Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-08 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 06:03:32PM +, Tim Johnson wrote: On Tuesday 08 May 2007 00:31, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: Burned and booted ... here's what I saw when I started the install: Debian tells me the following: Primary Network Interface: eth0: firewire (IEEE 1394) ethernet

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-08 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 08:33:03AM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 06:03:32PM +, Tim Johnson wrote: On Tuesday 08 May 2007 00:31, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: Burned and booted ... here's what I saw when I started the install: Debian tells me the

PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Tim Johnson
I have a background with rh and slack. Am a programmer and prefer the command line. A long-term debian user persuaded me to try ubuntu when I showed an interest in debian. To make a long story short, I've ended up with the kubuntu 7.04, because earlier (and presumably more stable) ubuntu distros

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 11:48:34AM +, Tim Johnson wrote: I have a background with rh and slack. Am a programmer and prefer the command line. A long-term debian user persuaded me to try ubuntu when I showed an interest in debian. To make a long story short, I've ended up with the kubuntu

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Tim Johnson
On Monday 07 May 2007 20:27, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: As for will your devices work, your best bet is to get the netinst.iso and boot it. Go to the second console and check the dmesg to compare with your list. Is what I want: debian-40r0-amd64-netinst.iso ? Thanks Doug -- Tim

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Olafur Jens Sigurdsson
Þann 2007-05-07, 13:06:01 (+) skrifaði Tim Johnson: On Monday 07 May 2007 20:27, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: As for will your devices work, your best bet is to get the netinst.iso and boot it. Go to the second console and check the dmesg to compare with your list. Is what I want:

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 11:48:34AM +, Tim Johnson wrote: I have a background with rh and slack. welcome. Am a programmer and prefer the command line. cool. A long-term debian user persuaded me to try ubuntu when I showed an interest in debian. :-P use real debian, you'll prefer it in

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Tim Johnson
On Monday 07 May 2007 21:58, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: Hi Andrew: http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/index.cgi See http://www.johnsons-web.com/demo/DebianDeviceDriverCheckPage.html for results The nic card is the last item, I believe. thanks tim -- Tim Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Palmer, Alaska,

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 03:09:27PM +, Tim Johnson wrote: On Monday 07 May 2007 21:58, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: Hi Andrew: http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/index.cgi See http://www.johnsons-web.com/demo/DebianDeviceDriverCheckPage.html for results The nic card is the last item, I

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Tim Johnson
On Monday 07 May 2007 23:18, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: not promising. so repost your question with specific information on that NIC, like model # etc and see what happens. I've got other NICs here. I'll try another. My previous experience installing the ubuntu suggest that there seems to

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 03:46:24PM +, Tim Johnson wrote: On Monday 07 May 2007 23:18, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: not promising. so repost your question with specific information on that NIC, like model # etc and see what happens. I've got other NICs here. I'll try another. My

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Tim Johnson
On Monday 07 May 2007 23:54, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 03:46:24PM +, Tim Johnson wrote: On Monday 07 May 2007 23:18, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: not promising. so repost your question with specific information on that NIC, like model # etc and see what

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 04:23:57PM +, Tim Johnson wrote: I just downloaded netinst.iso. Later, I will burn it and try booting with it. Do I understand that this CD will have the ability to probe eth0 and eth1 (if necessary) and give me feedback before proceeding with the

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 04:23:57PM +, Tim Johnson wrote: On Monday 07 May 2007 23:54, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 03:46:24PM +, Tim Johnson wrote: On Monday 07 May 2007 23:18, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: not promising. so repost your question with

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Tim Johnson
On Tuesday 08 May 2007 00:31, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: I am the lorax, i speak for the trees... oh. sorry. ;) Linus Torvalds is really Dr. Seuss - ala The Boys from Brazil - read on ... I just downloaded netinst.iso. Later, I will burn it and try booting with it. Do I

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 06:03:32PM +, Tim Johnson wrote: On Tuesday 08 May 2007 00:31, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: I am the lorax, i speak for the trees... oh. sorry. ;) Linus Torvalds is really Dr. Seuss - ala The Boys from Brazil - read on ... I just downloaded