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Ah forget it ill just use this NetGear just bought from Best Buy. This card it works ok. nVida has compatability issues.

I re-installed the nVidia drivers for Red Hat 9 since I had a feeling it would help out. It got further then it did in 8.0 but, still, same old crap. It detected nvnet as enet0 and as enet01, but, it also says the device is not present - kind of hard to believe thats the problem when the network is onboard... Did everything in the ReadMe.txt file Aparently the 8139too is not built into RH9. I tried to download it from SourceForge.net but all i got was some .diff file that RH didnt know what to do with. I tried to select the NIC to function as a 8139C, a 8139 / SMC, and a SIS 900/7012L (many a time) - none to any benifit. The nvnet got farthest of them but still ran a half a mile short of the finish line. Am I doing somthing wrong here? I admit, I am new to installing drivers on Linux... and I dont happen to have a spare RTL 8139 hanging around although if I have to buy it I can, but I dont know what I will do about my "forced" static IP address rolleyes // just to add the full output from that earlier thing (reading from a printout here that I did usin good ol cut'n'paste) [root@localhost root]# modprobe 8139too /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.c init_module No such device Hint insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ paramaters. You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o failed /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o insmod 8139too failed

What I ment when i stated that Linux drivers are not as up to date - not by means of version - but means of when it was released. The nVidia nForce drivers they were going to post a few days ago - 2.49 - were pulled for some reason - but they are trying to keep a low profile.

It points to say /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.o init_module No such device. Browsed folder file not existant. Got any URLs? ... First time I reviewed my post, looked like the subject was "Dont have dinner"

Micro$oft does have a special "relationship" with them since they worked together on things like the X-Box, and since people are puting Linux on the X-Box does it not make sense that nVidia would quit supporting Linux? Look at it this way If nVidia were developing software, would they not start to complain about piracy, the item which has, as of 1999, became the new scapegoat to any loss of profit? But why do they have to also quit supporting their Customers over a select few that they do not like because of their own personal vederanda? The latest Linux platform drivers somehow vanished from their site. And they refuse to make their software open-source. IMHO what nVidia is doing to its long-time customers (sort-of) does not make any sense.

Quote: I stopped having problems with the nVidia Linux drivers when I gave up trying to install the RPMs and just downloaded the source tarballs. I just hope the nForce drivers are as easy to install... cry Supprise?! (Note) Oh, and look at the date this was posted.... and then take another look at www.nvidia.com ....

The LAN card driver. ...de-ja-vu (over a month now on Red Hat 8.0).... Red Hat 9 seems to fix the sound problem, plus the onboard 1394 controller is recognized, but still no Network controller seen. EPoX 8RDA+ mainboard here. Manual revision 11/13/02 states that it is a RTL8201BL chip. nVidia's not helpin either their drivers are outdated as far as my motherboard's concerned. Factory BIOS date was 12/31/02, and the last release of Linux nForce drivers were 11/6/02 - roughly 2 months prior to shipping of MB. Other than that Red Hat 9 looks pretty sweet -) Please tell me if there is a place I have not checked for the driver. nVidia's dont work at all on RH8 - probably wont on 9 either. Download.com only has M$ stuff.

? Has anyone had any luck with this nForce 2 chipset embeded in the EPoX 8RDA+? I cant get Ethernet/Sound on it. Drivers from nVidia site are dated 11/5/02. Motherboard's factory BIOS release date is 12/31/02. While nVidia updates the Win32 drivers every month, aparently they dont really update thier Linux drivers. If anyone knows where I can find any I would be more than happy. Emailed nVidia about this issue they gave me some auto-reply thing (means they dont really care about me cry )