Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Charles Read <gentoolist@×××××××××××.com>
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 20:19:34
Message-Id: 2188F003-A7FC-454A-A39E-DD5AD1F8D63D@charlesread.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] G2 on an HP dv5000... need help w/ WiFi and Ethernet by Sergio Polini
1 Sure... any info for getting wireless up?
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4 On Mar 6, 2006, at 3:06 PM, Sergio Polini wrote:
5
6 > Charles Read:
7 >> I just got an HP Pavillion dv5000 with the Turion 64 chip,
8 >
9 > Me too ;-)
10 >
11 >> I used
12 >> the gentoo x86-64 discs and the install went well, the system boots
13 >> fine. But gentoo doesnt recognize my built-in wifi (by Broadcom I
14 >> think, but I can't seem to find out which chipset it uses) and it
15 >> also doesnt recognize my ethernet card (I think a Realtek 8139
16 >> 810x ),
17 >
18 > Yout Realtek card:
19 > -- requires the 8139too module (look at dmesg output);
20 > -- is likely set as eth1, not eth0.
21 > I'm writing a gentoo-wiki page about my installation steps. It is not
22 > yet finished (would you contribute? ;-), but I cite other three pages
23 > about similar HP notebooks (zv6000 and dv8000) where you can find
24 > hints about wifi, Broadcom and ndiswrapper.
25 >
26 > HTH
27 > Sergio
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