Re: Can't install networking.
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 23:11:45 -0600, Kent West wrote:
>Mark Healey wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:57:07 -0600, Kent West wrote:
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>>>Mark Healey wrote:
>>>
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>>>>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.
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>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.
Ok, this is getting frustrating.
Is it possible to get debian running without learning a bunch of
arcane hacker lore?
Someone told me that booting and running the install of cd5 would
work. It didn't
All I want to do is get it installed on the hardware listed in my sig
with working networking and X.
I was able to do it with Redhat in less than an hour.
If it isn't possible for a non-hacker to do it just tell me.
Mark Healey
deblist@healeyonline.com
Giving debian a chance.
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