For archives... The problem was the fact that 0.6 has issues with modules... modules I had listed in the rc.conf wouldn't load at boot (but I could load them manually via insmod pathtomodule etc)
Updated to 0.7 via internet (one of the updated packages was modules init script) and this solved the problem. Slowly I am configuring the machine, and with the help of Chris (ctd) we should have some mythtv ported/compiled packages this weekend. Hopefully these happen, otherwise I am in a bad situation. Stay tuned... now that ethernet is working I have since installed various stuff and its quite nice. archlinux is pretty nice in its own sort of way. On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 21:44:53 +1000, Lindsay Holmwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
