Re: Troubles: Internet, Printer, Sound More.

From: Kent West (westk_at_acu.edu)
Date: 03/15/05

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    Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 23:48:45 -0600
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    David R. Litwin wrote:

    >cat /etc/debian_version: 3.0
    >
    >cat /etc/apt/sources.list: deb cdr0m: [debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r4 _Woody_
    >- official i586 Binary-1 (20050102)]/unstable contribution
    >non-US/contribution -US /main non-US/non-free non-free.
    >
    >
    >
    So you've installed Woody from CD.

    >uname -a 2.2.20- idepci#1 i686unknown.
    >
    >
    With a 2.2 kernel.

    >lspci
    >
    >00.0a.0 Ethernet Controler:3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX
    >
    >
    Excellent; well-supported card.

    >I noticed with the dmesg it said, basically, that IRQ 0 (which I
    >believe is for the eth0) may not work. Running pppoe, it says:
    >SIOCSIFFLAGS: Device or resource busy.
    >pppoe: Send (sendPacket): Network is down.
    >
    >
    I know nothing about PPPOE. But I will assume that on Windows all you
    have to do is plug in the ethernet cable, set Windows to DHCP (actually
    it's probably already that way be default), and the network just appears
    when you boot up.

    If that's true, on Debian, make sure the 3c59x module is installed (or
    it might be compiled in on the stock 2.2 kernel). Run "lsmod" and look
    for 3c59x. If it's there, great. If not, we'll assume it's compiled in
    (I vaguely remember that it might be).

    Edit "/etc/network/interfaces" so it looks something like so:

    > # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
    >
    > # The loopback interface
    > # automatically added when upgrading
    > auto lo
    > iface lo inet loopback
    >
    > # The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian
    > installation
    > # (network, broadcast and gateway are optional)
    > # automatically added when upgrading
    > auto eth0
    > iface eth0 inet dhcp

    Then restart networking with the commands "/etc/init.d/networking stop"
    and "/etc/networking start". You should now be able to ping, ftp,
    telnet, browse, ssh, etc.

    The command "ifconfig" should list your active interfaces, along with
    the address assigned to the NIC.

    If my assumption is wrong about how Windows works, we'll have to wait
    for someone who knows about PPPOE to join the discussion.

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    Kent
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