On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:35:56 +0200 Robert Epprecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Geoffrey Prewett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I recently bought a Sony GRT-170 laptop and have been trying to > > install Debian on it. I have been successful in getting 2.2.20 > > (3.0r1) to both boot and have network (sis900) support. > > Unfortunately, 2.4 kernels refuse to work. modprobe sis900 works > > great, but the network simply does not work; DHCP fails and pinging > > from a static ip address fails. (The same config commands work in > > 2.2.20) I tried kernels ranging from 2.4.0 to 2.4.22 and nothing > > works, compiling them myself and using stock Debian kernels. > > > > I did find that in order to boot successfully I had to disable APIC > > ("noapic" on the lilo command line), otherwise all 2.4 Debian > > kernels would hang immediately after IDE devices were detected. I > > suppose that it is possible that this prevents the network devices > > from being properly detected and configured. > sis900 always worked fine for me (with a PC).Used that motherboard with kernels from 2.2.16 to 2.4.20 w/o any trouble at all. You might be barking up the wrong tree and have some problem with the network settings. What does ifup/ifdown tell you? Klaus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]