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Nvidia nForce MCP77 network adapter issue : RESOLVED
I have installed Freebsd 7.0 Stable ( amd64 ) on a laptop.
its configuration : Model : Compaq Cq60 Chipset : Nvidia nForce MCP77 Processor : AMD64 X2 Dual Core. I have tried a number of things to get this network interface working but no luck. Here's what I have tried :
Now what options do I have? Do I HAVE to change the source files and recompile and load the modules? Am I doing ANYTHING wrong so that this can be solved without changes to source?... ANY help will be greatly appreciated. Last edited by padmanabh; 17th January 2009 at 12:15 PM. Reason: added RESOLVED in the title |
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It does have the module present in the kernel. I figured that after looking at the GENERIC kerenl config file. But I gave it a shot anyway. So what is the solution?
Why is the network interface not getting detected. A Little Correction ... I am using the 7.0 RELEASE ...and its sources only have lines upto MCP67 for nForce chipset. If suppose those are the sources used to compile the RELEASE. so I guess lines for MCP 77 are not there in the source and so ....that is why the devices are not getting detected? Any option to update the nfe driver ? ...obviously I cannot use the internet here.... I CAN boot into Windows and download something there and mount it from BSD and copy it ... ...anything...just let me know. |
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You could try getting the sources for the newer nfe driver and compiling it on your 7.0 RELEASE system, it will probably work, but there are no guarantees and it's unsupported.
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This issue is RESOLVED.
Just installed FreeBSD 7.1 RELEASE...and as I had mentioned, the lines for my network card were present in 7.1 PRE-RELEASE source...so I had a hunch It would work. 7.1 Auto detected my card during install ...and infact I finished the whole install on FTP since the CD drive started giving the nasty READ_BIG error. So No more Network Card Problems.... |
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