On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:59:23 +1000 Michael Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So far I have installed a base system, although as I mentioned to ctd > lastnight it appears it lacks support out of the box for my nforce2 > onboard ethernet. Should I go grab nvidia package for support and > patch a kernel or something? I looked at the 2.6.3 kernel tree and I > cant see no mention of nforce2 ethernet module/drivers. The stock Arch Linux kernel has support for it by default. I'm using Arch with an nforce board and i'm not having any problems at all. The Arch forums and wiki are a great resource for finding info on stuff like this. > Any comments for me to go explore in attempt to get my ethernet working? If you know what driver Linux uses just do a "modprobe <modname>" and you should be fine. If you don't know what driver it uses, just google the chipset of the card to find out what driver it uses. Every single network driver under Linux is compiled as a module under Arch, so it'll be there when you modprobe it. Good luck, and welcome to the goodness of Arch Linux. :-) Lindsay -- http://www.asymmetrics.net/~auxesis/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
