On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:03:14 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Walter Hurry wrote: >> On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:43:24 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: >> >>> I find myself in an odd situation: >>> >>> - I have a box I use as a sandbox, at home - I've installed all kinds >>> of different distributions on it over the past couple of years >>> >>> - I recently installed OpenSuse with no problems, but then I tried to >>> reinstall Debian (Squeeze) off a CD-Rom, and the installer hangs when >>> it goes off to detect network hardware -- this is repeatable >>> >>> - if I just let it boot the OpenSuse distro that's currently on the >>> hard drive, everything comes up fine - so the NIC, DHCP on our home >>> LAN, and so forth all are working >>> >>> - so.... any thoughts on what might be going wrong, or how to track >>> down what's happening? >>> >>> note: I'm pretty sure that I installed Squeeze on this box at some >>> point, but it could be that the last Debian install was Lenny - and >>> recent discussion suggests that some of the network plumbing has >>> changed, perhaps in ways that are incompatible with my network card. >>> >>> Thanks for any suggestions. >> Here's a suggestion: Next time you ask a question like this, tell us >> what NIC you have. > > Easier said than done - the box is an off-brand box assembled by a local > computer store - there's a broadcom chip on the motherboard, and an > Intel card that I installed separately - but I'd have to do some > dissassembly to find specific model numbers (or figure out what commands > work in OpenSuse to grab the information). [Now if these were the > production servers, in the data center, I'd have no problem providing > details.] > > Up to now, hardware autodetect has worked just fine - finding both NICs, > identifying them, and giving me a choice. Now it all just hangs. I > expect that I could escape out of the installer, and plug in some magic > incantations - but a little guidance is what I'm looking for. (I have a > vague memory that there's a package of non-free NIC drivers floating > around that might need to be installed for the broadcom chip to work, > but not the Intel one.)
So OpenSuse doesn't have the standard commands to list your PCI and/or USB hardware? That's difficult to believe. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/j99li1$8kl$1...@dough.gmane.org
