NVNET device not present, delaying activation

10-01-02, 01:10 PM

I had my MSI nfroce 420 network working good in Mandkrake 8.2, but the sound wasn't up to par and the mouse would not work when I tried going to the log in screen. Now I updated to 9.0 and everything works great except for the network, I installed the point-and-click rpm's for Mandrak 8.2, and when I boot it says "NVNET not present, delaying activation." When I try to run the mandrakeconf wizard it finds it but does nothing. So now i have no network interface, no ability to go online, browse teh network, or anythign kewl. Please tell this low-life newbie something he can do so he can use his kewl nfroce board to the fullest under Mandrake 9.0. Thank you for yout time.

mtrr · 10-01-02, 05:21 PM

tried to install the drivers from source? if so, what's the output of "dmesg" when loading it?

cheers

Andy Mecham · 10-01-02, 05:58 PM

What specific Nforce board do you have? Some board manufacturers, like ASUS, shipped non-Nvidia network cards on their boards. What ethernet card is identified in 'lspci'?

--andy

Kenneth · 10-01-02, 06:26 PM

My MSI K7N420Pro board works fine with Mandrake 9.0.

It easy to make your own 9.0 drivers:

1. Use the "rpm --rebuild NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0241.src.rpm" command. If you get problems with this command, you probably need to install the kernel-source package.

2. Install the drivers with "rpm -ivh /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586/NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0241.i586.rpm"

3. Go into the Mandrake Control Center and configure the network (the nvnet adapter should be autodetected).

(Funny enough, I did not need to do step 2...)

/Kenneth

10-01-02, 09:43 PM

Thank you all for your help, I installed teh linux-source RPM and then rebuilt the Src.RPM for the nfroce drivers, now everything is fine and dandy. Thank you again.

10-01-02, 01:10 PM	#1
robothefan Guest Posts: n/a	NVNET device not present, delaying activation I had my MSI nfroce 420 network working good in Mandkrake 8.2, but the sound wasn't up to par and the mouse would not work when I tried going to the log in screen. Now I updated to 9.0 and everything works great except for the network, I installed the point-and-click rpm's for Mandrak 8.2, and when I boot it says "NVNET not present, delaying activation." When I try to run the mandrakeconf wizard it finds it but does nothing. So now i have no network interface, no ability to go online, browse teh network, or anythign kewl. Please tell this low-life newbie something he can do so he can use his kewl nfroce board to the fullest under Mandrake 9.0. Thank you for yout time.

10-01-02, 05:58 PM	#3
Andy Mecham l33t master Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 1,163	What specific Nforce board do you have? Some board manufacturers, like ASUS, shipped non-Nvidia network cards on their boards. What ethernet card is identified in 'lspci'? --andy __________________ Andy Mecham NVIDIA Corporation

10-01-02, 06:26 PM	#4
Kenneth Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 19	Uninstall the existing nforce drivers and reinstall My MSI K7N420Pro board works fine with Mandrake 9.0. It easy to make your own 9.0 drivers: 1. Use the "rpm --rebuild NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0241.src.rpm" command. If you get problems with this command, you probably need to install the kernel-source package. 2. Install the drivers with "rpm -ivh /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586/NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0241.i586.rpm" 3. Go into the Mandrake Control Center and configure the network (the nvnet adapter should be autodetected). (Funny enough, I did not need to do step 2...) /Kenneth

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10-01-02, 05:21 PM	#2
mtrr Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 234	tried to install the drivers from source? if so, what's the output of "dmesg" when loading it? cheers

10-01-02, 09:43 PM	#5
robothefan Guest Posts: n/a	Thank you all for your help, I installed teh linux-source RPM and then rebuilt the Src.RPM for the nfroce drivers, now everything is fine and dandy. Thank you again.