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dmroberson
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 Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:13 pm Post subject: Broadcom 44xx on Inspiron 8600 |
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Am trying to install 2007.0 on a Dell Inspiron 8600 notebook. I'm having trouble getting an IP address with DHCP. Network card is a broadcom 4400 ethernet, and also a broadcom 4300 wireless. No wireless is available, so am using trying to use ethernet.
Booted the 2007.0 LiveCD, tried . This results in | Code: | | Error, timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response |
btw, eth1 is my ethernet. eth0 is wireless, and eth2 is firewire.
After searching, and reading several threads, I've tried and it shows that the b44 module is loaded. Then I try then I repeated:
I've also tried bringing eth1 down and up again with and
Still, all I get is | Code: | | Error, timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response |
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I've read that sometimes the broadcom takes a while to get an IP so I tried: to allow up to 60 seconds but still get the same error.
I am at a loss now. I have no idea what else to try. Can someone help me, so I can install gentoo on my notebook?
Thanks.
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defenderBG
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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are u shure there is a dhcp running? have u got another os running? (win, mac os x). take a look there what the ip, netmask, default gateway and dns server, that modify them in linux
just to be sure that eth1 is really ur wired, pls:
ifconfig -a
iwconfig
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dmroberson
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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| defenderBG wrote: | are u shure there is a dhcp running? have u got another os running? (win, mac os x). take a look there what the ip, netmask, default gateway and dns server, that modify them in linux
just to be sure that eth1 is really ur wired, pls:
ifconfig -a
iwconfig
tnx |
As far as I can tell, dhcp is running. No, I don't have any other OS on the notebook. I've tried taking the subnet mask, gateway, and DNS info from a WinXP notebook that I use, but that didn't help either.
When I run it says eth0 is is broadcom 43xx a/b/g wireless, eth1 is broadcom 44xx 10/100 T and eth2 is 1394 firewire ethernet.
I select eth1, and it shows the name, MAC address, device driver: b44 and asks is this the device I want to configure. I select Yes, then it asks if the device is wireless or wired. I choose wired, and it says run to verify that everything is working. I run and it shows that eth1 is up, but no IP address.
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OnlyTux
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Hello.
That is strange, googling a bit I found people who succesfully installed Gentoo 2005.1 in your notebook.
Did you try booting with gentoo nox option at startup, or with the minimal cd, to see if something changes?
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dmroberson
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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| OnlyTux wrote: | Hello.
That is strange, googling a bit I found people who succesfully installed Gentoo 2005.1 in your notebook.
Did you try booting with gentoo nox option at startup, or with the minimal cd, to see if something changes? |
No, I haven't tried that. when I use the LiveCD, I use
Also, I've tried using a Ubuntu 7.10 install disc, and I can't get an IP using DHCP there either. I've set the DNS server info, Subnet, etc, but it doesn't work. I've taken the notebook to another friends' house, and I get an IP just fine, and can go online. Wierd.
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