fresh install of open suse no sound, lan, or anything else

i installed suse and no i cant connect to the internet sound doesnt work i have a sabertooth x79 mb it has the intel gigabyte lan card can anyone help me?

On 2013-05-23, afterburn35 <afterburn35@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
> i installed suse and no i cant connect to the internet sound doesnt work
> i have a sabertooth x79 mb it has the intel gigabyte lan card can anyone
> help me?

Before we can even begin to help you, there are a number of questions we need to answer.

  1. Don’t you really mean openSUSE rather than suse (which is a different operating system)?
  2. If you mean openSUSE, do you mean 12.3 32 or 64 bit with KDE or GNOME?
  3. How did you install it (from DVD or Live)?
  4. Internet-wise, are you trying to connect to a personal modem whose IP address is set using DHCP?
  5. Sound-wise, what hardware do you have and can you hear the login sound or not?

After you answer these questions, we will probably still not have the answer, but it will help us ask the next set of
questions whose subsequent that may help diagnose and rectify one or more of the problems you are having.

yes its opensuse 64 bit kde installed from dvd. and trying to connect to dhcp but that isnt the problem its the lan drivers i need also i have a creative sound blaster xi-fi fatality sound card
as ive said the sabertooth x79 motherboard drivers arent being installed assuming opensuse doesnt install them in default installation

