can't get sound or lan to work on p4c800 Deluxe

[bcdefg]

I'm using an Asus p4c800 mb which has onboard sound and lan, but it's not being detected. I've searched the forums and found a couple of people with similar problems, but their solutions didn't help me.

I downloaded the linux drivers from the Asus websiite, followed their directions pretty exactly and received a couple of pages worth of text output (which I thought I saved, but now can't find) and a failure message at the end. I also ran lspci -v and received this output:

knoppix@ttyp1[knoppix]$ lspci -v
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82875P Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 80f6
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at fa000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82875P Processor to AGP Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
Memory behind bridge: fe900000-fe9fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d7f00000-f7efffff

0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. P4P800 Mainboard
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at eec0 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. P4P800 Mainboard
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at ef00 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. P4P800 Mainboard
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at ef20 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. P4P800 Mainboard
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at ef40 [size=32]

0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. P4P800 Mainboard
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
Memory at febff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: fea00000-feafffff

0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Bridge (rev 02)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) Ultra ATA 100 Storage Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. P4P800 Mainboard
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at <unassigned>
I/O ports at <unassigned>
I/O ports at <unassigned>
I/O ports at <unassigned>
I/O ports at fc00 [size=16]
Memory at 20000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]

0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. P4P800 Mainboard
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 17
I/O ports at 0400 [size=32]

0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. P4P800 Mainboard
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
I/O ports at e800 [size=256]
I/O ports at ee80 [size=64]
Memory at febff400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
Memory at febff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: PC Partner Limited: Unknown device 0470
Flags: bus master, stepping, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
I/O ports at c000 [size=256]
Memory at fe9f0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Expansion ROM at fe9c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800Pro] (Secondary)
Subsystem: PC Partner Limited: Unknown device 0471
Flags: bus master, stepping, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Memory at fe9e0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:02:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 808a
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 20
Memory at feaff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
I/O ports at dc00 [size=128]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:02:05.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c940 10/100/1000Base-T [Marvell] (rev 12)
Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc. P4P800 Mainboard
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 22
Memory at feaf8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
knoppix@ttyp1[knoppix]$

The last entry is for the lan controller, so it is at least recognized, but when I try to configure a network card it tells me there is none installed.

I am normally behind a Lingo.com router, but I connected directly to the cable modem and had no better luck.

I also found the following tutorial www.eleli.de/knoppix/docs/tutorial/english/ and tried to follow those directions but had no better luck.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am quite excited at the tought of a virus and spyware proof way to surf the net.

Eric B.

[bcdefg]

The problem with the sound turned out to be my old bios. When using Asus's automatic updater, it checked for newer bioses and reported none, it showed only 1010, and 1011.

When I did a manual search of their website I found bioses all the way to 1019, and a 1020a beta. I updated to the 1019 and restarted knoppix with the alsa=intel8x0 argument) and the sound worked fine.

I still can't get the lan to work. If anyone has any suggestions for that I would appreciate it. The Asus drivers say that they need the kernel source. Does knoppix supply this?? How can I find out for sure, or how can I download then and insert them to the right place??

Here is the readme text from the lan driver:

3Com Gigabit NIC (3C2000) Driver Readme Version A02
Copyright (c) 2003 3Com Corporation

This file describes the 3Com Gigabit NIC (3C2000) driver for Linux.

Loading the driver
------------------

1) Make sure that the kernel source is installed in /usr/src/linux
or /usr/src/linux-2.4.

2) Copy the file /Linux/3c2000.tar.gz from the 3Com driver CD to
your hard drive.

3) Change to the directory containing 3c2000.tar.gz

4) Type 'tar zxvf 3c2000.tar.gz'

5) Type 'cd 3c2000'

Note: on SuSE systems since 7.1, you will have to execute the
following commands before running make:

cp /boot/vmlinuz.version.h /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h
cp /boot/vmlinuz.autoconf.h /usr/src/linux/include/linux/autoconf.h

For more details se http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/mwalter_kernel_24.html

6) Type 'make load' to load the driver.

Alternatively, you may type the following to load the driver:

insmod 3c2000.o

Something like the following will be added to /var/log/messages:

Jan 22 19:31:19 localhost kernel: 3C2000: 3Com Gigabit NIC Driver Version A08
Jan 22 19:31:19 localhost kernel: Copyright (C) 2003 3Com Corporation.
Jan 22 19:31:19 localhost kernel: Copyright (C) 2003 Marvell.
Jan 22 19:31:19 localhost kernel: eth0: 3Com Gigabit NIC (3C2000)

Depending on your configuration, the OS may then automatically bring the
interface up and request an address from a DHCP server. If it does not,
bring the interface up with the command:

ifconfig eth0 up

You may have to substitue 'eth0' for your actual interface if you have
more than one ethernet NIC installed.

If your system is not configured for DHCP, you can assign an IP address
with the command:

ifconfig eth0 a.b.c.d

Where a.b.c.d is the IP address that you wish to use. Again, eth0 may
be different depending on your system configuration.

Configuring the Driver
------------------------

The 3C2000 driver supports various options, which can be supplied
as command line arguments to the 'insmod' command or in the
/etc/modules.conf file. You may specify more than one option.
Unless otherwise stated, all settings take the form of:

<Option-Name>=value [,value...]

If you use the modules.conf file to load the driver at boot time,
include the word "options" when configuring the driver.

For example:
options 3c2000 DupCap_A=Full

If you use command line 'insmod', do not include the word "option"
when configuring the driver.

For example:
insmod 3c2000.o DupCap_A=Full


The following options are supported:

OPTION: Speed_A
Selects the speed of Port A of the NIC.

"Auto" - Automatic Resolution
"10" - 10MBPS
"100" - 100MBPS
"1000" - 1GIG

OPTION: DupCap_A
Selects the duplex capabilities of Port A of the NIC.

"Full" - Full Duplex
"Half" - Half Duplex
"Both" - Both Half Duplex & Full Duplex


To unload the driver
--------------------

1) Type 'ifconfig eth0 down' (Substitute you actual interface for 'eth0')

2) Type 'rmmod 3c2000'

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When I try to install, it fails and the eth0 device is not created. Any clues??

Eric B.

[steele]

modprobe sk98lin

that supports the gb lan perfectly on mine.