Thanks /bin/bash. I'll do what you recommend and let everyone know what happens. I'm also glad that I'm not the only one who's having an issue. Makes me feel a little better.

BTW, this is getting more fun now. No on/off 1/0 code is going to beat me! After all, I know more that the two things it knows. :-)

I did install the kernel source....

I dowloaded linux-2.4.20.tar.bz2, patch-2.4.21.bz2 and patch-2.4.22.bz2 from www.kernel.org.

I followed the instructions in the mandrake documentation...and i assumed that it worked. (I try 'uname -r' and 'rpm -qa | grep kernel' which both give me 2.4.22-mdk...)

So...any advice?

There are 10 types of people, those who understand binary and those who dont. ( A popular sig.)

BattleAxe_19 you should read this thread through completely. Read the link Poulpy posted in the first post. I assume you are trying to build an nforce2 ethernet driver.

First you should not be building 2.4.22 kernel as there is the do_brk vulnerability in it. If you want to build your own kernel then patch up to 2.4.23. Read the thread I posted on building a kernel and if you follow that step by step you'll end up with a new kernel.

Then you move on to building the nforce2 module.

If you just want to build the nforce2 module then follow the steps in the link posted by Poulpy.

Complete Newbie here who has been trying for 2 weeks to get Mandrake 6.2 to work fully with an ABIT NF7S board as well as an ATI Radeon 9600 Pro. I read everything in here, tried it all but found the following finally worked.

Installed 6.2 clean
Installed the Kernel Update 2.4.22-10mdk.i586.rpm in root
Installed the nvidia nforce-1.0-0261.tar.gz file using the make command and make install
installed the ATI drivers 4.3.0-3.28.i586.rpm using the force command

Everything works and I am feeling so smug lol

ok /bin/bash...

i did exactly what u said in regard to kernel 2.4.23...and I'm getting some errors...

'make oldconfig'....works fine
'make dep'....works fine
'make bzImage' is where the errors occur. It does some crap...and then the last few lines say:

make[3]: *** [built-in.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.23/drivers/usb/gadget'
make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.23/drivers/usb/gadget'
make[1]: *** [_subdir_usb/gadget] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.23/drivers'
make: *** [_dir_drivers] Error 2

what does this mean and how can i fix it?

Well gang, thanks to your patience, lengthy and detailed instructions, I'm working and online as we speak (type).

Starting with a clean install as you guys suggested and following this thread from the beginning, it's working! Now it's time to update the packages but I just wanted to say thanks to all of you for helping me re-learn the patience of command lines.

With enough time I might even be helping others in this forum, who knows?

Now if I could just get back to my Windows NTFS data drive logged in as something other than 'root,' i'll be good to go. I did the su -c "chown -R <username> for the drive but after it said I owned it, I still don't have permission to view it.

Thoughts?

I just installed mandrake 9.2 this is my 1st linux distro
I also have the nvidia driver prob, I have read the last 4 pages
and still have NO IDEA what you guys are talkin about
the posts that note they are newbies,..... if you guys understand this then you are WAY ahead of me!
i guess i would be classified as sub newbie,..
if anyone has the patience or time to type this out so that a 10yr old will understand it then i would be greatful
to do this one i need step by step instructions including what to type and how to get to the place you type it.
if nothing else this post will be comic releif to those of you who know what is goin on...
also if you cant get online with madrake because of this prob then how do you download the fixes for it???

thanx

can anyone help me?

Here's a 1,2,3 of what I did after trying and messing up the instructions the
first time because I didn't read them carefully enough.

If you did a straight install of the 9.2 distribution then you should have what
I had, which was an error when trying to install the NVIDIA MCP network driver
using the wizard. So here's exactly what I did after my reinstall (suggested
by Poulpy after I really messed up my kernel)

