Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-08 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 08:33:03AM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 06:03:32PM +, Tim Johnson wrote: > > On Tuesday 08 May 2007 00:31, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > Burned and booted ... here's what I saw when I started the install: > > Debian tells me th

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-08 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 06:03:32PM +, Tim Johnson wrote: > On Tuesday 08 May 2007 00:31, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > Burned and booted ... here's what I saw when I started the install: > Debian tells me the following: > "Primary Network Interface: >eth0: firewire (IEEE 1394) et

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 06:03:32PM +, Tim Johnson wrote: > On Tuesday 08 May 2007 00:31, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > I am the lorax, i speak for the trees... oh. sorry. ;) > >Linus Torvalds is really Dr. Seuss - ala "The Boys from Brazil" >- read on ... > > > > I just downl

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Tim Johnson
On Tuesday 08 May 2007 00:31, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > I am the lorax, i speak for the trees... oh. sorry. ;) Linus Torvalds is really Dr. Seuss - ala "The Boys from Brazil" - read on ... > > I just downloaded netinst.iso. Later, I will burn it > > and try booting with it. Do I

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 04:23:57PM +, Tim Johnson wrote: > On Monday 07 May 2007 23:54, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 03:46:24PM +, Tim Johnson wrote: > > > On Monday 07 May 2007 23:18, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > not promising. so repost your question wi

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 04:23:57PM +, Tim Johnson wrote: > I just downloaded netinst.iso. Later, I will burn it > and try booting with it. Do I understand that this CD will have > the ability to probe eth0 and eth1 (if necessary) and give me > feedback before proceeding with the inst

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Tim Johnson
On Monday 07 May 2007 23:54, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 03:46:24PM +, Tim Johnson wrote: > > On Monday 07 May 2007 23:18, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > not promising. so repost your question with specific information on > > > that NIC, like model # etc and see w

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 03:46:24PM +, Tim Johnson wrote: > On Monday 07 May 2007 23:18, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > not promising. so repost your question with specific information on > > that NIC, like model # etc and see what happens. > I've got other NICs here. I'll try another. My

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Tim Johnson
On Monday 07 May 2007 23:18, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > not promising. so repost your question with specific information on > that NIC, like model # etc and see what happens. I've got other NICs here. I'll try another. My previous experience installing the ubuntu suggest that there seems to

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 03:09:27PM +, Tim Johnson wrote: > On Monday 07 May 2007 21:58, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > Hi Andrew: > > http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/index.cgi > See > http://www.johnsons-web.com/demo/DebianDeviceDriverCheckPage.html > for results > The nic card is the last item

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Tim Johnson
On Monday 07 May 2007 21:58, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: Hi Andrew: > http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/index.cgi See http://www.johnsons-web.com/demo/DebianDeviceDriverCheckPage.html for results The nic card is the last item, I believe. thanks tim -- Tim Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palmer, Alask

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 11:48:34AM +, Tim Johnson wrote: > I have a background with rh and slack. welcome. > Am a programmer and prefer the command line. cool. > A long-term debian user persuaded me to try ubuntu when I showed an > interest in debian. :-P use real debian, you'll prefer it

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Olafur Jens Sigurdsson
Þann 2007-05-07, 13:06:01 (+) skrifaði Tim Johnson: > On Monday 07 May 2007 20:27, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > > > As for will your devices work, your best bet is to get the netinst.iso > > and boot it. Go to the second console and check the dmesg to compare > > with your list. > Is wh

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Tim Johnson
On Monday 07 May 2007 20:27, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > As for will your devices work, your best bet is to get the netinst.iso > and boot it. Go to the second console and check the dmesg to compare > with your list. Is what I want: debian-40r0-amd64-netinst.iso ? Thanks Doug -- Tim Joh

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 11:48:34AM +, Tim Johnson wrote: > I have a background with rh and slack. > Am a programmer and prefer the command line. > A long-term debian user persuaded me to try ubuntu when I showed an > interest in debian. > To make a long story short, I've ended up with the kubun