Hi Bruno,

On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 07:06:21PM +0200, Bruno Costacurta wrote:
> I bought an Acer (model 4750) and tried to install on it Squeeze
> image i386 CD-ROM.
> During the network hardware detection the Ethernet card Broadcom
> (model Netlink BCM57785) is not recognized (note : I identified this
> model using an Ubuntu 11.04 live DVD).

Support of the Broadcom BCM57785 (PCI ID 14e4:16b5) was introduced in
the tg3 driver at Linux 2.6.34.

> I suppose it is simply not included in the Squeeze image i386 CD-Rom I
> used.

Yes, Debian 6.0.2.1 installation media will not support your device;
support is anticipated for the upcoming 6.0.3 point release.

> My questions is does Debian propose a package supporting Ethernet
> card Broadcom BCM57785 ?

For device support during and after Debian installation, you would need
to use an unofficial installer (containing a backported Linux kernel) at
this time, see [1] for further details.

For an established system (with an alternate form of connectivity), you
can use either a backported linux-image package from Debian Backports
[2], or a linux-image package proposed for the 6.0.3 point release [3].

Geoff

[1] http://kmuto.jp/debian/d-i/
[2] http://backports-master.debian.org/Instructions/
[3] http://www.debian.org/releases/proposed-updates


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