for broadcom nics you typically need the tg3 module...
maybe the flavor of the broadcom nic in the d630 isnt supported yet by the
not-very-recent kernels? might be worth checking out on e.g. ubuntu fora, a
lot of dell laptop users on those fora
Michael
On Dec 11, 2007 10:58 PM, Brian Morehead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ah, so it's not a forcedeth NIC. I do know I have a Broadcom NIC and an
> Intel Wifi adapter. I've executed lspci and received the following output:
>
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2a00 (rev 0c)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2a01 (rev 0c)
> 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2834 (rev 02)
> 00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2835 (rev 02)
> 00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2834 (rev 02)
> 00:1b.0 Class 0403: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 284b (rev 02)
> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 283f (rev 02)
> 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2841 (rev 02)
> 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2849 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2830 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2831 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2832 (rev 02)
> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2836 (rev 02)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f2)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2815 (rev 02)
> 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2850 (rev 02)
> 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2828 (rev 02)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 283e (rev 02)
> 01:00.0 VGA Compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 042b
> (rev a1)
> 03:01.0 CardBus bridge: 02 Micro, Inc.: Unknown device 7135 (rev 21)
> 03:01.4 Firewire (IEEE 1394): 02 Micro, Inc.: Unknown device 00f7 (rev 02)
> 09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation: Unknown device 1673
> (rev 02)
> 0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4222 (rev 02)
>
> I know for a fact that Broadcom is the LAN and Intel is the WLAN. I guess
> I will need a Linux/Windows ISO with boot image so I can burn a CD with the
> latest drivers to support the new Broadcom drivers?? I've tried booting with
> the DOS CD and choosing both Broadcom choices with no luck either.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Respectfully,
> Brian Morehead
> Systems Administrator
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nils Olav Fossum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 12:35 PM
> To: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net
> Cc: Brian Morehead
> Subject: Re: [Unattended] Booting ETH adapters on Latitude D630
>
> Tirsdag 11 desember 2007 19:08, skrev Brian Morehead:
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> >
> >
> > I am having one hell of a time trying to boot the correct ETH drivers on
> a
> > Latitude D630.
> >
> > I've tried the following with no success:
> > >From boot type: unattended apci=off
> > >
> > >From boot type: unattended noapci
> > >
> > >From boot type: unattended nolapci
> >
> > After failure type: modprobe forcedeth
> >
> > /etc/master
>
> hm, I just checked
> unattended/linuxboot/stage2/lib/modules/2.6.23.1/kernel/drivers/net:
> ls -l fo*
> -rw-r--r-- 1 nils nils 55133 2007-12-10 13:59 forcedeth.ko
>
> and nail-floppy.txt has this line:
> lib/modules/2.6.23.1/kernel/drivers/net
>
> So, the module should be there if you are using a recent CVS download..
>
> You can check if the module is there by typing:
> ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.23.1/kernel/drivers/net/fo*
>
> Are you shure its a forcedeth NIC?
>
> What does lspci tell you?
>
>
>
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