On 03/10/10 12:58 PM, James Brown wrote:
Some days ago I bought a notebook asus eee PC900ax and tried install Debian Lenny on it. Earlier I installed Debian Lenny on my asus eee PC900ha without any problem. I had the next problem with it. The installer didn't see any network interface controller, but the network interface controller worked under windows, i.e. it was not a problem with hardware. It was because that the ethernet controller on my new asus eee was Attansic Technology Corp. Device 1062 (rev c0) (on my old one I had Attansic Technology Corp. L1 Gigabit Ehternet Adapter (reev b0)). The debian lenny istnaller have no drivers for the first by default and cannot recognize the ethernet-card. The problem was resolved by installing Debian Squeeze.
Yes. That tends to happen with newer hardware. It doesn't get supported until a later release of the kernel. So Squeeze really is your best choice, as it contains an up-to-date kernel, unlike Lenny.
P.S. It seems to me that asus eee PC900ax was broken by its producer comparison with asus eeePC900ha because the first one have only 2 usb-ports and the second - 3, and the first have nothing instead the 3rd usb-port.
Most newer models are like that, presumably because they've gone with a "seashell" case design with less room around the edges for extra connectors. But yeah, I wish they could've squeezed an extra in there somewhere, too.
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