Please post the output of


/sbin/lspci -nnk 

between CODE tags, the # in the editor

 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 DMI2 [8086:3c00] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 IIO PCI Express Root Port 1a [8086:3c02] (rev 07)
         Kernel driver in use: pcieport
 00:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 IIO PCI Express Root Port 2a [8086:3c04] (rev 07)
         Kernel driver in use: pcieport
 00:03.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 IIO PCI Express Root Port 3a in PCI Express Mode [8086:3c08] (rev 07)
         Kernel driver in use: pcieport
 00:05.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Address Map, VTd_Misc, System Management [8086:3c28] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 00:05.2 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Control Status and Global Errors [8086:3c2a] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 00:05.4 PIC [0800]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 I/O APIC [8086:3c2c] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 00:11.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Virtual Root Port [8086:1d3e] (rev 05)
         Kernel driver in use: pcieport
 00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset MEI Controller #1 [8086:1d3a] (rev 05)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
         Kernel driver in use: mei
 00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82579V Gigabit Network Connection [8086:1503] (rev 05)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard [1043:849c]
         Kernel driver in use: e1000e
 00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #2 [8086:1d2d] (rev 05)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
         Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1d20] (rev 05)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8436]
         Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:1d10] (rev b5)
         Kernel driver in use: pcieport
 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:1d12] (rev b5)
         Kernel driver in use: pcieport
 00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 [8086:1d14] (rev b5)
         Kernel driver in use: pcieport
 00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:1d16] (rev b5)
         Kernel driver in use: pcieport
 00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 [8086:1d18] (rev b5)
         Kernel driver in use: pcieport
 00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 [8086:1d1a] (rev b5)
         Kernel driver in use: pcieport
 00:1c.7 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 8 [8086:1d1e] (rev b5)
         Kernel driver in use: pcieport
 00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #1 [8086:1d26] (rev 05)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
         Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev a5)
 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset LPC Controller [8086:1d41] (rev 05)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
         Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
 00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset 6-Port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:1d02] (rev 05)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
         Kernel driver in use: ahci
 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset SMBus Host Controller [8086:1d22] (rev 05)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
         Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Pitcairn PRO [Radeon HD 7800] [1002:6819]
         Subsystem: XFX Pine Group Inc. Device [1682:3264]
         Kernel driver in use: radeon
 01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7700/7800 Series] [1002:aab0]
         Subsystem: XFX Pine Group Inc. Device [1682:aab0]
         Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
 05:00.0 Audio device [0403]: Creative Labs Device [1102:0012] (rev 01)
         Subsystem: Creative Labs Device [1102:0014]
         Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
 06:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller [1b21:1042]
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8488]
         Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
 07:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller [1b21:1042]
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8488]
         Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
 08:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller [1b21:1042]
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8488]
         Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
 09:00.0 SATA controller [0106]: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller [1b21:0612] (rev 01)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84b7]
         Kernel driver in use: ahci
 0a:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6315 Series Firewire Controller [1106:3403] (rev 01)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard [1043:8384]
         Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
 0b:00.0 SATA controller [0106]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE9128 PCIe SATA 6 Gb/s RAID controller with HyperDuo [1b4b:9130] (rev 11)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard [1043:8438]
         Kernel driver in use: ahci
 ff:08.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QPI Link 0 [8086:3c80] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:08.3 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QPI Link Reut 0 [8086:3c83] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:08.4 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QPI Link Reut 0 [8086:3c84] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:09.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QPI Link 1 [8086:3c90] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:09.3 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QPI Link Reut 1 [8086:3c93] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:09.4 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QPI Link Reut 1 [8086:3c94] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:0a.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Power Control Unit 0 [8086:3cc0] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:0a.1 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Power Control Unit 1 [8086:3cc1] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:0a.2 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Power Control Unit 2 [8086:3cc2] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:0a.3 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Power Control Unit 3 [8086:3cd0] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:0b.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Interrupt Control Registers [8086:3ce0] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:0b.3 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Semaphore and Scratchpad Configuration Registers [8086:3ce3] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:0c.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Unicast Register 0 [8086:3ce8] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:0c.1 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Unicast Register 0 [8086:3ce8] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:0c.6 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller System Address Decoder 0 [8086:3cf4] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:0c.7 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 System Address Decoder [8086:3cf6] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:0d.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Unicast Register 0 [8086:3ce8] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:0d.1 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Unicast Register 0 [8086:3ce8] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:0d.6 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller System Address Decoder 1 [8086:3cf5] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:0e.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Processor Home Agent [8086:3ca0] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:0e.1 Performance counters [1101]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Processor Home Agent Performance Monitoring [8086:3c46] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
         Kernel driver in use: snbep_uncore
 ff:0f.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Registers [8086:3ca8] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:0f.1 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller RAS Registers [8086:3c71] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:0f.2 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 0 [8086:3caa] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:0f.3 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 1 [8086:3cab] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:0f.4 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 2 [8086:3cac] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:0f.5 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 3 [8086:3cad] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:0f.6 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Target Address Decoder 4 [8086:3cae] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:10.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 0 [8086:3cb0] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
         Kernel driver in use: snbep_uncore
 ff:10.1 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 1 [8086:3cb1] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
         Kernel driver in use: snbep_uncore
 ff:10.2 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 0 [8086:3cb2] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:10.3 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 1 [8086:3cb3] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:10.4 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 2 [8086:3cb4] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
         Kernel driver in use: snbep_uncore
 ff:10.5 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 3 [8086:3cb5] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
         Kernel driver in use: snbep_uncore
 ff:10.6 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 2 [8086:3cb6] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:10.7 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller ERROR Registers 3 [8086:3cb7] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:11.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 DDRIO [8086:3cb8] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:13.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 R2PCIe [8086:3ce4] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:13.1 Performance counters [1101]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Ring to PCI Express Performance Monitor [8086:3c43] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
         Kernel driver in use: snbep_uncore
 ff:13.4 Performance counters [1101]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 QuickPath Interconnect Agent Ring Registers [8086:3ce6] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
 ff:13.5 Performance counters [1101]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Ring to QuickPath Interconnect Link 0 Performance Monitor [8086:3c44] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
         Kernel driver in use: snbep_uncore
 ff:13.6 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Xeon E5/Core i7 Ring to QuickPath Interconnect Link 1 Performance Monitor [8086:3c45] (rev 07)
         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:84ef]
         Kernel driver in use: snbep_uncore
 John@linux-y1lh:~>  
 

This is your PC’s network device. It should be working. There is a bug in openSUSE-12.3 where the packagers forgot to enable the network by default in the burned installation .iso files. Hence please follow the advice in this stickie: https://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/install-boot-login/484160-12-3-network-fix-post-install-announcement-sticky.html

Audio is another matter and it could be an incompatibility with your PC’s sound blaster xi-fi fatality sound card. Have you ever succeeded with any GNU/Linux variant to get sound to work with the sound blaster xi-fi fatality sound card?

I recommend first you get the network/internet working and then we can investigate if GNU/Linux works with your sound device.

On 2013-05-23, afterburn35 <afterburn35@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
> yes its opensuse 64 bit kde installed from dvd. and trying to connect
> to dhcp but that isnt the problem its the lan drivers

I’m not sure how you came to this diagnosis and whether or not I agree with it. Can you ping 127.0.0.1?

I note this is an old thread, but I am curious wrt the OP, did you have any luck with this Sabertooth x79 and any GNU/Linux version ?

I ask because this is one of five motherboards on my ‘short list’ of a motherboard for a new PC that I am contemplating to purchase.