NVIDIA nForce built-in Gigabit MAC with external RTL8211CL-GR problem

[Jongi]

I have an Asus M3N78-VM motherboard. It’s Ethernet is listed as NVIDIA nForce built-in Gigabit MAC with external RTL8211CL-GR.

I changed the motherboard yesterday from one which had a different Ethernet make. Now what happens is that it seems I do not have the right module loaded to get the Ethernet working.

When I do a service network restart, it complains about the 8139too driver. I have done a modprobe 8139too and insmod 8139too and both return nothing. I assume they have worked as when I do lsmod | grep 8139too, the 8139too driver is listed. However when I run service network restart again, it still complains about not finding the 8139too module.

When I run lspci –vv, for the Ethernet part, it says the loaded driver is forcedeth.

I apologise if this is a bit vague but I am not at that computer. I will post more detailed output later today if needed.

The ethernet port works as when I load from the rescue cd, I am able to access the internet.

[Jongi]

Here is the error when i run service network restart:

Bringing up interface eth0: 8139too device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization

[Jongi]

Here is the output of lspci

lspci from the rescue environment

Output from lsmod

lsmod from the rescue environment

[chbarg]

Jongi,

I am having exactly the same problem with another nvidia ethernet chipset.

Did you find any solutions to your problem?

Thank you