On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 11:00:33PM -0700, sucks the bag wrote: | | thanks for the quick reply. | | > On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 03:31:05PM -0700, sucks the bag wrote: | > | | > | i'm trying to install debian onto a friend's amd-k7 from the potato | > | cdroms. his network card says it's a "d-link dfe-530tx", and sure | > | enough, running "lspci -v" gives: | > | | > | [snip non-relevant devices] | > | | > | 00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: VIA technologies, Inc. : Unknown device 3065 (rev 43) | > | Subsystem: D-Link System Inc: Unknown device 1400 | > | Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 12 | > | I/O ports at d400 | > | Memory at efffff00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) | > | Expansion ROM at effe0000 [disabled] | > | Capabilities: [40] Power Management verion 2 | > | | > | according to a web site i found | > | (http://lhd.datapower.com/db/dispproduct.php3?DISP?296) both the | > | > That page discusses the DFE-530TX (no '+'). | | is there something in the above that makes you think it's a | DFE-530TX+ rather than a DFE-530TX (not that i'm doubting you, the | way i checked the make of the card was by opening the case and | looking, and i could easily have been mistaken).
No, I thought you said it was the '+' variant in your message. I read too fast! | > | via-rhine and 3c507 modules should work. when i got to the | > | "Configure Device Driver Modules" stage of the installation, | > | however, they both gave me this: | > | > The card you have is an rtl8139. (if rtl8139 fails, try tulip) | > D-Link made 3 cards with almost identical names but entirely different | > chipsets. | | alas, i tried both the rtl8139 and tulip drivers and they gave the | same error messages i originally posted (with rtl8139 and tulip | substituted for 3c507 of course). any other ideas? If all three modules fail, then I'm sorry to report that you have some problems :-(. All three of the D-Link variants (DE-530TX, DFE-530TX, and DFE-530TX+) are supported. I have personally seen a DFE-530TX+ work with no problems. -D
