On Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:43:08 +1000, Alan Kerns wrote: (no html, please)
> The other day I installed debian-6.0.4-i386 on my backup computer and it > worked so well that I decided to install debian-6.0.4-amd64 on my main > computer. > The install begins smoothly but stops dead when looking for network > hardware. > The unseen hardware is Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit > Ethernet Controller. > The hardware which worked fine on my i386 machine is not Realtek but I > think Silicon Integrated Systems. > <http://dhost.info/baxic/debian-on-hp-probook-4520s/hw-spec.php#eth- card> > tells me this Reatek hardware "works fine". Usually, most of the intel and realtek chipset based ethernet cards work out-of-the-box, with exceptions, of course. > Like hell it does! Where can I find out what ethernet cards will really > work fine with squeeze. What I do to test my hardware before installing is loading a LiveCD. This helps to find the most common troubles, that is, with the vga and network card. > I'll go and buy one to save myself a lot of hassle and frustration. I > have the latest realtek-firmware installed on my Linux Mint Debian > Edition which I have been using for some months; but that's no help > when installing squeeze from a CD-ROM on a different partition. Your card may need a firmware file in order to work properly. You can install Debian from DVD and thus avoid using/configuring your network card and afterwards... your problems will continue :-P The RTL8111/8168B NIC under Linux and the r8168 driver http://superuser.com/questions/396071/the-rtl8111-8168b-nic-under-linux-and-the-r8168-driver. It seems to be a problematic chipset. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/jkmven$q88$1...@dough.gmane.org
