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Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 23:07:39 -0700
From: Marc Perkel <marc@perkel.com>
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Subject: Re: Asus K8N-VM Motherboard Ethernet Problem
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Marc Perkel wrote:
> Is there a problem with the forcedeth driver not being compatible with 
> the Asus K8N-VM motherboard? I installed Fedora Core 5 and the 
> Ethernet doesn't want to work. I installed the latest FC5 kernel which 
> is some flavor og 2.6.16 and it still doesn't work. The FC4 CD and 
> rescue disk don't work either. Windows XP however does work so I know 
> that hardware is good.
>
> lspci says the hardware is an nVidia MCP51 ethernet controller. What 
> am I missing?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

Also - why is it that I can load a 3 year old version of Windows XP on 
this motherboad and it just work but I load a modern Linux Kernel and it 
can't find the Ethernet card?

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