In case that the NIC should have worked with Linux, pls check that the NIC, being built-in, is enabled in the CMOS setup of your computer. Check this out.
On 5/4/06, Paul Patrick Carpio Prantilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello Abe, I dont' use mandrake, but you may wish to find out if you can use realtek drivers from your device list. This guy looks like he got it working under mandrake: http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showproduct.php?product=1483&cat=38 From the article: >Integrated Video: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX GPU(Graphics Processing Unit) with >up to 128MB Frame Buffer > >Integrated Audio: Realtek ALC650/655 6-Channel AC'97 CODEC > >Integrated LAN Card: MCP NVIDIA MAC + Realtek RTL8201BL PHY > >I report is fully working on linux (using Mandrake 10.0) -Paul Patrick C. Prantilla Abraham Mandac wrote: > I just completed installation of Mandriva Linux 2006 on a new machine > with the following specs: > Motherboard: Red Fox GeForce 6100-M9 > Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ > RAM: 1 GB > > How do I get started connecting to our LAN if my network interface > device is not on the list found in "Mandriva Linux Control Center" > > "Network & Internet" > "Set up a new network interface (LAN, ISDN, ADSL, > ...)"? The device is on-board. Here's all the information on it found on > the motherboard's manual: > > 10/100 LAN PHY > - PHY: RTL8201BL/RTL8201CL. > - Supports 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s auto-negotiation. > - Half/Full duplex capability > - Supports ACPI, PCI power management > > Is there any other means of setting up my network connection, preferably > another GUI configuration tool (my apologies to configuration-by-hand > purists)? > > Thanks, > Abe Mandac > > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
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