1) Downloaded the NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0261.src.rpm and the
kernel-source-2.4.22-10mdk.i586.rpm and saved them to a directory that was
accessable to my Linux installation. (The links for these files are earlier in this thread.)
Another choice would be to burn them to a CD so you can get to them from you Linux
installation.
2) Installed 9.2 with my original choice of packages.
3) Logged in under my regular user name so Mandrake could configure my desktop
for the first time.
4) Logged out then back in as 'root' for reason#2.
5) Logged back in under my regular user name to be sure everything was ok; it was.
6) Logged out then back in as 'root' and installed kernel-source-2.4.22-10mdk.i586.rpm
simply by double clicking it. No fancy terminal or command line stuff.
7) Opened a terminal window and typed 'uname -r' to be sure of the kernel version after I
installed it.
8) I typed the following in the terminal window:
cd/usr/src/linux
cp arch/i386/defconfig .config
make oldconfig
make dep
9) Scrolled the output for errors and there were none.
10) Still in the same terminal window I typed the following:
cd Desktop (I did this because that's where I copied the NVIDIA RPM file to.
If you put it elsewhere then you'll need to cd into that location.)
11) Once in that location, I typed the following:
rpm --rebuild NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0261.src.rpm
12) Lots of stuff will fly by in the terminal window but when it's done, look at the output for any errors other than the 'user buildmeister does not exist' error. If there are none, look for a line that reads something like:
'Wrote:/usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586/NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0261.i586.rpm'
This will provide you with the name and location of the new NVIDIA RPM.
13) I double-clicked on 'Home' from the menu and navigated up to the top directory then
navigated down to the location in the 'Wrote' line.
14) I then double-clicked on the NVIDIA RPM file and let it install.
15) I watched for any errors and there weren't any.
16) I then navigated to the /etc directory from the browser and double-clicked on the
modules.conf file to check for and remove duplicate entries for audio and eth0 aliases.
There weren't any so I closed the file.
17) Next I went back to the terminal window and typed:
ifdown eth0
ifup eth0
dhclient
18) I got results but no IP address, which was fine because at least I knew the system
found the network card and that was the hang-up before.
19) I clicked the Menu > Configuration > Configure Your Computer to launch the Mandrake
Control Center
20) I clicked on Network & Internet on the left then on DrakConnect in the right window
21) The main thing you are looking for here is 'eth0' under 'LAN configuration.'
If you're lucky, you're IP state will be "up" but mine was"down" because I didn't have
any ISP information in there from the install. If you see that your IP state is "down" you
can configure your network starting at the top with 'Configure hostname' Be sure you
have all of your information about your ISP, email etc. so you can enter the DNS
server IP and gateway.

Note that I didn't have to add the driver to the modules.description file nor did I have to run '/sbin/depmod -a' because when I checked the NVIDIA output, it had already done all of that and I sure didn't want to mess things up again by typing something in wrong.

So that's my take in "newbie" language on this whole thread. Please understand that this worked for me but it may not work exactly the same way for you. At least it's worth a try. If you crash it like I did the first time, you'll be doing a clean reinstall then following these directions.

Hopefully, Poulpy and /bin/bash won't be too hard on me for posting this fix in such trivial language. I'm just trying to convey what I did after they spent so much time trying to explain it to me in the most basic terms.

If you get any errors, post them here exactly as they appear and one of the gang can help you out like they helped me.

Alright that is exactly what i needed
thanx spirit ! i have to jet to work but i am goin to give this a try
as soon as i get home, also thanx for the speediness of yoru reply
i think i need to reinstall anyway i dual booted with win xp and i am have some weid stuff happening anyway i need to redo this from the start but this should make it go more smoothly this time around
hopefully if there are anyothers who like me didnt understand your post will be the guiding light goin thru this mess
tell ya how it all works out when i am done

thanx again

Why would I be any hard on you? That's a great 1,2,3 guide.

My original post was not meant to be perfect for every one

By the way, I glad to hear that you made it work.

Best regards,
Poulpy

Thanks for the encouragement Poulpy. What I meant was that I didn't want you guys to think I was trivializing this whole process because you did spend a great deal of time helping all of us and it paid off!

I think what has happened to me and a few others is that this thread has gotten a bit long with a few alternate suggestions that are confusing people. I tried to weed through all but the original stuff when I re-did my fix and it worked so I used my former training skills and put it into a "I have no idea what I'm doing" explanation.

I'm happy to help and give something back for everyone.

Power to the penguin and down with Bill!

You know, I don't even have a nvidia ethernet card! And after reading that I'm glad I dont!

Good job SpiritAuthor.

A week ago, I wished I didn't either! But I'm much better now!

Alright, i have just reinstalled win xp and everythign went wicked good now last night i tried to burn the kernel version and tried to install it to mandrake, now when i did this i got a prompt that said the signatures were bad, i downloaded them from the links on the 1st post ...i burned them with nero 6 and as a data cd could this be the prob????? shoud i brun them as an iso image?? or is data ok and will this bad signature stuff effect the installtion at all??...just thought i would ask BEFORE i go and try a clean install and go crazy for a bit more.