On Mon, 2014-12-08 at 12:26 -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Sat, Dec 06, 2014 at 03:33:06PM +0000, Schler Thomas (ID SD) wrote: > > I'm reporting an installation problem dealing with identifying/configuring > > a network interface card. > > > > Hardware: > > laptop Lenovo W540 (Windows7 pre-installed) > > graphics: NVIDIA Quadro K2100M > > NIC: Intel (R) Ethernet Connection I217-LM > > > > Debian source: > > DVD coming with a published book; author: Heike Jurzik > > Debian GNU/Linux 7.1.0 Wheezy for "i386" and "amd64"
I failed to notice this before. DVDs in books tend to go out of date, unfortunately. > > Installation method chosen: > > guided 64bit graphical installation (no expert mode); > > KDE as alternative GUI chosen > > > > Actual state: > > Debian system boots. Login to GUI succeeds. No network connection possible. > > (Also interesting to mention that GNOME was installed, but not KDE, > > although I explicitly chose the way to install KDE as alternative desktop.) > > > > When performing the installation process using the DVD, the installer came > > to the point to detect network hardware. At this point, the installer said > > no network card detected. The installer didn't accept any driver listed by > > the installer. The only way to proceed the installation process was to > > choose "no ethernet". > > > > I'm not sure, but I guess the installer doesn't know the driver to use to > > run the NIC. > > > > How do I solve the problem? > > Do I need a special NIC driver? > > If yes from where to I get it and how do I install it? > > The i217 network chip is too new to work with the kernel in wheezy. [...] This is not true if you use the latest point release. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings If you seem to know what you are doing, you'll be given more to do.
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