I just loaded FC3 on the same box with the D-Link with no problems. I would like to get the SuSE 9.3 to work. If anybody has any ideas, I'll pop another HDD in the box and give it a try.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of nroskam Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 9:20 PM To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Problems with SuSE 9.3 on IBM Laptop unctux wrote: >>On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 14:03:02 -0400 "David B. Rankin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >wrote. > > >>All, >> >>I am having networking problems with SuSE 9.3 and a old IBM Thinkpad. >>I've tried three different PC cards (IBM, D-Link and 3Com) with the same >>results. SuSE appears to install and configure the PC Card properly but >>never gets a DHCP address. ifup-dhcp eth0 says ".....no IP address >>yet....backgrounding." >> >>A closer look at ifconfig shows: >> >>RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:551 >>TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 >> >>Can anybody point me in the right direction to start troubleshooting? >> >>-- >>TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug >>TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ >>TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ >>TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc >> >> > >What kind of ibm laptop is this. typically ibm tends to use intel or >broadcom cards. >MICHAEL MASSEY >BIOS TEST DEPT >IBM/LENOVO > >Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you with experience. > > When I was using pc cards and suse 9.0 there was a bug where you had to modprobe the yenta module by hand to force it to load. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
