New install on new mobo (nVidia chipset): driver problem

Shagbag · 2008-09-16 17:03:02

I've just installed Arch on my new PC but, for some reason, it doesn't seem to be recognising the hardware, viz. the nVidia MCP67 chipset. Here's the lspci:

00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0547 (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0548 (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0542 (rev a2)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0543 (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP67 IDE Controller (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP67 High Definition Audio (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0561 (rev a2)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0550 (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 054c (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0562 (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0563 (rev a2)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0563 (rev a2)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0563 (rev a2)
00:0f.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0563 (rev a2)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0563 (rev a2)
00:11.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0563 (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G71 [GeForce 7900 GS] (rev a1)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82572EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 06)

And here's the lspci from my ubuntu install:

00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 ISA Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP67 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Co-processor (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP67 IDE Controller (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP67 High Definition Audio (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP67 AHCI Controller (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:0f.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:11.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G71 [GeForce 7900 GS] (rev a1)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82572EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 06)

Can anyone tell me what module I need to load (configure MODULES= in rc.conf) to get it working?

btw, here's the MODULES= stuff from my current rc.conf:

MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=(e1000e forcedeth slhc snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore)

Last edited by Shagbag (2008-09-16 17:10:25)

piotrk · 2008-09-16 17:38:05

try to use

$hwdetect

Shagbag · 2008-09-16 20:13:50

Thanks. I ran hwdetect --modules and then copied and pasted the resulting output into MODULES= in /etc/rc.conf but, still no joy
Any other ideas?

Shagbag · 2008-09-17 06:35:28

Thanks, but it didn't work. The forcedeth module is already loaded but I think it's on of the following which is causing the blockage:

RAM memory
ISA bridge
SMBus
Co-processor
IDE interface
PCI bridge

(see above lspci output)

If only I knew which one. It's been 2 days now without Archlinux

Shagbag · 2008-09-18 08:13:24

bump

afonic · 2008-09-18 09:48:33

It would help more if you described your problem in more detail than "it doesn't work".

Which mobo are you using? Does it boot at all? What error message do you get and where?

Shagbag · 2008-09-18 14:16:01

It boots Ubuntu fine. Arch linux doesn't complain either. I only found out about the problem when I tried to pacman -Syu straight after the install - there was no networking. ifconfig had done its job but there was no routing table. I manually added route add default gw 192.168.0.1 and edited /etc/resolv.conf to make sure I could get to my router but, again, it wouldn't work. The forcedeth module had been loaded (ethernet driver) so I took a look at lspci (details in very first post) and can see that it's appears to be an issue with the PCI bus (the ethernet hangs off the PCI bus)I ran hwdetect --modules and pasted the output into /etc/rc.conf and rebooted. Still no joy.

The mobo is an ASRock 939N68PV-GLAN. It has an nVidia chipset (GeForce 7050 NB + nForce 630A MCP SB). From my lspci results it would appear the problem is with the 630A MCP. As Ubuntu works and Arch doesn't I'm perplexed. And yes I've googled and followed what little help there is around. Nothing has worked so far. Hopefully someone will have experienced a problem with either the same mobo or the 630A MCP and they can tell me what needs to be done.

Last edited by Shagbag (2008-09-19 08:50:21)

afonic · 2008-09-18 16:33:21

You are using the wrong network module methinks. I will check what exactly your mobo needs, but you seem to have another network controller there:

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82572EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 06)

What does 'hwdetect --net' show?

Edit:
Also check the loaded modules in Ubuntu with lsmod.

Last edited by afonic (2008-09-18 16:45:05)

Shagbag · 2008-09-18 21:10:57

Thnx. I've already done that. Nothing stood out to me as to what was module was missing. Ubuntu has 80+. Archlinux has 50+. I'm getting to the point where I think I'll have to rebuild the whole kernel (with Ubuntu's .config perhaps)

I have two ethernet interfaces. The nVidia Gigabit ethernet is attached to the mobo. The intel Gigabit ethernet is a PCIe x1 card. I want to bond them eventually, but I, uh, need archlinux working first.

xangelux · 2012-07-22 03:39:06

Sorry to revive an old post but I'm having the same issue, my girlfriend has a Nvidia based mobo with integrated ethernet port, when I use lspci it shows that it is there, when I do a modprobe forcedeth and then I do ifconfig there are no network interfaces (only the loopback). Is there a step I'm missing?, this happends even if I boot from Arch's pendrive, there are no NIC's so I can't even update anything. I have tryed with a Fedora 12 live cd and it works and says it's using forcedeth as module to handle eth, why it doesn't work on a fresh arch install?

DSpider · 2012-07-22 06:54:16

4 year old thread is old.

Rules of thumb: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … Bumping.22

xangelux · 2012-07-22 16:22:35

Sorry about that, but I think it's exactly the same issue, doesn't matter if the versions are different, the fact remains the same (As the rules say, this is a valid necrobump , non the less thank you @DSpider for pointing that out I didn't know before this), there is no ethernet support on fresh installed Archlinux for nvidia ethernet and I just want to know if there should be a command or some other module to load so I can use ethernet. Now it wont matter, my girlfriend seems good with her Fedora install, but there must be a fix to this so if I want to buy a Nvidia mobo in the future I can resolve this in place.

ewaller · 2012-07-22 18:01:08

Moderator comment: I am going to leave this thread open for now. In a situation like this, we prefer that you start a new thread and link back to the ancient thread. This is because a lot has changed in the kernel over four years. This may be the same problem, on the other hand, it may not. It could be that Arch is missing a module, or it could be everything is fine and it could be that the depreciated ifconfig tool is lying to you.

Lets try a quick experiment. After the modprobe, what does ip link have to say?

xangelux · 2012-07-23 15:36:10

well, this is awkward, my girlfriend got impatient and wanted to keep in Fedora 17 for now, but I think there should be a solution so I will download the new Arch ISO and try it next weekend (When I see her ) on live iso to see if this what was it. Thanks everyone for the patience, I need to figure that out so I can switch her to Arch.

xangelux · 2012-07-29 03:17:28

Dumb, so dumb, Sorry for all the trouble, ifconfig is indeed depreciated, ip link detects perfectly the NIC, thank you very much ewaller, and again, sorry for the trouble.

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