Hello. I recently bought a Dell D600 laptop, and installed lxde on it initially. I was unable to get wicd going, so I then reinstalled debian on it with gnome, and this worked. During both installs the debian-installer indicated that some non-free files (specifically ipw2100-1.3.fw) were required, and asked me to provide it using removable media. So I used a usb-stick. This worked. However, after confirming that I could get wireless going, I decided to once again try lxde, so I reinstalled Debian. This time, however, it indicated that no network or ethernet cards were found, but gave me the chance to pick drivers to be installed from a list. So, I tried to pick tg3 (which was listed) and bnx2/x also listed, but it would not let me. I then tried to have it scan the usb-stick, which had all these files on it, but it said nothing was found. So, I continued, and it gave me an ominous warning about modules (the exact warning I can't offhand recall). Anyway, I also installed kernal headers and made sure the linux image was installed. Perhaps I'll submit a bug to the debian-install program, because I've tried a couple of times, and this is always what it gives me now, rather than the success I had initially.
I have installed all the files that I feel are necessary from the usb-stick (IE, all the relevant firmware files). There's a site that lists various required drivers for this laptop at http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/DELL/D600 It indicates that tg3 is necessary for the ethernet card (other sites list bnx2 or bnx2x). For the wireless, generally it's ipw2100 or ipw2200 that are recommended. I have followed all the instructions at http://wiki.debian.org/ipw2200 I don't know what else to do. Mark PS, Here is some information: root@debian:/home/mark# iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. pan0 no wireless extensions. root@debian:/media/usb# apt-cache policy firmware-ipw2x00 wireless-tools firmware-bnx2 firmware-bnx2x firmware-linux-nonfree firmware-linux-free wireless-tools: Installed: 30~pre9-5 Candidate: 30~pre9-5 Version table: *** 30~pre9-5 0 500 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 _Squeeze_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1 20110205-17:27]/ squeeze/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status firmware-linux-free: Installed: 2.6.32-30 Candidate: 2.6.32-30 Version table: *** 2.6.32-30 0 500 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 _Squeeze_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1 20110205-17:27]/ squeeze/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status firmware-bnx2: Installed: 0.28 Candidate: 0.28 Version table: *** 0.28 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status firmware-ipw2x00: Installed: 0.28 Candidate: 0.28 Version table: *** 0.28 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status firmware-linux-nonfree: Installed: 0.28 Candidate: 0.28 Version table: *** 0.28 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status firmware-bnx2x: Installed: 0.28 Candidate: 0.28 Version table: *** 0.28 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status root@debian:/media/usb# root@debian:/lib/firmware# ls 3com atmel_at76c503-rfmd.bin brcm kaweth r128 sd8686_helper.bin advansys atmel_at76c504_2958-wpa.bin cf8385.bin keyspan_pda radeon sd8688.bin agere_ap_fw.bin atmel_at76c504a_2958-wpa.bin cf8385_helper.bin lbtf_usb.bin rt2561.bin sd8688_helper.bin agere_sta_fw.bin atmel_at76c504.bin cis matrox rt2561s.bin STLC2500_R4_00_03.ptc ar7010_1_1.fw atmel_at76c504c-wpa.bin cxgb3 mts_cdma.fw rt2661.bin