Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Sergio Polini <sp_rm_it@×××××.it>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] G2 on an HP dv5000... need help w/ WiFi and Ethernet
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 20:07:49
Message-Id: 200603062106.04833.sp_rm_it@yahoo.it
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] G2 on an HP dv5000... need help w/ WiFi and Ethernet by Charles Read
1 Charles Read:
2 > I just got an HP Pavillion dv5000 with the Turion 64 chip,
3
4 Me too ;-)
5
6 > I used
7 > the gentoo x86-64 discs and the install went well, the system boots
8 > fine. But gentoo doesnt recognize my built-in wifi (by Broadcom I
9 > think, but I can't seem to find out which chipset it uses) and it
10 > also doesnt recognize my ethernet card (I think a Realtek 8139
11 > 810x ),
12
13 Yout Realtek card:
14 -- requires the 8139too module (look at dmesg output);
15 -- is likely set as eth1, not eth0.
16 I'm writing a gentoo-wiki page about my installation steps. It is not
17 yet finished (would you contribute? ;-), but I cite other three pages
18 about similar HP notebooks (zv6000 and dv8000) where you can find
19 hints about wifi, Broadcom and ndiswrapper.
20
21 HTH
22 Sergio
23 --
24 gentoo-amd64@g.o mailing list

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-amd64] G2 on an HP dv5000... need help w/ WiFi and Ethernet Charles Read <gentoolist@×××××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-amd64] G2 on an HP dv5000... need help w/ WiFi and Ethernet Sergio Polini <sp_rm_it@×××××.it>