Thanks James,
I pulled out the 2nd NIC and followed the steps.
Presto! It works without sweat!
Now what happens to my 2nd NIC?
Can I plugged-in as a 2nd NIC and plugged-in
a cable so that there will be 2 cards for
easier flow of data?
Would 2 cards make the flow of data from this
machine faster?
Kind regards,
Teddy
Quoting James Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> TedA wrote:
> > Can you please offer direction or assistance on what I am doing.
> > I have a new Suse Linux 9.1 Professional on an AMD PC
> > I am trying to get to work the Network Interface CArd on Board
> > "Rhine VII....". I have a 4 port switch and a new DSL
> > When the linux boots up there is a message regarding the
> > ethernet card "eth0" and that "failed" written in red. Likewise
> > to the second card. The cat 5 rj 45 is connected to the on-board
> > ethernet card (though I have a second "eth0" card) not plugged.
> > This 2nd card I think recompiling which as a newbie I don't how to
> > get this compiling fo the 2nd card. I prefer to get the first "eth0"
> > get working. Please assist or direct.
> >
> > Thanks and much appreciated.
> >
> > Teddy
>
> I too use SuSE 9.1 Pro on an AMD64 machine and it's a great combination.
>
> Googling for "VIA Rhine VII" didn't reveal anything (plenty for Rhine-II
> chipsets though; you sure it's "Rhine VII"??). Although you will
> probably get some mileage from trying the "via-rhine" kernel module (it
> should support all current VIA Rhine chipsets).
>
> SuSE's kernel's are pretty comprehensive - you shouldn't need to
> recompile anything unless it's truly exotic hardware ;)
>
> Here's how I would approach your problem:
>
> 1. Power down the system and remove the PCI (2nd) Ethernet card and plug
> your cable into the on-board Ethernet.
>
> 2. Restart and boot into Linux.
>
> 3. Start YAST and go to the "Hardware" section then open "Hardware
> Information". This will start a detection process and can take a while
> (several minutes on a slow machine - my Athlon64 takes about 30sec).
>
> 4. Expand the "Network Card" and see what it has detected. If you are
> using a VIA on-board Ethernet controller you should see something like
> "VIA ???? Ethernet 10/100Base-T Adapter". This step will confirm that
> SuSE has "found" your network card. If not, then you have problems,
> report back here with the results.
>
> 5. Close the hardware info window and go back to YAST. Select the
> "Network Devices" and open "Network Card". A new window will appear.
>
> 6. From here (the window that opened) you can configure your detected
> network card.
>
> If nothing was detected in #4, you probably have an incompatible card.
> If that's the case, shutdown, install the PCI Ethernet card again (plug
> the Ethernet cable into this card now), disable the on-board Ethernet in
> your BIOS, and repeat steps #2-6.
>
> If you get stuck, report back here with any and all errors you receive.
> Write them down or something - we can't replay error messages from our
> end. ;) BTW, some more details about your hardware would be useful.
> What make/model motherboard is it? Your 2nd Ethernet card - make/model?
> Linux kernel version would be helpful too ("uname -a" from a command
> prompt).
>
> Good luck,
>
> James
>
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