No. It is as common as they come, Realtek. Roy
Using Kubuntu 11.04, 64-bit Location: Canada On 18 April 2011 18:59, hard wyrd <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- 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
