Networking problem.

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Ok i know this might seem to belong in Networking & Internet but it my be a number of other things so... Anyway, my problem is that i put in a new graphics card (listed below) and my network card starts acting up it says it is connected to the network but it won't get a ip address.
So I formatted after fiddling with it awhile. (Needed to do it anyway.) And put Redhat and XP on (Which was a paradox in itself, but thats another story) Now it works fine in Redhat but not in XP. Please help as I am looking foward to playing Halo () and need to update my graphics drivers first. (Redhat won't talk to XP right now, hopeing to remedy it soon.)

Oh any leads on a linux driver for ATI Rage Fury Maxx that supports 3D would be greatlly apperciated. (Or to at least get it to run.)



Here are my system specs:

Before format:
Windows XP
Diamond Stealth 3 S540 xtreme (:P)
384.42M RAM
Pentium 3 935.465 MHz
Lite-On Comunications Inc LNE100TX
Ensoniq Creative Soundblaster AudioPCI128

After format:
Dual boot Windows XP/Redhat 7.2
ATI Rage Fury Maxx
384.42M RAM
Pentium 3 935.465 MHz
Lite-On Comunications Inc LNE100TX
Ensoniq Creative Soundblaster AudioPCI128

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Well Its been over a day and no replys (big surprise) I think it may be a problem with it shareing IRQ 11 with my graphics card as it doesn't seem to be doing this under Redhat. Unfourtunatlly it won't let me change it to test that.

[blubomber]

What device other than your graphics card is sharing IRQ 11? Also, what do you mean RedHat cannot "see" windows XP? from what you have described, i am assuming that your system is dual booted?

what version of RedHat? Did you install windows XP first then RedHat? have you told your motherboard's BIOS that there is a PNP OS installed?

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As far as i know nothing, My usb ports might be but they are also under Linux so i dought that is the problem. Redhat isn't talking to the XP drives. (A unpartitoned 20 gig drive and a 10 gig split in half. Half for Linux, half for Windows.(i need lost of space for winndows.)) And I said I was dual booting under system specs.

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OK so my sound cards (one built into the motherboard) are also on IRQ 11 but i think they always have. I need to know how to change them.

[John Prophet]

I had an issue on time with a sound card and a nic...or was it a mode? cant remember.

Anyway, I knew the modem was good but it would not install correctly...or it would install but lockup when you tried to use it. I couldnt figure it our for a while.

Turns out it was sharing an irq with the onboard soundcard....and there was no way to change either. So I disabled the soundcard altogether and installed the modem and it worked fine....THEN I enabled the sound card again and they worked fine together after that.

So maybe you can try to disable the sound card first and see if that makes a difference..and then enable it after the other stuff works.

JP

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Ok it must be the onboard one then. I don't need it anyway. (though it has never caused a problem before when everything was fine) Wierd i guess the new graphics card caused it to change it's IRQ although now it won't change anything.

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nope. It still won't work. Stubborn piece of junk!

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Nothing yet.