On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 13:47 -0500, billyd wrote: > On Thursday 03 August 2006 13:36, you wrote: > > [snip] > > > > Bill, just load "forcedeth" and it is going to work just fine. > > modprobe forcedeth > > > > much cheaper than paying extra $20.00 :-) > > Thanks, Joseph, for that info. When I had my problem, I had not come across > that as a possible solution. I was experimenting with Ubuntu/Kubuntu at the > time and couldn't find a solution on their forums. I also had not started my > experimentation with Gentoo at that time. I have since built another system > with a newer ASUS mobo. It also has a Marvell Yukon controller, although it > is a newer version. I have not had the same problem with it that I had with > the A8V-Deluxe. I would have preferred not to buy a NIC, but it was a > simple solution for me and it worked.
I don't have A8V-Deluxe but just plain A8V with the same controller Marvell 88E8001 and it worked for me see my posting: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-360921-highlight-forcedeth.html -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
