internet connection test

I recently installed SUSE 10.2 64 bit on a fairly new HP (AMD) Went
good till the internet connection test, the screen just stayed blank. On
the network set-up no cards were found. I have a cable modem and
connection that works fine in windows. On windows control panel the
network card is listed as NVIDIA nFORCE networking controller. I am a
newbie to linux, and any help would be great. Thanks

Pete wrote:
> I recently installed SUSE 10.2 64 bit on a fairly new HP (AMD) Went
> good till the internet connection test, the screen just stayed blank. On
> the network set-up no cards were found. I have a cable modem and
> connection that works fine in windows. On windows control panel the
> network card is listed as NVIDIA nFORCE networking controller. I am a
> newbie to linux, and any help would be great. Thanks

If you had told us the model of the HP, we might have had enough information.

Please boot the openSUSE DVD or CD #1. On the opening screen, scroll down to the "Rescue system"
entry and press return. When it gets to the "Rescue login:" prompt, type 'root' (without the '
characters, of course). When you get the next prompt, type 'lspci -v | less'. If the ethernet card
is not listed in the first screen, use the up/down arrow keys to get it's listing in the screen,
write down the entry and post it here. Take note of the first field, which will look like 00:0a.1.
That is the designation of the bus for the card. Next enter 'lspci -n', note the line containing the
bus discovered above and post that data as well.

Once we have the identification for the card, we will know if a driver exists for the card.

Larry

If I got it right, the only thing that looked like it
00.0c.0 pci bridge: nvidia corporation mcp61 pci express bridge

-n brought up, class0604: 10de: o3e9 (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [normal decode])

Model = HP Pavilion a6030n PC
Thanks

Pete wrote:
> If I got it right, the only thing that looked like it
> 00.0c.0 pci bridge: nvidia corporation mcp61 pci express bridge
>
> -n brought up, class0604: 10de: o3e9 (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [normal decode])
>
> Model = HP Pavilion a6030n PC
> Thanks
>

I don't think that is the right one. The correct one should say something about an Ethernet
controller. On my HP laptop it says "00:14.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller
(rev a3)". I think the class should be 0680.

Larry

Hi Larry

There was nothing that mentioned ethernet. I have a Dell that acts
up,(freezes up after 3 hours or so and wont re-start for hours) and I used
that to experiment and installed SUSE 10.1 It worked fine (for the 3
hours). Would using that card or buying a new one work without conflict?
Thanks for your help.

Pete wrote:
> Hi Larry
>
> There was nothing that mentioned ethernet. I have a Dell that acts
> up,(freezes up after 3 hours or so and wont re-start for hours) and I
> used that to experiment and installed SUSE 10.1 It worked fine (for the
> 3 hours). Would using that card or buying a new one work without
> conflict? Thanks for your help.

I'm beginning to suspect a problem with one of your bridge devices that is preventing the PCIe
system from reaching the ethernet device, which is built-into your mother board. Plugging a
different card into a PCI or PCIe slot might just work. It is likely that you will need to disable
the on-board controller to keep WindoZe from getting confused.

I'm intrigued by the machine that won't restart for hours after "freezing up". Does it do nothing,
or does the BIOS get started? If the latter, it could be a disk problem.

Larry

I think I'll forget about linux on that machine for now. Maybe newer
versions will be able to pick up the controller.
Maybe freeze up was not quite right for other computer. It just stops
working and shuts itself off, in either windows or linux. Checking Dell
support forums, I think it might be the power supply. Some post mention
that, and there were links to buying an upgrade. But other post weren't
sure what the problem was. Nobody claimed much help from Dell.