Dallas Hansen wrote: > I added the "options" line to /etc/modprobe.conf but was getting > error messages at boot (thinkpad-acpi module doesn't exist) and It is not a fatal problem. The module did not exist for you and so nothing was happening because of that config file line. > found that, after booting, networking (both wired and wireless) was > broken and I could no longer mount my fat32 external HD. What changes were made that caused this to happen? > I've been forced to reinstall Etch. Unless I can come across very > clear & precise step-by-step instructions for running & configuring > the thinkpad-acpi module and installing & configuring the > tp-fancontrol script I will have to forgo any further tinkering so > as to avoid breaking my system again. Etch uses the 2.6.18 kernel. In 2.6.22 the ibm-acpi module was renamed to thinkpad-acpi due to the sale of thinkpads from IBM to Lenovo since thinkpads are not IBM anymore. In Etch and with any kernel before 2.6.22 the module is ibm-acpi. In 2.6.22 and later for the current Lenny and Sid it is thinkpad-acpi. If you change all references for thinkpad-acpi to ibm-acpi you should be good to go for use on the 2.6.18 kernel in Etch. Bob
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