Dumb Question (Install Network Drivers)

[johntp]

Hey guys,

I bough an Abit AB9 motherboard to run a copy of linux on. The problem is I believe I need to install the drivers for both of the Gigabit Ethernet Controllers. I've looked one and I guessI need the "r1000" drivers. I need the driver for the "Realtek 8111B" network controller. So I looked up the rpm on dag.

(I also found the driver from abit at)http://www.abit-usa.com/downloads/dr...t_name=AB9+Pro

Anyway, I'm stuck now. I dont' know what to do or how to install it. I tried the "source" rpm (not the noarch because when I tried it there was a "dependency" issue or something)

[johntp]

Update: I looked up DKMS (the dependance the no arch file needed) on google and found dell's linux website. I installed version 2.something (the latest one) then I installed the noarch file and it worked. Still dont' know how to get the network drivers to work though!

When I say install, I mean I run the command
rpm -Uvh file.rpm (I don't know if this is right or not, but that's what I'm doing.)

[jcliburn]

I'm a bit confused. Have you actually installed the driver, yet your NIC isn't recognized on boot? Or are you experiencing errors when you try to install the driver?

The abit link you provided is broken.

I think the driver you want is r8169, not r1000. This snippet is from the 2.6.20-rc2 kernel r8169 driver, and it appears to include support for your 8111b chip.

static const struct {
        const char *name;
        u8 mac_version;
        u32 RxConfigMask;       /* Clears the bits supported by this chip */
} rtl_chip_info[] = {
        _R("RTL8169",           RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_01, 0xff7e1880),
        _R("RTL8169s/8110s",    RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_02, 0xff7e1880),
        _R("RTL8169s/8110s",    RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_03, 0xff7e1880),
        _R("RTL8169sb/8110sb",  RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_04, 0xff7e1880),
        _R("RTL8169sc/8110sc",  RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_05, 0xff7e1880),
        _R("RTL8168b/8111b",    RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_11, 0xff7e1880), // PCI-E
        _R("RTL8168b/8111b",    RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_12, 0xff7e1880), // PCI-E
        _R("RTL8101e",          RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_13, 0xff7e1880), // PCI-E 8139
        _R("RTL8100e",          RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_14, 0xff7e1880), // PCI-E 8139
        _R("RTL8100e",          RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_15, 0xff7e1880)  // PCI-E 8139
}

[johntp]

Hey thanks for the reply!

I dont' know I finally did get the r1000 driver to install and it SEEMS to work. (bear in mind that I still can't connect to the internet). Maybe I do need the driver you suggest, is there a download link you can give me. I can't seem to find it on google.

[jcliburn]

Would you please post the output of this command:

sudo /sbin/lspci -vx