> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 21:41:28 +0100, Jan Piet Joris en Corneel wrote: >> 2010/1/31 Tony: >> > Not sure it helps you but Squeeze installs fine on this motherboard. >> Thanks, but I want Stable, not Testing. >> >> 2010/1/31 Florian Kulzer: >> > The first thing I would try is one of Kenshi Muto's customized debian >> > installer images with backported newer kernels and therefore better >> > support for newer hardware: >> > >> > http://kmuto.jp/debian/d-i/ >> > >> > (I have not checked anything for your particular NIC, therefore I cannot >> > say how likely it is that the d-i with the newer kernel will work.) >> >> Thanks for the suggestion. It didn't work, the installer keeps saying >> it has no drivers for the NIC, asks me for a external source I don't >> have. > > What exactly is the vendor and the device ID of this NIC? (check the > output of "lspci -nn") > > The only Realtek 8168 that I can find in /usr/share/misc/pci.ids has > [10ec:8168] and is listed in my modules.alias as being supported by the > r8169 driver. >
I'm sorry guys, but I've switched to Ubuntu Server 9.10 Karmic Koala. Tired of all debian driver problems, and a ubuntu live usb disc running without problems I decided to switch. As far as I've understood now the issue has to do with kernel versions. Debian Lenny has 2.6.26, Lenny-backports 2.6.30 and the netinst images of Kenshi Muto currently 2.6.32. Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic has 2.6.31. Installation of that OS wasn't without hassle too. For documentary reasons the way I did it on the Intel D945GSEJT board. Answer to Florian Kulzer's questions below. 1. Get yourself a windows XP pc with admin access, an empty USB stick of at least 1 GB. Format it (you need admin rights to do that). 2. Put Ubuntu on it according to the instructions at Pendrivelinux: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/run-ubuntu-9-10-server-edition-installer-from-usb/. Make sure to use the windows application "USB-Installer-For-Ubuntu-910-Server-Edition-v0.2.exe" (server edition .exe differs from desktop edition .exe available at http://www.pendrivelinux.com/create-a-ubuntu-9-10-live-usb-in-windows/) and Ubuntu image "ubuntu-9.10-server-i386.iso". You cannot use x64 since the Atom N270 processor is 32 bit... 3. unmount and unplug stick from windows computer, put in D945GSEJT board and boot. 4. select Help > F6. 5. type "install cdrom-detect/try-usb=true" and press enter. This is needed to bypass the cdrom drive driver not found question which halts the installer. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick#Known%20Issues. 6. now the installer should run fine (at least it did at my board. Other hardware used: 1 GB ram and an Kingston Data Traveler G2 4 GB USB stick to host the new OS. A WD5000BEVT hard drive was inserted too but only for data storage. 2010/1/31 Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+deb...@icfo.es>: > What exactly is the vendor and the device ID of this NIC? (check the > output of "lspci -nn") last line of lspci -nn at Karmic Koala shows this: 01:00.0 Ethernet Controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RT8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 03) lsmod shows r8169 is loaded after installation of Ubuntu. > What happens if you try to "modprobe r8169" with the installer? (If I > remember correctly, you can switch to a command prompt at any time with > CTRL-ALT-F2.) Also check the output of dmesg after the modprobe. Did not need to help the installer during installation for the NIC. If that was necessary, the command should be: modprobe r8169, which you can run in a second terminal window with Ctrl Alt F2. Regards, Corné -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
