how to find/load Linux drivers for Intel motherboards?
Michelle
I'm new to Linux. I bought a Dual Core Intel based PC with Windows
pre-installed.
I re-formatted the hard disk with OpenSUSE version 11. The
installation went smoothly.
I rebooted, and can log in the KDE 4.0 environment.
I noticed the graphics doesn't seem right. I also notice the NIC card
is not recognized either.
The mother board is Intel D945GCNL series. I went to the Intel
website, and saw that
only Windows drivers are available for that motherboard.
Does this mean that OpenSUSE v. 11 will not work with this
motherboard?
If it will work, then, what do I need to do so that the onboard
graphics card, onboard LAN, etc. for this motherboard will run with
OpenSUSE version 11? Thanks.
Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<8bd0e84c-950c-416a...@31g2000prz.googlegroups.com>,
Michelle wrote:
> I noticed the graphics doesn't seem right. I also notice the NIC card
> is not recognized either.
> The mother board is Intel D945GCNL series.
Start by posting the result of the following command
lspci -nn
Then we can try hunting around various Linux databases for what matches we
can find for those device IDs.
Unruh
>Hello,
>I'm new to Linux. I bought a Dual Core Intel based PC with Windows
>pre-installed.
>I re-formatted the hard disk with OpenSUSE version 11. The
>installation went smoothly.
>I rebooted, and can log in the KDE 4.0 environment.
>I noticed the graphics doesn't seem right. I also notice the NIC card
>is not recognized either.
>The mother board is Intel D945GCNL series. I went to the Intel
>website, and saw that
>only Windows drivers are available for that motherboard.
You just said it installed and worked. It is just that graphics do not look
quite right, and you have trouble with the nic.
The intel nics in general are well supported by Linux. But perhaps if you
told us WHICH nic your motherboard has it would be helpful
Secondly, does "I noticed the graphics doesn't seem right" mean . Are there
little bunnies hopping along the bottom edge of thescreen. ARe all yellows
chartruse?
>Does this mean that OpenSUSE v. 11 will not work with this
>motherboard?
We have no idea what theproblems are. NOte that I have an intel 945
motherboard (different letters) and linux works fine.
>If it will work, then, what do I need to do so that the onboard
>graphics card, onboard LAN, etc. for this motherboard will run with
>OpenSUSE version 11? Thanks.
What is the problem you have.
J.O. Aho
> The mother board is Intel D945GCNL series.
> I noticed the graphics doesn't seem right.
Should be fully supported, try with a smaller resolution and see if that
solves your problem. If novells Linux uses compiz fusion as default, you may
need to do some tweaking, see this Arch Linux thread:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=36875
> I also notice the NIC card is not recognized either.
You may need to update your kernel to get your nic to work, after you done
that, you need to reboot.
You need to load the r8169 driver, open a terminal (konsole in KDE) and gain
root access (su -) and then type:
modprobe r8169
To verify if it worked, you can run
dmesg | tail
If nothing alarming there, you should be able to configure your network. You
will need to add the module to a list of modules loaded at boot up, which file
to add the driver depends on your distribution and I don't have any experience
about novells Linux.
> I went to the Intel website, and saw that
> only Windows drivers are available for that motherboard.
When it comes to Intel, they provide the different projects with code,
documentation when they want some Linux support, which means those drivers
ends up in the Kernel and Xorg, so that you don't have to download it from
some shady site.
The nic isn't an Intel nic, but should have been automatically detected, but
could be that the kernel supplied on the CD/DVD wasn't fresh enough.
--
//Aho
ac
Welcome!
Linux stuff generally works easier for slightly older (Windows)
hardware because there is a little time for the community to work out
what the hardware needs. After somebody has purchased it.
As a beginner it may be important for you to keep in touch with what
your installed distro is offering, and also get comments from a distro
specific forum or list maybe, too.
An easy option is also to just try other distros - as live CDs if you
like, no worries, and check out what they show. Distrowatch will show
which are other popular distros with live CDs.
Linux development is moving at a rapid pace, so it is possible that
the drivers you may lack today may be available in your distro soon
anyway.
NIC:
are you using wired or wireless? Wired wil usually be a better way to
avoid initial questions.
On rare occasions, I have for a time used a cheap pci NIC added
because of temporary LAN connection similar problem.
hth
--
ac
jim
I had the same trouble with SUSE 9 on an intel DG965WH MOBO. Intel
told me that there Linux drivers were under the DG965RY MOBO. I found
Linux drivers for your chip set, 945g, under the D945GCZ MOBO, here is
a link:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=2063
Another choice is to use the i810 driver which should be in your repo.
Here is a link to the man page for it:
http://linux.die.net/man/4/i810
The last thing I'll suggest is to get an ATI or NVIDIA video card.
Just get one that supports open GL. I got a NVIDIA and found out that
most distros have the NVIDIA driver in there repo's. I have looked in
PCLinuxOS repo and there is support for ATI.
As far as LAN goes I haven't had any trouble with it.
good luck