sorry about the last message - "dmesg" does work, but i don't see the ethernet card. what to do?
On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, urbanyon wrote: > > > Ah. What a crappy book. It was my first Debian book, and install, > > too. > > :-) Can you suggest a better book? it's nice to have a reference. > > > Try "dmesg | grep eth". Typically your first NIC on a PC will be > called > > "eth0". > > "dmesg" doesn't work. try something else, or is it something i need to > install? > > thanks!!! > > -b > > > > On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 04:21:54PM -0500, urbanyon wrote: > > > > > > i am using a cdrom that came with the book 'learning debian gnu/linux' > > > (oreilly). various packages that even the book tells i need are not on > > > > Ah. What a crappy book. It was my first Debian book, and install, too. > > Note: It is _not_ Debian 2.1. It's a modified copy of Slink, with some > > Potato > > packages thrown in, and the kernel was modified by VA Linux Systems. > > When I tried to enable networking, I got void pointer errors from the > > Kernel and then it panicked. As soon as I got a stock Debian kernel all the > > problems that I was having went away. I'd recommend you replace the kernel > > on > > the CD ASAP. > > > > > 1. is there a program that i can use to set up a 'net connection using my > > > NIC? > > > > Not really, but you don't really need one. If your NIC is recognized, > > you > > can set yourself up with a static IP via ifconfig and route. If your ISP > > wants > > you to use dhcp, use dhcpcd or pump. > > > > > 2. do i need to do anything to check that the NIC is, in fact, installed? > > > > Try "dmesg | grep eth". Typically your first NIC on a PC will be called > > "eth0". > > > > > 3. i've been using apt-get - what should my sources.list file read? > > > > This'll do for potato. > > > > deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian potato main contrib non-free > > > > You'd need a working connection of course. For the CD, just use > > > > deb file:/cdrom stable main contrib > > > > Mike > > > > -- > > Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount > > of nerd-like effort." -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to UNIX > > PGP Public Key: http://www.storm.ca/~msoulier/personal.html > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
