2012/12/26 Baruch Siach <bar...@tkos.co.il>: > Hi Eliyahu, > > On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 03:45:27PM +0200, E.S. Rosenberg wrote: >> Generally the linux drivers cover an equally large if not larger spectrum... > > Of course. But there is no guarantee that the covered range exactly overlaps > the Windows driver one. > >> I have an Atheros chip from that family on my laptop, it required me >> to install one more package for wired communication (wireless >> [different chip, also atheros] worked out of the box): >> >> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8162 Fast >> Ethernet (rev 10) > > Fast Ethernet is most likely 10/100, not GbE (10/100/1000). Correct, I now also notice that the official specs on this laptop say it's just 10/100, however that does not change the fact that according to atheros it falls in the same family of chips.... http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/catalog/search/?csrfmiddlewaretoken=9ec89be3308015f25587de8fd4cd11ff&query=atheros > > What is the output of 'lspci -n'? 1969:1090 > >> The weird thing was that the driver detection program didn't realize this... >> >> Either way the package that provides the 'alx' driver on Ubuntu 12.10 is: >> linux-backports-modules-cw-3.6-quantal-generic > > Are you sure it is not 'atlx'? my modprobe history don't lie ;) neither does lspci -v Regards, Eliyahu - אליהו
> > baruch > >> 2012/12/26 Baruch Siach <bar...@tkos.co.il>: >> > Hi Amichai, >> > >> > On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 02:57:23PM +0200, Amichai Rotman wrote: >> >> Download the Windows drivers from the MpBo site, extract the files, look >> >> up >> >> the relevant strings in the .inf files and Google it for Kubuntu >> >> compatibility.... >> > >> > I tried that. The trouble is that the Windows driver (according to its file >> > name: "mb_driver_lan_atheros_813x_815x_816x.exe") covers a wide range of >> > NIC >> > chips. This is not a driver tailored specifically for this board. So the >> > list >> > of PCI IDs in the driver's .inf file is not a indication for what is >> > actually >> > installed on the board. >> > >> > baruch >> > >> >> How about starting a Linux-IL maintained HW DB - every member runs lshw on >> >> their machine and uploads it to a site with the Distro their running... >> >> >> >> Amichai Rotman >> >> Penguin - FLOSS Computer Service and Technical Consulting >> >> +972-73-7962360 || +972-54-4605787 >> >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Baruch Siach <bar...@tkos.co.il> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Hi Dotan, >> >> > >> >> > On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 12:29:31PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> >> > > On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Baruch Siach <bar...@tkos.co.il> >> >> > wrote: >> >> > > > You'll need to access a running >> >> > > > machine to extract the PCI ID information, though, since Gigabyte's >> >> > manual is >> >> > > > not very helpful. >> >> > > >> >> > > Is that the chicken, or the egg? >> >> > > >> >> > > In other words, if I did have access to a running system, I would >> >> > > already know if it works or not! >> >> > >> >> > This board surely runs Windows. You can extract the PCI ID from its >> >> > "Device >> >> > Manager", or whatever it's called there. >> >> > >> >> > Also, some BIOSes list PCI devices with IDs in the initial screen. >> >> > >> >> > baruch >> > >> > -- >> > http://baruch.siach.name/blog/ ~. .~ Tk Open >> > Systems >> > =}------------------------------------------------ooO--U--Ooo------------{= >> > - bar...@tkos.co.il - tel: +972.2.679.5364, http://www.tkos.co.il - >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Linux-il mailing list >> > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il >> > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > -- > http://baruch.siach.name/blog/ ~. .~ Tk Open Systems > =}------------------------------------------------ooO--U--Ooo------------{= > - bar...@tkos.co.il - tel: +972.2.679.5364, http://www.tkos.co.il - _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
