On Sat, Dec 06, 2014 at 03:33:06PM +0000, Schler Thomas (ID SD) wrote: > I'm reporting an installation problem dealing with identifying/configuring a > network interface card. > > Hardware: > laptop Lenovo W540 (Windows7 pre-installed) > graphics: NVIDIA Quadro K2100M > NIC: Intel (R) Ethernet Connection I217-LM > > Debian source: > DVD coming with a published book; author: Heike Jurzik > Debian GNU/Linux 7.1.0 Wheezy for "i386" and "amd64" > > Installation method chosen: > guided 64bit graphical installation (no expert mode); > KDE as alternative GUI chosen > > Actual state: > Debian system boots. Login to GUI succeeds. No network connection possible. > (Also interesting to mention that GNOME was installed, but not KDE, although > I explicitly chose the way to install KDE as alternative desktop.) > > When performing the installation process using the DVD, the installer came to > the point to detect network hardware. At this point, the installer said no > network card detected. The installer didn't accept any driver listed by the > installer. The only way to proceed the installation process was to choose "no > ethernet". > > I'm not sure, but I guess the installer doesn't know the driver to use to run > the NIC. > > How do I solve the problem? > Do I need a special NIC driver? > If yes from where to I get it and how do I install it?
The i217 network chip is too new to work with the kernel in wheezy. The wheezy-backports kernel would work with it which you could install after you do the install (if you are not doing a net-install of course). Jessie should of course work fine with it. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141208172621.gv24...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
