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I am trying to get an asus m2npv-vm amd 3800 + working with either ubuntu 7.04 or suse 10.2 linux. The nvidia 6150/430 chipset requires propriatary drivers for the nic ,sound, 3d graphics. The graphics drivers can be installed using rpms from the distribution but the nic and audio must be installed using the nvidia installer which compiles kernel modules for them. I cant get the installer to work with these two linux distributions. The forcedeth driver also doesent work. There is a nvlan module for suse but I cant get it to load the forcedeth is always loaded. I am looking for a tutorial about network/ethernet/internet stuff and also about build/make/compile stuff. Or a quick fix ( as he prays to the Linux Gods)!

I've installed those drivers in Ubuntu before, I just used wget to grab the file, then ran it, what problem do you run into if you do that?

Actually, the nForce 430 audio and NIC are supported without additional drivers on recent kernels. SuSE 10.2 is getting a little long in the tooth in terms of the kernel it uses (since 10.3 is due next month), but Ubuntu 7.04 with a 2.6.20 kernel should support that hardware just fine.

Before you tried to install those external nvidia drivers in Ubuntu, are you sure the hardware wasn't actually working (though perhaps unconfigured)? Forcedeth in SuSE 10.2 is most likely too old, though.

Hrm, bitvector might be right, did I install those drivers in Ubuntu or in Fedora...

NIC and sound will work fine in Ubuntu 7.04, graphics will come up in some horrible VGA mode, but enabling the nVidia driver Restriced Drivers Manager will have it working well.