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Old 11-18-2002, 05:20 PM   #1
mj@change.co.nz
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Question toshiba laptop network adapter drivers


Hi... I'm a relative newcomer to the wonderful(sometimes frustrating) world of linux. I have a toshiba satellite 1400 with mandrake 9 installed on it. I have spent the last few days searching various sites including toshiba itself with no information on where to download suitable drivers.
Could somebody please help???

MJ
 
Old 11-19-2002, 09:05 PM   #2
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Suitable drivers for the onboard network card? Most likely they're already there. The first thing you have to learn about Linux is that almost all of the drivers for currently existing hardware get installed with a normal old vanilla distro install, knowing which ones to load, that's the trick. Each distro has their own cute "auto configurator" of some flavor, but something almost always falls a bit short.

From the command line:

/sbin/lspci

and post back with whatever it has to say about ethernet controller.

Also, it might have already loaded the driver for the card, what's in: /sbin/lsmod

Cheers,

Finegan
 
Old 11-19-2002, 10:26 PM   #3
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hi mate...thanx for the prompt reply.. OK I ran lspci and it reported something along the lines of:

ethernet controller intel corp unknown device 1059 rev 10

ermmm I ran the lsmod thingy too and it listed a whole heap of jargon but I couldn't see anything relating to the ethernet card?? Anyhow I know I haven't given you much to go on but hopefully it might help...
 
  


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