Subject: installation-reports: d-i daily 20080626 amd64 fails to detect bcm5708 gb ethernet on dell 6950 (reinstall) Package: installation-reports Severity: normal
*** Please type your report below this line *** -- Package-specific info: Boot method: CD Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso Date: 2008-06-26 04:57 Machine: Dell PE6950 Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred> Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [O] Detect network card: [E] Configure network: [ ] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [ ] Partition hard drives: [ ] Install base system: [ ] Clock/timezone setup: [ ] User/password setup: [ ] Install tasks: [ ] Install boot loader: [ ] Overall install: [ ] Comments/Problems: <Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments and ideas you had during the initial install.> The network detection phase reports no adapters found, presents manual selection menu. Manually loading the assorted Broadcom options listed there doesn't help. Using a debug console to issue the modprobe commands produces no errors, but doesn't help: no additional messages appear in dmesg output, still no adapter detected. lspci shows two interfaces (retyped): 07:00.0 Ethernet controller Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12) 08:0d.0 Ethernet controller Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12) This is a re-install of this hardware, which was previously running i386 etch. -- Please make sure that the hardware-summary log file, and any other installation logs that you think would be useful are attached to this report. Please compress large files using gzip. Once you have filled out this report, mail it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
