Re: Challenge to the debian community: ethernet controller doesn't work in debian but in: SuSE, Fedora, Gentoo !!

[Axel Burwitz <axel.burwitz@web.de>]

Hi Leandro,

thanks for help.

Meanwhile I got hint in a German newsgroup, to use "e100" driver, and with
that one (after some hurles with DHCP) I managed to get network set up and
internet connectio via router running !! Happy now ...


Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra wrote:

> Em Seg, 2003-12-22 às 12:28, Axel Burwitz escreveu:
>> and I cannot find or get help in Usenet and via google ??
> 
> That's why this list exists.
> 
> 
>> Come on, debian community: take that chalenge !
> 
> Cut short the crap, please.
> 
> 
>> installed , for my first Debian try, Debian Sarge from the "LinuxUser"
>> magazine's DVD. After some hurldles it worked but:
>> did'nt configure any network card, (and following eth0 etc.)
> 
> Which kernel does it have?


2.4.22-bf2.4




> 
> 
>> I have a Dell Dimension 8300 with a ethernet controller onboard, and the
>> system info tool in kde detects:
>> "Ethernet controller : Intel Corp.: Unknown device 1050 (rev02)
>>  Subsystem : Dell Computer Corp. Unknown device 0157"
>> 
>> "lspci -v" shows the controller the same way as in Suse and the others...
> 
> What does lspci or cat /proc/pci says about Ethernet controllers?
> 
> 

what I wrote:
...
"Ethernet controller : Intel Corp.: Unknown device 1050 (rev02)
Subsystem : Dell Computer Corp. Unknown device 0157"



Axel