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Thread ID: 42999 2004-02-29 06:08:00 ADSL Router works on XP but not on Mandrake i-gordon (962) Press F1
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218985 2004-03-02 04:57:00 Ethernet controllers on motherboards have always been a problem. If the manufacturers don't release the necessary information, the clever driver writers have dificulty writing drivers. Very modern interfaces take a while before the drivers are written and debugged, even when the infoprmation is made available.

What is the ethernet controller? You might be lucky and able to just download a working module.

dmesg will tell you if it has been identified during the boot process.

But until ifconfig shows eth0 both present and properly configured you can't TCP/Ip to anything, let alone a router. :D
Graham L (2)
218986 2004-03-02 05:55:00 I have uninstalled mandrake before I got round to replying to your post but I tried route in Knoppix and nothing came up but a data screen with no entrys. This is after attempting to make a connection with the router. i-gordon (962)
218987 2004-03-02 05:57:00 Onboard LAN eh?

Any chance you could do dmesg as Graham has mentioned, and post that, along with the output of:
lsmod

Cheers


Chill.
Chilling_Silently (228)
218988 2004-03-02 06:04:00 The LAN card is a SiS900. What is the controller? I ran dmesg using the Knoppix CD and after scrolling through about 6 pages of tech stuff I found Realtek RTL 8201 is this it?, or what should I be looking for i-gordon (962)
218989 2004-03-02 06:12:00 Whats the best way to get a printout from a Linux shell and post it from Windows. dmesg is big, a long scroll to be posting. i-gordon (962)
218990 2004-03-02 06:21:00 dmesg > /mnt/windows_location/dmesg.txt Chilling_Silently (228)
218991 2004-03-02 07:21:00 Chilling. I tried your cmd and several version and locations but windows rejects it. I even tried Copy & Paste no joy i-gordon (962)
218992 2004-03-02 08:58:00 Is that where your Windows partition is located thou??

You'll then needa Open it in Wordpad on Doze too.
Chilling_Silently (228)
218993 2004-03-02 10:32:00 My motherboard also has an onboard Lan "sis900"
My Board setup CD gives an alternative of a "Realtek RTL8139"

I can not find a Linux or NT4 driver for either of these Lans.

Mandrake recognises the sis900, but it doesn't work.
I havn't tried the sound yet.
Mzee (158)
218994 2004-03-02 11:19:00 Mzee>
Would you mind posting the Motherboad Maker/Model on here?

Thanks


Chill.
Chilling_Silently (228)
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