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,
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