Mandrake 9.1 RC2, which is supposed to have the best support for nForce2 chipset (I have an ASUS A7N8X deluxe 1002 bios).
It works fine, in fact I'm writing from there, but I can't use some devices. In HardDrake I have noticed it detects correctly devices like "nForce2 MCP Networking Adapter", "nForce2 AGP Controller", "nForce2 Memory Controller", nForce2 UDMA 100 IDE Controller" but they don't have any module installed (it says unknown in red). Only 3Com adapter, USB2.0 and firewire cntrl work fine.
I have tried to install latest nVidia 0248 Drivers for Mandrake 9.0 by double clicking on it. It installs but the drivers aren't installed. I suppose they are for an older kernel.
This is confirmed by playing an MP3. If I load a program the MP3 stutters, which is common when the hard drive isn't using DMA and/or IDE controller driver not installed.
I tried to recompile the source driver by using 'rpm --rebuild' command but is says '/usr/lib/rpm/rpmb: no such file or directory'.
Please note ther is no 'source kernel' in RPMDrake as I have read in other topic for Mandrake 9.0. There are only kernel for multiprocessors systems.
Then I tried TAR file, extracted succesfully then typed 'make' command. It says:
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make -C nvnet
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/nic/Documents/nforce/nvnet'
cc -c -DLINUX -DMODULE -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -D__KERNEL__ -O -Wstrict-prototypes -DCONFIG_PM -fno-strict-aliasing -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -falign-functions=4 -DMODULE -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.21/include nvnet.c
make[1]: cc: Command not found
make[1]: *** [nvnet.o] Error 127
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/nic/Documents/nforce/nvnet'
make: *** [nvnet_make] Error 2
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if I type 'make install' it says:
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make -C nvnet install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/nic/Documents/nforce/nvnet'
mkdir -p //lib/modules/2.4.21-0.11mdk/kernel/drivers/net
install -b -m 644 -o root nvnet.o //lib/modules/2.4.21-0.11mdk/kernel/drivers/net
install: impossibile fare stat di `nvnet.o': No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/nic/Documents/nforce/nvnet'
make: *** [nvnet_install] Error 2
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I checked in the directories and in fact there is no nvnet.o file.
I'm a newbie but in the past days I have read tons of topics about these; unfortunately no solutions matched my problems since Mandrake 9.1 RC2 is really fresh....

Please tell me I can install these drivers... Thanks a lot! :)

Nic Galla

[nicgalla]

Hey folks!!!!

100 people have read my post but nobody replied!

Anyway is there anyone that has tested an nForce2 mobo with Mandrake 9.1 final version or SuSE 8.2?

Let me know :)

[bwkaz]

"cc: command not found"

You need to install a compiler. You probably, therefore, also need to install your kernel-source package.

Make it easy (well... easier) on yourself, and just throw all the development stuff on from your CDs.

[mokbaberia]

I have the same problem
I also have a Asus A7N8X, with NForce2 > i've tried RedHat 8.0, and Mandrake 9.1 > installed the NForce drivers, but i get stutters when i play MP3 and try to open another file, and the HD transfers speed is terrible, absolutely terrible!!

I've installed the rpm sources with rpmbuild --rebuild, everything went ok, HOWEVER i think that the installer didn't changed the kernel config to load the NForce2 drivers modules.

How can i load the NForce2 drivers modules manually - what modules do i have to load?
And how can i make the modules load automatically when i boot up RH8 ? Do i have to compile a new kernel? If that is the case, how can i set the kernel options to see the NForce2 drivers modules?

[Andy Mecham]

and the HD transfers speed is terrible, absolutely terrible!!You're probably using PIO mode. You can enable DMA with hdparm.
How can i load the NForce2 drivers modules manually - what modules do i have to load?
The RPM should have updated /etc/modules.conf for you. If not, it should read
alias nvnet eth0
alias nvaudio sound-slot-0
--andy