On 2017-10-12, Emanuel Berg <moa...@zoho.com> wrote: > Brian wrote: >> >> Choose an interface and move on. Is this >> where it fails? Let us know what you see. >> Stop, switch to console 2 and do 'more >> /var/log/syslog'. Anything towards the end of >> that log? > > I managed to install it by unplugging the > Ethernet cable, moving the computer to another > place, and instead using a smartphone with > USB-tethering to provide Internet. Now one > wonders, what will happen when I plug in an > Ethernet cable once more and expect Internet > to work? Will it? >
For the answer to these questions and more, be sure to tune in to the next installment of "Manny Does Debian." But all seriousness aside I don't see many people having trouble with the network card on this oldish laptop (82562GT 10/100 Network Connection (driver:e1000)? Here http://www.linlap.com/hp-compaq_6720s it says: Ethernet Yes With current BIOS works out of the box, else see Notes The notes say: Ethernet You must upgrade to the newest BIOS, because the F.07< bioses, were known to have trouble with ethernet drivers in Linux (and also in Windows XP). After that you don't have to add `noacpi` options on boot, as it is said in some forums. You do have an HP Compaq 6720s, right? At any rate, good luck. -- "A simpering Bambi narcissist and a thieving, fanatical Albanian dwarf." Christopher Hitchens, commenting shortly after the nearly concurrent deaths of Lady Diana and Mother Theresa.
