Hello,

I've been trying to install FC5 on a Thinkpad 600e (2645-4AU). I'm installing via a good DVD image.

I can get through the installation process without a hitch (if I pick the right packages), and when I bootup, I have two problems.

1. I don't have network connectivity.
2. Sound doesn't work.

I'm sure I can fix the sound issue. I fixed it with FC4 before, but what's the sense if I can't get the network card working?

The problem does not exist with a fresh FC4 install. I installed it, and networking worked fine.

Installed FC5, and it doesn't work, so I know I don't have a hardware issue.

I've seen indications of networking not working when upgrading to the latest FC4 kernel, but have not personally experienced that.

I've tried two different cards - a Xircom cardbus card, and a 3com 574.

The O/S can't even identify/see the Cardbus card, but can identify/see the 3com.

So, it appears FC5 has an issue with Cardbus.

That's OK, because I prefer to use the 3com.

When I try to activate the 3com card (DHCP), it fails to determine the IP information for eth0.

I noticed on bootup that the system was disabling IRQ 10. After disabling apmd and cpuspeed, I stopped seeing that message during bootup, although it may still be getting disabled.

I tried:

1. Adding irqpoll to grub.conf.
2. Adding acpi=noirq.
3. Disabling cpuspeed and apmd services.
4. Updating the BIOS to the latest (and last) version.

Again, I can duplicate that networking works with FC4 and not with FC5. I've installed/reinstalled both multiple times over the past few days.

Without the network connectivity, I can't download any files to possibly update/apply patches.

I also can't copy and paste any info from the system, since it has no network connectivity.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I'm anxious to "play" with FC5.

Regards,

Terin

Just added acpi=ht to grub.conf, and rebooted. Same issue. No network connectivity. When I manually try to acivate the network device, I get "Determining IP information for eth0... failed."