Re: Can't install networking.

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Mark Healey wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:57:07 -0600, Kent West wrote:
>
>  
>
> > Mark Healey wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > When installing there was no networing setup.
> > >
> > > The first install attempt I assumed that support was in the kernel
> > > since it wasn't on the list of non-supported nics in the installation
> > > manual.  That didn't work.
> > >
> > > On the second attempt I tried the add modules option and it wasn't
> > > listed.
> > >
> > > I tried google and all I got were similiar horror stories.
> > >
> > > How do I get this to work?
> > >
> > >
> > > Asus A7V8X mobo with
> > > 	Broadcom 4400 onboard lan
> > > 	SiS on board audio
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > According to this page:
> > http://www.xs4all.nl/~haanjdj/broadcom.html
> > "[the Broadcom] chip has recently become supported in stock kernels, so
> > if you compile your own kernels, download the latest 2.4 or 2.6 release
> > and give it a try."
> > and according to a Debian page:
> > http://packages.debian.org/testing/net/bcm4400-source.html
> > "Note that the Linux kernel >= 2.4.22 includes the Broadcom 4400 driver.
> > You may want to consider using the kernel driver instead."
> >
> > What kernel version do you have?
> >    
>
> I don't know.  Whatever is on the CD.
>  

Run "uname -a". If your CD is a woody ("stable") CD, and it probably is, 
you're probably running a 2.2 kernel. If so, run "apt-cache search 
kernel-image-2.4 | more" to see if you have any 2.4 kernels available on 
your CD. If you do, pick the appropriate one (like 
"kernel-image-2.4.18-586" for a fairly recent kernel for a Pentium-class 
computer, or "kernel-image-2.4.22-1-k7" for an even newer kernel for an 
AMD-K7-based computer) and install it, with a command like "apt-get 
install kernel-image-2.4.18-586". After the requisite reboot, run "uname 
-a" again to make sure you're running your new kernel, and then try to 
add the appropriate Broadcom module.

--
Kent