On Wed, 1 Feb 2006 19:30:27 -0500 Leonid Grinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello, > > I recently bought an IBM Thinkpad. It has 2 PCMCIA slots and comes > with a PCMCIA Lan Card (3COM Megahertz 10/100 LAN CardBUS Model > 3CXFE575CT). The computer came with Windows 2000, and the card worked > fine, so I know the card is not faulty. > > As I tried to install Debian Testing, I installed the base system, but > I cannot get networking to work. ifconfig returns only the loopback > interface, and /etc/network/interfaces only has the loopback > interface. I added one for eth0, but it still does not work. > > Someone on Usenet > (http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.user/browse_thread/thread/860e77cb06d2e51d/a43656903237dbda%23a43656903237dbda?sa=X&oi=groupsr&start=1&num=2) > seems to have a very similar problem. He got a reply saying that he > needs to change some configuration values. I have never configured the > kernel before, but from what I understand, I need to have the sources > for it. Unfortunately, debian-installer does not come with the > sources. > > What should I do? Thank you in advance for your help. > > -- > Leonid Grinberg > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Actually that response says: "It's supported by the 3c59x driver. You *do* have that one, don't you?" You can check with 'lsmod'. Then it says: "[...] If that's not enabled in your kernel, it needs to be. You need CONFIG_HOTPLUG, CONFIG_PCMCIA, but not CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI." That means should check the kernel config. The stock 2.6.8 kernel from Sarge seems to be ok. Later: "Install hotplug, read README.Debian, configure /etc/network/interfaces appropriately, you're done." That is /usr/share/doc/hotplug/README.Debian (I presume) Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]