Wolodja -- thanks, that worked! My NIC now works, and I am in fact writing this e-mail from my Debian workstation!
-PT On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Peter Tenenbaum <quar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wolodja -- in looking at the instructions on the backports.org website, I > surmise that the instructions will download the new packages from the > backports.org website and then install the updated kernel and everything > that the updated kernel needs (ie, all its dependencies). > > Unfortunately, since the problem I'm trying to solve is that the network > connection on my Debian workstation isn't supported, I'm assuming that this > won't work. I think that leaves me with two options: > > 1. Walk through the dependency information provided at backports.org to > identify all the packages which are needed by the updated kernel; download > on my working computer (WinXP) and copy to optical or USB drive; use that to > do the install. > > 2. Since my Debian installation is brand new, I could also simply replace > the Lenny install with a Squeeze install -- essentially, start over Squeeze. > > Does option (1) sound utterly unappealing? I'm inclined to give it a shot, > knowing that I can always fall back on option (2) if I totally botch (1). > > -PT > > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 7:14 AM, Peter Tenenbaum <quar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Wolodja -- the output from the lspci command is >> >> 00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:10f0] >> (rev 06) >> >> Papul -- the kernel is 2.6.26-2-amd64. >> >> Sounds like I should just go ahead and update my kernel, and that should >> solve some other, unrelated and less critical issues. I'll try that tonight >> (right now it's 7:15 AM local time and I'm off to work). >> >> Thanks for the suggestions, >> -PT >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 10:11 PM, Peter Tenenbaum <quar...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> I just finished building a new computer around the Intel DH55TC >>> motherboard. I would like to configure the computer to use DHCP via its >>> built-in ethernet tap, but the ethernet was not detected or configured on >>> installation. There is no eth0 entry in /etc/network/interfaces, no eth0 >>> entry displayed by ifconfig, no dhcpd.conf file is present, and dhcpd is not >>> listed in inetd.conf. >>> >>> I suspect that the problem is that the motherboard is so new that it's >>> not supported in the 2.6.26 version of the kernel: when I looked at the >>> Intel webpage relevant to the board, >>> http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/dh55tc/sb/CS-031186.htm, >>> it suggests that a LAN driver may be needed for Linux, and I infer from >>> their table of information that this is more likely to be the case for >>> kernel versions prior to about 2.6.31. >>> >>> So what I think I need to do is the following: >>> >>> 1. Download and install the LAN driver >>> 2. Manually configure the system so that it recognizes the Ethernet >>> tap >>> 3. Add eth0 to /etc/network/interfaces >>> 4. add a dhcpd.conf file >>> 5. add dhcpd to inetd.conf. >>> >>> Does that sound about right, or is the reality simpler / less simple than >>> that? >>> >>> Assuming I've got it right: how do I accomplish step 2? >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> -PT >>> >> >> >
