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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=137355209-02122006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks for you offer of help. I'll rerun the process
in the next day or two and send you the output. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=137355209-02122006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Meantime, I picked a a distro called UBUNTU V6 which
installed without any problems and works very well indeed. But I still
want to get the hang of installing and trouble shooting drivers for which I will
continue to use Debian.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=137355209-02122006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Back to you shortly, regards, Walt</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:watford-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Mark
Stewart<BR><B>Sent:</B> 01 December 2006 18:38<BR><B>To:</B>
watford@mailman.lug.org.uk<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Watford]
Help....<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Walt,</DIV>
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<DIV>Never used Debian, but post the instructions and I will try and
explain in English.</DIV>
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<DIV>Also, post the output of: ifconfig -a<BR> </DIV>
<DIV>Have you checked the output of dmesg for any interface errors on
boot?</DIV>
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<DIV>Mark</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 01/12/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>walt</B>
<<A href="mailto:walt@helvatron.co.uk">walt@helvatron.co.uk</A>>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hello,<BR><BR>I
need some help installing the driver for a ethernet
adapter. Debian<BR>31r1 (I have tried 31r3 but that crashes on
boot) installs fine and <BR>detects the adapter corectly as RTL8169SC Gibabit
but then cannot see<BR>the network.<BR><BR>I have downloaded the Realtek Linux
driver for this adapter but, being a<BR>Linux newbie, I'm lost as to how to
install it. The installation <BR>instructions are cryptic to say the
least.<BR><BR>Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.<BR><BR><BR>Walter
Jaggli<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Watford
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