Hi Kent ! Thanks for help !
With a hint from another newsgroup, to use "e100" driver, I finally managed to set up network and internet connection (after some hurdles with DHCP..) !! Happy now ! I answer your questions below.. Regards and merry christmas Axel Kent West wrote: > Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra wrote: > >>Em Seg, 2003-12-22 às 12:28, Axel Burwitz escreveu: >> >> >>>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? >> >> >> >> > Good question. As I mentioned in an earlier reply to an earlier post > concerning this, it sounds like Axel is running a 2.2 kernel and needs > to upgrade to 2.4. > > So, Axel, which kernel does your Sarge have? The command "uname -a" will > tell you. And if you do have a 2.2 kernel, you can upgrade with a > command like "apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-1-686". You can see > the available different flavors of kernels with a command like > "apt-cache search kernel-image". It has 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? >> >> >> >> > Perhaps I'm missing something, but the Axel already answered the first > part of your question, in the previous paragraph. > > correct ! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]