Hi everyone,
I am trying to install debian on an LW60-DBJA. I have the rc3 version of
the netinst CD (the latest "testing" release).
Booting linux26, the installer hangs during the PCMCIA detection phase
(96% progress bar), so I used the hw-detect/start_pcmcia=false boot
parameter.
Now a problem
On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 01:12:21AM +0300, Kfir Lavi wrote:
> I'm running sarge on a laptop.
> Don't download nothing.
> Just get the floppies or the cdrom of the network installation, and start the
> installation.
I downloaded RC3 of netinst a couple of weeks ago, but it didn't include
the etherne
On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 08:18:20AM +0200, Atanas Atanasov wrote:
> I am afraid the same might happen to me. That's why my initial idea
> was to use the ready cd-images and have them burned.
According to:
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/weekly/i386/
there are 14 CDs in the set, which seems a bi
On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 12:21:36AM -0700, Ian Greenhoe wrote:
> Or, do something revolutionary:
> Use the netinstall...
As I mentioned, I would *much* prefer to use netinstall.
BUT,
Can someone tell me if the netinstall CD includes the driver for my
network card: sk98lin? And if so, which versio
On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 05:24:27AM -0700, Ian Greenhoe wrote:
> > So far, I tried RC3 and it did not include the sk98lin driver, so I
> > couldn't install from it.
>
> I disagree with ya there: I just downloaded the sarge RC3 netinst, and
> both the 2.4.27 kernel and the 2.6.8 kernel contain the s
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 12:01:03AM +1000, Ryan Heise wrote:
> Sounds hopeful, but I am not sure how to enable it. There is a point in
> the installation where the installer tells me it can't detect my network
> card, and asks me to select it from a list. In that list, there is no
&g
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 12:40:11AM +1000, Ryan Heise wrote:
> I think this may be because the version of the driver included in RC3
> is not recent enough for my card.
Okay it seems that both RC3, and the latest daily build, have an old
version of sk98lin (6.23). The latest version is no
On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 04:05:46PM +0300, Kfir Lavi wrote:
> instead of paying for cd's that will last for 1 week, just go and buy from
> ebay xircom realport pcmcia.
I'm not sure if this would work because my laptop causes the debian
installer to freeze during pcmcia detection.
Ryan
--
To UN
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 01:11:35PM +1000, Ryan Heise wrote:
> - netinstall doesn't include up-to-date network card drivers, and can't
> detect my network card.
> - a full CD install requires 14 CDs, which is too many.
Someone offered me a third option by private email (thank
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 06:56:08AM +0300, Crash Override wrote:
> On Tuesday 12 April 2005 06:15, Ryan Heise wrote:
> > I'm not sure if this would work because my laptop causes the debian
> > installer to freeze during pcmcia detection.
> >
> > Ryan
>
>
In case someone finds it useful, I created a webpage describing how to
get Debian working on an LW60:
http://www.progsoc.uts.edu.au/~rheise/LW60/
So far, most things are working, except for sound. lspci shows:
:00:1b.0 0403: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family)
High Defi
On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 05:53:19PM +0200, Phuong Le-Hong wrote:
> I don't know how to configure the module ACPI to automatically shutdown
> completely my laptop without having to press the power button.
My laptop is an LG LW60 notebook and has the same problem.
It says ACPI powerdown but nothing
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