Is your ethernet card a broadcom?
On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 6:19 AM, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: > Debian 6 would not work for me. I installed it, but it would not > recognise my ethernet card and therefore had no internet connection. > They did not provide a driver that worked on the disk and since I had > no internet connection could not get one. Debian 6 is the ONLY > distribution in over ten years that I have tried where this has > happened and I have tried hundreds of distros in that time. Currently > I have LMDE, Kubuntu 11.04, Fedora 14, Magiea and openSuSE 11.4 > installed and only Debian 6 is a dud. I have owned five computers > since I began in Linux and never had a problem connecting either wired > or wireless with the exception of Debian 6. > > Say what you will about it being sta(b)le, but if it does not deliver > basic functionality then it is useless, IMO. > > Roy > > Using Kubuntu 11.04, 64-bit > Location: Canada > > > > On 18 April 2011 15:38, Chris Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > When in doubt, try Debian. Your machine has to be fantastically messed > > up for Debian to not work. > > > > (Note: Debian STABLE. None of that testing/unstable crap). > > > > -- > > Registered Linux Addict #431495 > > For Faith and Family! | John 3:16! > > fsdev.net | 0x5f3759df.org | chrismiller.at > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] > > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > -- ------------------------------------------------------------- "Penguin, penguin, and more penguin !" http://www.webhostadmins.com http://www.madforubuntu.com http://baudizm.blogsome.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