STLC2500_R4_00_06.ssf ar7010.fw atmel_at76c505a-rfmd2958.bin dabusb mts_edge.fw rt2860.bin STLC2500_R4_02_02_WLAN.ssf ar9170.fw atmel_at76c505-rfmd2958.bin dsp56k mts_gsm.fw rt2870.bin STLC2500_R4_02_04.ptc ar9271.fw atmel_at76c505-rfmd.bin dvb-fe-xc5000-1.6.114.fw NPE-B rt3070.bin tehuti ath3k-1.fw atmel_at76c506.bin dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw NPE-B.01020201 rt3071.bin tigon atmel_at76c502_3com.bin atmel_at76c506-wpa.bin e100 NPE-C rt3090.bin usb8388.bin atmel_at76c502_3com-wpa.bin av7110 hp NPE-C.02020201 rt73.bin usb8682.bin atmel_at76c502.bin BCM2033-FW.bin i2400m-fw-usb-1.4.sbcf phanfw.bin RTL8192E v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw atmel_at76c502d.bin BCM2033-MD.hex i2400m-fw-usb-1.5.sbcf prism2_ru.fw RTL8192SU v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw atmel_at76c502d-wpa.bin bnx2 i6050-fw-usb-1.5.sbcf prism2_ru.hex rtl_nic v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg atmel_at76c502e.bin bnx2-06-4.0.5.fw ipw2100-1.3.fw ql2100_fw.bin rtlwifi v4l-cx25840.fw atmel_at76c502e-wpa.bin bnx2-09-4.0.5.fw ipw2100-1.3-i.fw ql2200_fw.bin ru010803.hex v4l-pvrusb2-24xxx-01.fw atmel_at76c502-wpa.bin bnx2x ipw2100-1.3-p.fw ql2300_fw.bin sd8385.bin v4l-pvrusb2-29xxx-01.fw atmel_at76c503-i3861.bin bnx2x-e1-4.8.53.0.fw ipw2200-bss.fw ql2322_fw.bin sd8385_helper.bin zd1211 atmel_at76c503-i3863.bin bnx2x-e1-5.0.21.0.fw ipw2200-ibss.fw ql2400_fw.bin sd8682.bin atmel_at76c503-rfmd-0.90.2-140.bin bnx2x-e1h-4.8.53.0.fw ipw2200-sniffer.fw ql2500_fw.bin sd8682_helper.bin atmel_at76c503-rfmd-acc.bin bnx2x-e1h-5.0.21.0.fw ipw2x00.LICENSE qlogic sd8686.bin root@debian:/lib/firmware# locate tg3 /home/mark/tg3-3.116j-1.src.rpm /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3.bin /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso.bin /lib/firmware/tigon/tg3_tso5.bin /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/drivers/net/tg3.ko root@debian:/lib/firmware# cd /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/drivers/ root@debian:/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/drivers# ls acpi bluetooth connector dma gpu ide isdn media misc parport power scsi staging usb w1 ata cdrom cpufreq edac hid ieee802154 leds memstick mmc pci pps serial telephony uwb watchdog atm char crypto firewire hwmon infiniband lguest message mtd pcmcia regulator spi thermal video block clocksource dca firmware i2c input md mfd net platform rtc ssb uio virtio root@debian:/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/drivers# cd firmware root@debian:/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/drivers/firmware# ls dcdbas.ko dell_rbu.ko edd.ko efivars.ko root@debian:/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/drivers/firmware# cd .. root@debian:/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/drivers# cd net root@debian:/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/drivers/net# ls 3c501.ko ac3200.ko bnx2x.ko dnet.ko eth16i.ko igbvf macvtap.ko niu.ko pppox.ko sfc sundance.ko veth.ko 3c503.ko acenic.ko bonding dummy.ko ethoc.ko ipg.ko mdio.ko ns83820.ko ppp_synctty.ko sis190.ko sungem.ko via-rhine.ko 3c505.ko amd8111e.ko bsd_comp.ko e1000 ewrk3.ko irda mii.ko pcmcia qla3xxx.ko sis900.ko sungem_phy.ko via-velocity.ko 3c507.ko appletalk can e1000e fealnx.ko ixgb mlx4 pcnet32.ko qlcnic skfp sunhme.ko virtio_net.ko 3c509.ko arcnet cassini.ko e100.ko forcedeth.ko ixgbe myri10ge phy qlge skge.ko tehuti.ko vmxnet3 3c515.ko at1700.ko chelsio e2100.ko hamachi.ko jme.ko natsemi.ko plip.ko r6040.ko sky2.ko tg3.ko vxge 3c59x.ko atl1c cnic.ko eepro.ko hamradio ks8842.ko