"Sergio Basurto Juarez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- Brian Coiley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Here is the story so far: > > > > 1. Installed Woody dual-boot on my W2K box > > 2. Couldn't get Nvidia card to work > > 3. On the advice of this NG, upgraded to Sarge > > 4. Tried to install a 2.4 kernel. Need to change > > LILO config, but I'm > > not using LILO, I'm using NTLDR... > > 5. Figured out how to change from using NTLDR to > > LILO, and tried again to > > install the 2.4 kernel. > > 6. 2.4 kernel would not boot (interrupt failures > > on hard drive) > > 7. So, installed a 2.6 kernel. > > 8. Still can't get Nvidia card to work with nv > > driver. > > 9. After much fiddling around with configuration, > > managed to get startx > > to do something using VESA, but just shows a grey > > screen with a black cross > > in the middle, and entire system is locked up. > > 10. Hit the big power button and booted again. > > Result... > > > > Linux is now completely unable to see my network. > > Fails to get an IP > > address from the DHCP server, doesn't work, nix, > > nothing! This is NOT a > > hardware problem: it works fine if I boot to > > Windoze. And it was working > > fine for 2 days, up to an hour ago. > > > > I have not got the foggiest idea how to begin > > diagnosing this latest > > problem. Something has clearly gone wrong with the > > NIC/driver setup in > > Sarge, but I don't know where to begin. > > > > Please help! Windoze is beginning to look like > > considerably better value > > than the £3 I paid for the Debian CD's, which will > > shortly become a set of > > nice shiny coasters! > > Explanation: > The problem starts because you install a kernel that > does not have the correct drivers for your ethernet > card(s), so since you do not have the driver your > ethernet card(s) can not connect. > > > Which method of installation are you using? I think > set of cd's but how you upgrade to sarge!!? >
Set of CD's to install Woody. Used #apt-get dist-upgrade to upgrade to Sarge. > Let's test if you get this working with this commands: > #ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.28 netmask 255.255.255.0 up > after this type: > #ifconfig > and post what it displays. It's kind of difficult to post it all: the offending computer is not connecting to the network, and I'm using my Windoze laptop to type this! What exactly are we looking for? > also run and post: > #route -n Shows nothing: just some column headers with nothing in the table. > #lsmod Again, it's kind of difficult to show it all. There is an entry for sis900, which is my NIC > run and post. > #lspci Again, far too much to retype. However, it does include the following: 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 10/100 Ethernet (rev 90) > run and post. > #lsdev Gives "command not found" > run and post. > > additional information: > > You will need to know which ethernet card(s) you have, > model and maker!!!! (Post this too). > SiS 900, onboard on an ASUS K7S8X motherboard. > Regards. > > ===== > -- > Sergio Basurto J. > > If I have seen further it is by standing on the > shoulders of giants. (Isaac Newton) > -- > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! > http://my.yahoo.com > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
