Installing network card on Debian Lenny
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k, I tried the tg3 driver install on my sarge box, and compile worked fine, it's a 2.4 kernel but I see no reason why it shouldn't work on the Lenny 2.6 one too:
I uploaded the package for you:
http://www.cyber-samurai.de/tg3-3.71b.tar.gz
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redbox:/# tar -xzvf tg3-3.71b.tar.gz
tg3-3.71b/tg3.4
tg3-3.71b/tg3.c
tg3-3.71b/tg3.h
tg3-3.71b/Makefile
tg3-3.71b/ChangeLog
tg3-3.71b/README.TXT
tg3-3.71b/LICENSE
redbox:/# cd tg*
redbox:/tg3-3.71b# make
gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -I/lib/modules/2.4.27-2-386/build/include -O2 -c -o tg3.o tg3.c
In file included from /lib/modules/2.4.27-2-386/build/include/linux/spinlock.h:6,
from /lib/modules/2.4.27-2-386/build/include/linux/module.h:12,
from tg3.c:30:
/lib/modules/2.4.27-2-386/build/include/asm/system.h: In Funktion »__set_64bit_var«:
/lib/modules/2.4.27-2-386/build/include/asm/system.h:190: Warnung: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
/lib/modules/2.4.27-2-386/build/include/asm/system.h:190: Warnung: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
redbox:/tg3-3.71b# make install
gzip -c tg3.4 > tg3.4.gz
mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.4.27-2-386/kernel/drivers/net;
install -m 444 tg3.o /lib/modules/2.4.27-2-386/kernel/drivers/net;
install -m 444 tg3.4.gz /usr/share/man/man4;\
redbox:/tg3-3.71b#
http://www.cyber-samurai.de/tg3-3.71b.tar.gz
This time i did EXACTLY as you did, used the same package and all...
got this
EDIT: btw, i can't use apt-get for all packages...since none of the cards work xD
EDIT: since i don't want to go to sleep, i will format the lappy and install Ubuntu, i wanna see if it works :/ (getting tired of Debian atm on the lappy since i just discovered that NOTHING works...not even the sound -.-, and i have tried countless attempts to install it...giving up for now)
EDIT2: never mind....the Ubuntu installation didn't even start --..--
got this
clare:/# tar -xzvf tg3-3.71b.tar.gz
tg3-3.71b/tg3.4
tg3-3.71b/tg3.c
tg3-3.71b/tg3.h
tg3-3.71b/Makefile
tg3-3.71b/ChangeLog
tg3-3.71b/README.TXT
tg3-3.71b/LICENSE
clare:/# cd tg*
clare:/tg3-3.71b# make
make -C SUBDIRS=/tg3-3.71b modules
make: *** SUBDIRS=/tg3-3.71b: No such file or directory. Stop.
make: *** [default] Error 2
clare:/tg3-3.71b#
EDIT: btw, i can't use apt-get for all packages...since none of the cards work xD
EDIT: since i don't want to go to sleep, i will format the lappy and install Ubuntu, i wanna see if it works :/ (getting tired of Debian atm on the lappy since i just discovered that NOTHING works...not even the sound -.-, and i have tried countless attempts to install it...giving up for now)
EDIT2: never mind....the Ubuntu installation didn't even start --..--
"The best place to hide a tree, is in a forest"
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damn...
linux on laptops can be a pain in the rear, and for some it simply don't really work...
hm, but this might be worth a try:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/install.exe
it's an Ubuntu installer you can start out of MS....
linux on laptops can be a pain in the rear, and for some it simply don't really work...
hm, but this might be worth a try:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/install.exe
it's an Ubuntu installer you can start out of MS....
So...i have to install Windows now..and THEN ubuntu? =|
eurgh, how do i format the computer while it has Debian?.... i mean format it so that the GRUB is removed and all..i want it clean, it HAS to work then >_<
EDIT: i want to try ubuntu since the seller of the computer told me that they had customers that had installed Ubuntu WITHOUT any problems.
eurgh, how do i format the computer while it has Debian?.... i mean format it so that the GRUB is removed and all..i want it clean, it HAS to work then >_<
EDIT: i want to try ubuntu since the seller of the computer told me that they had customers that had installed Ubuntu WITHOUT any problems.
