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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I would suggest utilizing your
resources before throwing in the towel. I used to tell my
students this, of which Alan was one them.<br>
<br>
Mepis is Debian based last I checked... That chipset should be
supported and still is. I have several of these older machines
and frequently boot into Knoppix on them. What kernel modules are
loaded? lsmod | grep bxn2<br>
<br>
What do you see?<br>
Do you see any errors for the interface during boot or after?
boot.log<br>
Do you actually see the interface if you run ifconfig? Are there
errors in the ifconfig ouput?<br>
<br>
Try this one: rmmod bnx2 && modprobe bnx2<br>
See if it works now.<br>
<br>
Much more to learn, very little time....<br>
<br>
Best Regards,<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 8/9/2013 2:51 PM, Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote:<br>
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<div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times
new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">I am having
problems connecting with Ethernet on Dell Optiplex 745 (onboard
<span>Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5754 Gigabit Ethernet
PCI Express) </span>that Allan Cecil gave me--the light is
steady amber when box plugged in, and stays so always. According
to Internet search that might be common problem for Linux.
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family:
serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family:
serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Allan
Cecil suggested USB ethernet adapters--I know nothing of
those; would you, please give me some intelligence on this?</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family:
serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family:
serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">I
installed Mepis AntiX on the machine ...</div>
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serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family:
serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Thank
you, Hearthstone.<br>
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<div>---<br>
"Designing the Earth Anew Together"<br>
The book: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tinyurl.com/knj2w3d">http://tinyurl.com/knj2w3d</a><br>
Free e-book:
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<div>Ecologically and Socially Sustainable Education:<br>
Creating a Sustainable World.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.modelearth.org/ecosocsused.html">http://www.modelearth.org/ecosocsused.html</a></div>
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<div>If we, the people, were really sincere about having real
Peace in the world,<br>
we would pursue creating Peace by peaceful means more actively
rather<br>
than by relying on our military might!</div>
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