Le vendredi 01 juin 2007 à 16:56 +0200, Frans Pop a écrit : > On Friday 01 June 2007 16:34, Jerome Warnier wrote: > > The first important problem is that it tries to use the "dmfe" kernel > > module for the NICs, and it doesn't work at all, while "tulip" does. > > The installation guide documents this issue and a way to work around it. > http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/sparc/ch02s06.html.en#nics-sparc-trouble It does not talk specifically about Netra X1, while there is supposedly very few machines involved. If the string "Netra X1" was in this chapter I would never have reported this. Same thing if #360699 had been closed. Now it is closed, but I feel it should not be as this is not definitive a solution, as Lenny will probably still have the same problem.
But thanks for your help anyway. > However, I see that that needs to be updated as in the mean time we have a > better method: blacklisting the module when the installer is booted: > http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/sparc/ch05s02.html.en#module-blacklist > > Cheers, > FJP -- Jérôme Warnier FLOSS Consultant http://beeznest.net