"The best place to hide a tree, is in a forest"
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you mean you want to wipe the whole HDD? best use the Ultimate Bootdisk from the downloads and use one of the tools one there like Darik's Boot and Nuke (it'll take a while because it'll do a low level format).
you can get the standalone version for different medias (CD, USB, floppy) here too: http://dban.sourceforge.net/
you can get the standalone version for different medias (CD, USB, floppy) here too: http://dban.sourceforge.net/
*cries* "DBAN finished with non-fatal errors. Check the log for more information."
why..oh why -.-
any other tools i can use for wiping? xD
gonna have a look on that CD, lots of tools it seems
EDIT: i tried all of the erase tools on that CD....NONE worked
why..oh why -.-
any other tools i can use for wiping? xD
gonna have a look on that CD, lots of tools it seems
EDIT: i tried all of the erase tools on that CD....NONE worked
"The best place to hide a tree, is in a forest"
I have read around on some other forums now....
i will use the Vista DVD to format (Forgive me father for i have sinned)
and then i am using an "alternate" disc to install Ubuntu, it seems like there are a lot of people who are having the same problem.
i will use the Vista DVD to format (Forgive me father for i have sinned)
and then i am using an "alternate" disc to install Ubuntu, it seems like there are a lot of people who are having the same problem.
"The best place to hide a tree, is in a forest"
i am seriously loosing my calm right now.....
was starting Ubuntu after install and it gave me crap about that it couldn't start xserver...
so i was using VI to edit the xorg.conf since i knew the problem...but i couldn't edit since the fucking installation didn't let me insert a root password.
So now i am installing once more -.-
was starting Ubuntu after install and it gave me crap about that it couldn't start xserver...
so i was using VI to edit the xorg.conf since i knew the problem...but i couldn't edit since the fucking installation didn't let me insert a root password.
So now i am installing once more -.-
"The best place to hide a tree, is in a forest"
I have tried a lot now..... i am not giving up on Ubuntu since it almost works now, it's only something about the xorg.conf or the intel/vesa driver.
I tried with Backtrack 2 and the screen works, but since it uses other software i can't take the files from there to make it work...
I tried taking the xorg.conf from my Debian install since it worked there, but i think it missed some files, so i will have to try and find the files and copy them and maybe it will work...
But please someone...does ANYONE have any other idea?....I'm really starting to loose it =|
EDIT: ok so i filed the process on the laptop now
first i want to just say that it was filmed with my phone, so picture and sound is kinda crappy, but you still get the picture of what is happening, i am playing pretty loud music so make sure you turn down your volume just i case.
What i am doing on the laptop are steps, just to make it easier for you to follow..
1: I insert the live CD
2: Live backtrack 2 starts without any problems
3: I reboot and remove the live CD
4: i start the "real" distro
5: when you see the screen going blank in the end...thats my problem (using the intel driver, if i use the Vesa driver i just got a random error about screen found but no working configuration can be found)
The film is in 3gp format and can be played with both Quick time and VLC media player.
http://documentcat.com/doc/test.3gp
I tried with Backtrack 2 and the screen works, but since it uses other software i can't take the files from there to make it work...
I tried taking the xorg.conf from my Debian install since it worked there, but i think it missed some files, so i will have to try and find the files and copy them and maybe it will work...
But please someone...does ANYONE have any other idea?....I'm really starting to loose it =|
EDIT: ok so i filed the process on the laptop now
first i want to just say that it was filmed with my phone, so picture and sound is kinda crappy, but you still get the picture of what is happening, i am playing pretty loud music so make sure you turn down your volume just i case.
What i am doing on the laptop are steps, just to make it easier for you to follow..
1: I insert the live CD
2: Live backtrack 2 starts without any problems
3: I reboot and remove the live CD
4: i start the "real" distro
5: when you see the screen going blank in the end...thats my problem (using the intel driver, if i use the Vesa driver i just got a random error about screen found but no working configuration can be found)
The film is in 3gp format and can be played with both Quick time and VLC media player.
http://documentcat.com/doc/test.3gp
"The best place to hide a tree, is in a forest"
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hm, here I found a howto for the driver install from scratch:
http://intellinuxgraphics.org//install.html
but well, if it still not work then it would be the best imo to get back to Debian again, I think the network problem is easier to fix than the graphics problem in Ubuntu...or are the network device working on Ubuntu?
http://intellinuxgraphics.org//install.html
but well, if it still not work then it would be the best imo to get back to Debian again, I think the network problem is easier to fix than the graphics problem in Ubuntu...or are the network device working on Ubuntu?