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jba6511   05-25-2007 at 06:39:02 AM

Anyone succesfully running a distro of linux using a gigabyte 965p s3? I tried ubuntu but apparentyl the ethernet controller is not supported and I get disconnected after a few minutes of being online with my WIRED connection. There is a post under my same username in the ubuntu forums if anyone knows how to solve this. I am looking to run a version of linux that supports mythtv and is install friendly (newbie to linux). Any suggestions from those with this board?

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Bronze Linux badge linux_0   05-25-2007 at 06:55:03 AM
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I believe your board has a Marvell 8056 ethernet interface.

It may be using the Sky2 driver which is very problematic.

Try the sk98lin driver or get a RealTek RTL-8169 NIC.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6833338002

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6833122133

GL :-D

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jba6511   05-25-2007 at 07:35:54 AM
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extremely new to linux and have been working with ubuntu. How would I go about trying out this driver? I assume it is not as simple as windows.

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Bronze Linux badge linux_0   05-26-2007 at 10:27:40 AM
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Well it depends, what version of Ubuntu did you try?

On ubuntu the sk98 driver may be available using apt-get / aptitude / or as a .dpkg or .deb or something

On RedHat / Fedora / CentOS and other RPM based distros you can probably find an sk98 RPM.

GL :-D

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