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Spongiform · Post by **Spongiform** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:14 pm

[quote="Aerdan";p="589449"]That doesn't really help us if you're trying to get support with your network card and not your sound card.
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I'm trying to get both of them to work. And yes as far as Linux is concerned, I am a dumbarse.

edge · Post by **edge** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:40 pm

On the sound card, it sounds like you'll need to crack open the case and have a look at the card, if you don't already know what it is. If it's onboard, you can find out by googling either the motherboard model number if you have it, or even just the chipset.

As for the network, two questions:

1. Does your network have a DHCP server?
2. During the install process, did you choose to provide your own network settings, or did you choose to configure automatically?

Spongiform · Post by **Spongiform** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:52 pm

[quote="edge";p="589598"]On the sound card, it sounds like you'll need to crack open the case and have a look at the card, if you don't already know what it is. If it's onboard, you can find out by googling either the motherboard model number if you have it, or even just the chipset.

As for the network, two questions:

1. Does your network have a DHCP server?
2. During the install process, did you choose to provide your own network settings, or did you choose to configure automatically?[/quote]

1. Would that be outside of my house, if I had one? If it's something on my side of the cable modem then I don't have one. Just modem>router>4 cat5 connections.

2. I think I told it not to configure during the installation, because it wasn't anywhere that I could easily connect it to a cable. Maybe I should just reinstall and see if it does it automatically?

KaymeeraUnleashed · Post by **KaymeeraUnleashed** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:59 pm

1. I think your router would be acting as a DHCP server in this instance, so you should be able to configure your network using a DHCP broadcast. If not, you could enter the details manually...

Spongiform · Post by **Spongiform** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:03 pm

How do I configure my network using a DHCP broadcast?

dmpotter · Post by **dmpotter** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:03 pm

[quote="Crazy Man";p="589451"]...I heard recently (from the Gentoo forums) that Gentoo now has decent support (it's a Linksys WPC11 v3 using one of the Prism chipsets), so I might give it another whirl later on when I get some free time to go through the "interesting" install process...[/quote]
Hey, let me know if you get that working. I have the same card, and have been trying to get it to work on my Debian laptop without success. (I think I'm missing a step somewhere.)

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:18 pm

Oh shit. Dude, look up DHCP. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. Used to automatically hand out IP addresses (and their associated config) to hosts on a network. Your router undoubtedly is doing this.

edge · Post by **edge** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 4:07 pm

Bam!

So it sounds to me like the system is infact seeing the network card, has the correct modules installed, but is not picking up an address. Sound like where you're at?

So chances are, whatever option you chose, was the option to disable dhcp and enter your network config manually....

You should be able to do that through gnome's config tool, accessable in the menu...been a long time since I've done it that way, so I really couldn't walk you through that :-/

SunTzu · Post by **SunTzu** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 4:27 pm

Linux Question!

Ive downloaded a linux-live cd (knoppix), and i burned it, but i couldnt get it to read in either windows or at boot (i can enter the CD, but the drive starts spinning up like crazy) Does anyone know if you must burn it with special settings?

edge · Post by **edge** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 4:33 pm

You should be able to burn it like any other disc image. You did burn it as an image, and not just drop the file on the CD right?

Nero: Recorder menu > Burn Image

Alcohol 120%: Image burning wizard

Could even just be a bad burn. I know coasters don't happen too much anymore, but I still get one here and there.

KaymeeraUnleashed · Post by **KaymeeraUnleashed** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:11 pm

Also make sure your CD is set to boot before your hard disk, check your BIOS...

SunTzu · Post by **SunTzu** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 6:17 am

My god Kaymeera. Im an idiot. I totally forgot i disabled it for an experiment a while back! Thanks!

And yeah, i burned the image alright, was just wondering if it had to be burnt at specific settings, like finishing it or speeds or such.

Spongiform · Post by **Spongiform** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 4:57 pm

The internet is working now, I just set the networking, um, settings to use DHCP.

I'm using the linux computer now, can anyone point me to a module or something so I can use my "Unknown Device 4310" sound card or at least find out what it is?

The reason I don't know is, I found this computer at the recycling center. The stuff people throw away is amazing.

edge · Post by **edge** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:10 pm

I don't have any utils that'll find out what it is. You have to open the case and look for yourself :-/

If it's onboard, look at the motherboard chipset, and just google it. Like if it's an intel chipset, it might be something like "i835" or whatever. or better yet would be the model number of the mobo. Google that, and you'll find the specs I'm sure. Once you know what kind of sound card that is, we can find out if there's a way to make it work.

pc486 · Post by **pc486** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 1:45 am

Open up the case and look at the chipset? What is this, Windows?

Try this trick: Open a console/terminal and use "/sbin/lspci" to list your devices. You should see a bunch of device types and names that are connected to your PCI bus (also includes onboard components). Stuff that is unknown is printed as "Unknown device XXXX:XXXX" where the X's are hexadecimal digits. Use http://pci-ids.ucw.cz/iii/ to look up the device, with the first set of X's as the vendor and the second set the device. For example, 105a:4d69 is "Promise Technology, Inc." : "20269". With this new-found information you're ready for Google.

This technique typically better than looking at chip numbers because sometimes you get a revision or company name that may not be printed or easily recognizable. There are countless chips with only a printed logo and a number that is complex to decode.

OT: Is there a simple Windows equivalent to lspci? It would be great to have such a utility on a USB key.

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