I am trying to install 10.3 on a new HP Pavilion box, dual booting with Vista. The install proceeds until it reaches the network config, when it fails because the ‘kernel device is not present’. Trying to configure the card post-install with Yast produces the same result.
Vista tells me that the card is Nvidia, so I’ve downloaded the latest drivers from their site as rpm’s and run them (although they’re labelled 10.2), but no success.
Thanks for your quick response. I tried to install the drivers post-install. I don’t know how to install them pre-install - I downloaded an ISO onto a CD. How do you put the drivers onto the CD?
before we deal with drivers, is this an wired or wireless device ? if the device is recognized by YaST - hardware, have you had a look in YaST - network devices - network cards ? post the output of **/sbin/lspci -v ** as well, just so we can check
It may be possible to use ndiswrapper with your card. Even though ndiswrapper is designed for use with wireless cards, it does work with some wired cards.
When you have installed the driver with ndiswrapper, run as root: ndiswrapper -l. This will should say “blah blah blah alternative driver: XXXX”. Blacklist “XXXX” by adding “blacklist XXXX” to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist. (XXXX is the name of the driver as displayed by ndiswrapper). Restart, and it might work!
I’ll try this tomorrow. I’ll have to play boot and boot because I don’t have ndiswrapper, so I’ll have to download it in Vista and copy it over. I’m not a command-liner, but hey, ‘where fools fear to tread’ etc etc.