ne2k-pci.ko ppp_async.ko r8169.ko slhc.ko tlan.ko wan 8139cp.ko atl1e cs89x0.ko eexpress.ko hp100.ko ks8851.ko ne.ko ppp_deflate.ko rrunner.ko slip.ko tokenring wd.ko 8139too.ko atlx cxgb3 enc28j60.ko hp.ko ks8851_mll.ko netconsole.ko ppp_generic.ko s2io.ko smc9194.ko tulip wimax 82596.ko b44.ko defxx.ko enic hp-plus.ko lance.ko netxen ppp_mppe.ko sb1000.ko smc-ultra.ko tun.ko wireless 8390.ko benet depca.ko epic100.ko ifb.ko lp486e.ko ni52.ko pppoe.ko sc92031.ko smsc9420.ko typhoon.ko yellowfin.ko 8390p.ko bnx2.ko dl2k.ko eql.ko igb macvlan.ko ni65.ko pppol2tp.ko seeq8005.ko starfire.ko usb znet.ko root@debian:/lib/modules/2.6.32-5-686/kernel/drivers/net# dmesg | grep firmware [ 5.322765] platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/R200_cp.bin (previously, this resulted in: root@debian:/home/mark# dmesg | grep firmware [ 5.941267] ipw2100 0000:02:03.0: firmware: requesting ipw2100-1.3.fw [ 6.293247] platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/R200_cp.bin [ 6.320189] ipw2100: eth0: Failed to start the firmware. root@debian:/home/mark#) root@debian:~# lsmod Module Size Used by ipw2200 108368 0 isofs 24608 0 udf 62930 0 crc_itu_t 1035 1 udf nls_utf8 908 1 nls_cp437 4489 1 vfat 6570 1 fat 34912 1 vfat acpi_cpufreq 4951 0 cpufreq_userspace 1480 0 cpufreq_powersave 602 0 cpufreq_conservative 4018 0 cpufreq_stats 1940 0 ppdev 4058 0 lp 5570 0 sco 5857 2 bridge 33019 0 stp 996 1 bridge bnep 7444 2 l2cap 21705 3 bnep crc16 1027 1 l2cap bluetooth 36319 5 sco,bnep,l2cap rfkill 10264 3 bluetooth binfmt_misc 4907 1 uinput 4796 1 fuse 44033 1 loop 9765 0 ipw2100 53316 0 libipw 18439 2 ipw2200,ipw2100 lib80211 2870 2 ipw2200,libipw snd_intel8x0 19595 1 snd_intel8x0m 8100 0 snd_ac97_codec 79148 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m ac97_bus 710 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm 47226 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec snd_seq 35463 0 snd_timer 12258 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 3673 1 snd_seq pcmcia 16194 0 snd 34375 9 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device radeon 511184 2ttm 33386 1 radeon drm_kms_helper 18309 1 radeon drm 112088 4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper joydev 6739 0 i2c_algo_bit 3497 1 radeon i2c_core 12696 4 radeon,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit yenta_socket 16403 4 rsrc_nonstatic 7057 1 yenta_socket rng_core 2178 0 pcmcia_core 20450 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic soundcore 3450 1 snd snd_page_alloc 5045 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_pcm parport_pc 15799 1 parport 22554 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc shpchp 21220 0 evdev 5609 14 battery 3782 0 button 3598 0 ac 1640 0 dcdbas 3892 0 pcspkr 1207 0 video 14605 0 processor 26327 2 acpi_cpufreq output 1204 1 video pci_hotplug 18065 1 shpchp psmouse 44657 0 serio_raw 2916 0 ext3 94212 2 jbd 32169 1 ext3 mbcache 3762 1 ext3 usb_storage 30585 1 sg 15968 0 sr_mod 10770 0 sd_mod 25977 6 crc_t10dif 1012 1 sd_mod cdrom 26487 1 sr_mod ata_generic 2067 0 uhci_hcd 16057 0 ata_piix 17736 3 ehci_hcd 27851 0 thermal 9206 0 libata 115753 2 ata_generic,ata_piix thermal_sys 9378 3 video,processor,thermal usbcore 98453 4 usb_storage,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd scsi_mod 101429 5 usb_storage,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata nls_base 4541 7 isofs,udf,nls_utf8,nls_cp437,vfat,fat,usbcore root@debian:/home/mark# if config eth1 up eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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