Hi Franklin, I'll try to work on that. Thanks for this information. Btw, is there a way that I can post in the wiki if this is successful? Just want to share to those people who are using the same NIC. Thanks Again!
cheers, janskey --- On Wed, 6/11/08, Franklin PIAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Franklin PIAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: NIC not dectected - broadcom 59xx To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 5:46 AM Hello, On Tue, 2008-06-10 at 04:57 -0700, janskey wrote: > I'm having problem installing debian 4 on my dell inspiron 1420, > because it can't find my interface from fresh install. > > NIC details: broadcom 59xx - netlink fast ethernet You should "lspci -nn" to get the PCI id[1]. Then you can search for the device in the page [2] to find the module that handle your PCI card (under DebianUnstable's 2.6.25). Then use "modinfo MODULENAME" to see if Etch supports it too. Franklin. [1] http://wiki.debian.org/HowToIdentifyADevice/PCI [2] http://wiki.debian.org/DeviceDatabase/PCI ---- Note: According to http://bugs.debian.org/469727, the 1420 seems to have a "NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1713]" NIC. This NIC doesn't seems to be handled by DebianEtch's 2.6.18 (see "modinfo tg3"). If it's your case too, you might want to test: http://wiki.debian.org/EtchAndAHalf Then submit an Installation report : http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch05s03.html#submit-bug
