[NBLUG/talk] Linux and new Dells (video and NIC workarounds)

[Robert Hayes]

Oh! I can't stand it!

Thank you so much. There was an 'i' in front of the # on line 1.
Apparently I hit 'i' twice for 'insert' in vi.

Thank you, ME!

RH

On Thursday 08 May 2003 03:56 pm, you wrote:
> > NIC:
> > The integrated NIC is a Broadcom4400. With this information it should be
> > pretty quick to get it recognized. I'm still having a problem getting it
> > to
> > work.
> >
> > Download driver sources from either:
> >
> > http://www.asus.com.cn/support/download/selectftp.aspx?l1_id=1&l2_id=15&l
> >3_id=15&m_id=1&f_name=4401_653.zip~zaqwedc
> >
> > or
> >
> > http://ftp.leo.org/download/pub/comp/general/devices/asus/lan/broadcom/44
> >01/
> >
> > Unpack them, and follow the tree down to the src directory. Give the make
> > command (I had to do /usr/bin/make on my Debian install) and viola.
> > Copy bcm4400.o into /lib/modules/2.4.xxx/kernel/drivers/net.
> > Give the command insmod bcm4400.
> > Thanks to Lars Marius Garshol, larsga at garshol.priv.no
> > for this information.
> >
> > At this point, I've run modconf, and upgrade-modules.
> > I edited /etc/networks/interfaces and added
> >
> > iface eth0 inet dhcp
> >
> > just below the iface lo entry.
> >
> > When I run ifconfig -a the card is there, but the return is:
> >
> > /etc/network/interfaces:1: misplaced option
> > ifup: couldn't read interfaces file /etc/network/interfaces
> >
> > I've tried using the mapping and auto methods in interfaces, but no luck
> > there either.
> > Any suggestions?
>
> Yes, the error suggest you look at the file "/etc/network/interface" and
> see what is listed on line "1". You may have a line that needs a "#" added
> back that could have been deleted before
> Like, maybe something liek this exists on line 1:
>  /etc/network/interfaces --- config file for ifup
> and should be changed to:
> # /etc/network/interfaces --- config file for ifup
>
>
> Also, maybe use this for eth0 instead:
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
> If that does not work, let us know and we can try manually configuring the
> interface to see where it fails.
>
> -ME
>
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