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New I think so
the network card appears to show up when it is configuring the drivers. Of course there could be other things with it stopping it from working. Not sure how I can tell for sure.



"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"

New Did you look for an error log?
/var/log tends to be a good place to look.

Logs don't necessarily tell you what is wrong. But they tell you a lot about what the program found confusing, which is often pretty helpful.

Ben
"good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not"
- [link|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html|Stefano Mazzocchi]
New Re: Did you look for an error log?
This is what I mean by newbie confusion. Only a UNIX person is going to have any idea about that.
-drl
New And this is better with any other distribution?
There are only so many places that you can present information about what went wrong. Given that Linux likes to accumulate useful debugging logs, you are at a disadvantage unless you know that they are there.

You are also at a disadvantage if you are unwilling to ask questions like, "How should I find this out?"

You are also at a disadvantage if you are unwilling to put some work in for yourself.

Such is life. But I still think that Knoppix is a good choice for someone who knows nothing because there are so many potential obstacles which will simply be nonissues.

Cheers,
Ben
"good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not"
- [link|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html|Stefano Mazzocchi]
New Re: And this is better with any other distribution?
Well, I sort of think it's valuable to see how something comes together, rather than just watch something explode onto your monitor fully grown.
-drl
     Help me pick a Linux distro - (orion) - (36)
         Pick one and run with it - (ChrisR)
         Ok. - (hnick) - (7)
             Does SuSE 9.0 contain the 2.6 kernel? - (jb4) - (6)
                 No, it doesn't. - (pwhysall) - (5)
                     Damn! OK, then...I wait for 9.1... -NT - (jb4) - (2)
                         Why? - (deSitter) - (1)
                             Be aware, though... - (pwhysall)
                     2.6 kernels - (cforde) - (1)
                         thanks, Carl - (jb4)
         Blah - I don't think much of Experts-Exchange - (Simon_Jester) - (4)
             All of the above - (orion) - (3)
                 Are you sure? - (Simon_Jester) - (2)
                     I am sure - (orion)
                     Other games - (orion)
         A friend of mine recommended this. - (mmoffitt) - (2)
             NO! That's horrible advice - (deSitter)
             Your friend has too much time on his hands. -NT - (Yendor)
         Re: Help me pick a Linux distro - (deSitter) - (8)
             Can I take a raincheck? - (orion) - (7)
                 Don't think about it - (deSitter) - (6)
                     I sent you an email - (orion) - (5)
                         enable COM2 and put the modem back in - (deSitter) - (4)
                             Any reason why? - (orion) - (3)
                                 Re: Any reason why? - (deSitter) - (2)
                                     DSL Router - (orion) - (1)
                                         fine - (deSitter)
         Try knoppix - (ben_tilly) - (9)
             disagree - (deSitter) - (1)
                 That is not the commonly reported experience -NT - (ben_tilly)
             Tried it - (orion) - (6)
                 Are you SURE that that is the problem? - (ben_tilly) - (5)
                     I think so - (orion) - (4)
                         Did you look for an error log? - (ben_tilly) - (3)
                             Re: Did you look for an error log? - (deSitter) - (2)
                                 And this is better with any other distribution? - (ben_tilly) - (1)
                                     Re: And this is better with any other distribution? - (deSitter)

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