Rebuild Kernel with nForce Drivers (Kernel V2.6.18 Debian)
 

Hello all !

I've just buy an ASUS motherboard (P5N-EM HDMI) with nForce 630i chipset. I'm "one of those that yet likes to rebuild his own kernel"... But I can't manage to get the chipset working neither the network card, i've "solved" that by using another pci network card but there is no way to install a second SATA hard drive (320GB) and when I do a lspci I have all the north bridge listed as unknown...

Any help will be usefull, please...

Thank you in advance,
Z

Re: Rebuild Kernel with nForce Drivers (Kernel V2.6.18 Debian)
 

hi!

please post the output of lspci -v

i assume you have a nvidia nic, so you have to add the FORCEDETH driver, for the harddrive you need the SATA_NV driver. perhaps you need a newer kernel that supports your chipset.

HTH
snIP3r

Re: Rebuild Kernel with nForce Drivers (Kernel V2.6.18 Debian)
 

Here is the lspci -v output :

00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07c1 (rev a2)
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0

00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07cb (rev a2)
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0

00:01.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07cd (rev a1)
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:01.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07ce (rev a1)
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07cf (rev a1)
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:01.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07d0 (rev a1)
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:01.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07d1 (rev a1)
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:01.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07d2 (rev a1)
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:01.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07d3 (rev a1)
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:02.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07d6 (rev a1)
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:03.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07d7 (rev a2)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 82ae
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0

00:03.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07d8 (rev a1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 82ae
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 255
I/O ports at ff00 [size=64]
I/O ports at 1c00 [size=64]
I/O ports at 1c80 [size=64]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:03.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07d9 (rev a1)
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:03.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07c8 (rev a1)
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 056c (rev a1) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 82ae
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
I/O ports at fc00 [size=16]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:0a.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 056d (rev a1) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
Memory behind bridge: ef800000-ef8fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: ef700000-ef7fffff
Capabilities: [b8] Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device cb73

00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 056e (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
Memory behind bridge: efe00000-efefffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000efd00000-00000000efdfffff
Capabilities: [40] Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0000
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable-
Capabilities: [80] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel

00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 056f (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: efc00000-efcfffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000efb00000-00000000efbfffff
Capabilities: [40] Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0000
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable-
Capabilities: [80] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel

00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 056f (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: efa00000-efafffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000ef900000-00000000ef9fffff
Capabilities: [40] Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0000
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable-
Capabilities: [80] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel

00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07f0 (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 82ae
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at 09f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0bf0 [size=4]
I/O ports at 0970 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0b70 [size=4]
I/O ports at f700 [size=16]
Memory at efffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [8c] #12 [0010]
Capabilities: [b0] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/3 Enable-

00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07e1 (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 82ae
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at ed000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at ee000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 40000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-

01:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
Subsystem: Belkin Unknown device 5005
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
I/O ports at be00 [size=256]
Memory at ef8ff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Expansion ROM at ef700000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2


Thank you for your help,
Z

Re: Rebuild Kernel with nForce Drivers (Kernel V2.6.18 Debian)
 

hi!

it looks like your kernel is too old. could you try a livecd with a newer kernel and check if the hardware is recognized?

greets
snIP3r

Re: Rebuild Kernel with nForce Drivers (Kernel V2.6.18 Debian)
 

I've just tried the latest one (V2.6.26) but it is worst : i've a kernel panic because no file system has been found... :(
(it means that it has not even recognized the SATA controller)

Finaly done !!!
 

YES ! now it works !
After 100 rebuilds of my kernel i've found the final solution allowing it to find out my NVidia chipset !!
Thankyou anyway for your help !
Z