Yast doesn't see network card

Charlie

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Sep 16, 2005, 2:17:49 AM9/16/05

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I just installed 10.0 RC1 on a new computer with an Elite nforce-3a
motherboard. Everything went like clockwork except for the installation
of
the network card - a realtek RTL8201BL PHY. It shows up in the boot
sequence as eth0 but Yast doesn't see it and under hardware it shows
the
driver as forcedeth. I'm assuming that this means there is no driver.
Is
that the case? According to the Realtek site, the RTL8201 does not need
a
driver to operate. That being the case, how do I get it configured. I
assume that there is some trick somewhere -- maybe a secret kernel
module.

I'd appreciate any help or information.

Thanks.

Charlie Schwartz

houghi

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Sep 16, 2005, 3:24:55 AM9/16/05

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It might be a bug, as RC1 means .... ah, why bother.

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Kevin Nathan

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Sep 16, 2005, 3:55:06 AM9/16/05

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On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 07:24:55 -0000
houghi <hou...@houghi.org.invalid> wrote:

> It might be a bug, as RC1 means .... ah, why bother.

ROFLMAO!

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Brian

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Sep 16, 2005, 6:14:27 AM9/16/05

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On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 07:24:55 +0000, houghi wrote:

> It might be a bug, as RC1 means .... ah, why bother.
>

Heh. Never mind, it will all be over soon.

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David Wilson Clarke

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Sep 16, 2005, 6:22:56 AM9/16/05

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Brian wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 07:24:55 +0000, houghi wrote:
>
>> It might be a bug, as RC1 means .... ah, why bother.
>>
> Heh. Never mind, it will all be over soon.

What about 10.1?
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houghi

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Sep 16, 2005, 7:36:01 AM9/16/05

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David Wilson Clarke wrote:
> What about 10.1?

Sep 29, 2005
SUSE Linux 10.1 OSS alpha1 release.

So that is BEFORE 10.0 comes out.

Now Alpha is not Beta software and it is not a Release Candidate, so can
it be run on a production server?

Brian

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Sep 16, 2005, 8:40:56 AM9/16/05

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Charlie

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Sep 16, 2005, 1:37:25 PM9/16/05

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On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 07:24:55 +0000, houghi wrote:

> It might be a bug, as RC1 means .... ah, why bother.

It may or may not be a bug, but I doubt it. When I Googled the
problem, there was some mention of the "RTL8201 workaround" for earlier
releases, although I could not find what that workaround is. I have a
second network card (an RTL8139) which Yast handles just fine on RC1.
Also
on my work system which is running 9.3 there is no mention of an
RTL8201
in Yast's drop down list of network cards. Yet it is clear from my
Google
search that people have managed to get the card to work in 9.3.

Charlie Schwartz