Re: Problems getting D-Link DFE-530TX+ working ... among other things

[steef <steefvanduin@zonnet.nl>]

Steven Luke wrote:

> I have been trying to install Debian (3.0) from ISOs I got off of the 
> Debian site (I believe).
> When I install Debian using the default option at the boot: prompt 
> when the install process
> begins, I can get through the entire boot process but eth0 is never 
> recognized.   I had tried to use
> the debconf configuration to recognize the eth0, but it doesn't work.  
> I tried using the Linux
> drivers made available by D-Link on their CD, and on their website, 
> but when I compile it I get
> the following two errors:
> /linux/modversions.h: no file or directory.
> /linux/malloc.h is depricated, use /linux/slab.h instead.
> I can fix the second one by finding the line with the malloc.h include and
> replacing it with slab.h, but the first error remains, and the driver 
> will not compile.
> Is there anywhere I can get a pre-compiled Debian driver for this 
> ethernet adapter?  The file
> is rtl8139.c for the D-Link DFE-530TX+.
>
> On the other hand, if I install Debian using the bf24 option on the 
> boot: prompt, the ethernet
> card /is/ recognized, I can get updated packages via ftp, and can 
> connect to servers from  other
> computers.  But (there is always a but), I can not get the XServer 
> installed.  In the TaskSel screen
> the X Sever option never appears (though Desktop Environment does).  
> It doesn't appear in the
> dselect screens either.  If I install Gnome or KDE I get an error that 
> it could not connect to the X
>  Server, and when I ask it to show the Server output, there is none. 
> (also, I can't get APT to
> work in this install,but I haven't tried apt more than once...)
>
> As far as I can tell, fixing either one of these problems would really 
> help me out.  Can I get
> the ethernet card to work with the default install type, or get X 
> Server to work with the bf24
> install?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Steven Luke
> steven.luke1@rcn.com
if you allowed during installation of bf24 debian security packages, and 
did after that <tasksel>; there is a real  possibility that (a 
server-bug??) consequently the Xserver does not appear for install on 
the list given by tasksel. 

so you can install bf24 again <without> the security packages and <with> 
the Xserver from tasksel, or, if you wish, <with> the security packages. 
in the last case install from the console screen after installation 'as 
root' xserver-xfree86 [ apt-get [-f] install xserver-xfree86, to begin 
with. ]

that worked for me when a couple of months ago for to me unknown reasons 
after installing the packagelist for security packages i could not find 
the xserver in tasksel. maybe you did the same ??

good luck,

steef