Little bit of a novice here when it comes to linux and Slax (you are warned).
The past few days i have been trying to get a cabled network connection working using a zotac mini pc (zboxsd-id12) or at least the correct drivers so eth shows up on going ifconfig. This is using i believe the realtec RTL8111DL chipset according to the chips on the board.
With this one according to the tread on it you had to blacklist r8169 which i managed to. On rebooting and going lspci the Ethernet controler wasn’t showing up.
I also tried the module listed within that tread that claimed to work without haveing to add to the blacklist but with no joy.
I did try the Ubuntu WiFi module NE195 driver by following there readme file but this had no joy either.
Sooo any help would be greatfull as im now just going in circles. Little info that you may require that i noticed was asked for in other treads
lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device a000 (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device a001 (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device a002 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Unknown device 27bc (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Unknown device 002b (rev 01)
Thanks for the reply’s that Atheros devices is my wireless card. The Ethernet controller which I want to get running according to Ubuntu which I got the drivers working on is a realtec RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03).
I have tired the modules that are available on searching “RTL8111/8168B”
I did manage to add the blacklist they say you have to do but this still had no effect. The only thing I can think of is the rev number isn’t the same and that’s affecting the outcome.
I know that you can compile/make the modules yourself but to be honest I haven’t a clue where to start or what you need for this.
Though to achive this i had to rebuild slax though the build slax part on this site from scrach. what i dont understand is why it didnt work manually building slax on the usb stick then dropping the module in the modules folder. Have i miss something.
