i would suggest that you look at tux-mobile.org and the other linux_on_laptop websites. these websites generally have a lot of information. while the information may be for other distros, they may provide helpful insights into your situation. since dell is installing ubuntu on this laptop, i would check with the dell site for information and also ubuntu's web site (webforums has been helpful for me). I don't use fedora but they will likely have helpful information the ubuntu bcm drivers works great--wired and wireless. also, is your hard drive in good condition? i have had two hard drives (that worked under windows) have problems with network interfaces under RHEL WS and ubuntu. one drive also had problems with windows so i had to use the seagate disktool to re-initialize the hard drive before it would work; i have had the same thing happen where the hard drive was faulty. the symptons are the same or similiar to what you have mentioned. On 9/11/07, Wartnick, James <James.Wartnick@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Everyone, > > I have been struggling with this new dell laptop 1420 for the past > couple of months, and I have posted some similar questions on a prior > occasion. I'm > hoping that someone has encountered the same problems and have actually > gotten this to work. I have been trying to get either the Broadcom 59xx > gigabit network interface and/or the intel wireless interface working. > After about a month of frustration with the intel driver, I'm back > focusing > on the Broadcom 59XX driver again (without success). > > I've tried ndiswrapper with the XP driver without the success > (completely messes up the router and everything attached to it). So I > checked out > broadcom's website for their driver. They have a 57XX driver for linux > which I installed. It seems to install without issues - and I'm able to > start up the > interface. However, for some reason it doesn't detect any link. This is > the closest I've gotten thus far (without system and/or router hangs) > and am > wondering if someone can help me get this thing working. When I look at > the routing tables and configuration, all information looks good. When I > type: ethtool eth1, I get some information, but at the bottom it states: > "link detected: no" - which I think is the problem. Because of that, I > can not ping the router or any other computer on the network. It states > the "destination is unreachable". > > When I look at /var/log/messages, it states > "Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex", <nl> > "ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready" <nl> > New relevant interface eth1.IPv4 for mDNS > Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth1.IPv4 with address > 192.168.1.11 > Registering new address record for 192.168.1.11 on eth1 > Withdrawing address record for 192.168.1.11 on eth1 > Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth1.IPv4 with address > 192.168.1.11 > > Any help is GREATLY appreciated. I hope I'm close - and sorry for the > redundant posts. > > Thanks. > > - -Jim > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP Universal 2.6.3 > Charset: US-ASCII > > wsBVAwUBRuaTm5B7Jds0myI1AQhY7Af9GNCbjyuP3AunADmgE/4CHcuU2JjLxfET > aeC7ip5V4B7GPMiVduFtfQyBqDpYNbn07oTikuUXsK7QAfPupZeeIymRrQpNuFus > rneOi40/5enQlIdFbKOM3kJwufvWEGP27yAfmKuPjAARZajzZRb3yJ+hOJ/wkacG > ONTr2I+wH5I1I79wtrn1j/Z3mexA3F/VRuMQeXDqlggc/zcsvAlR13Y/C8v/Kfpk > FUVCwaGBXXz0MyQXLDeYRRf5YB/CkWt8OUFAdEaEoj8Rrtl+RN3W6Jr9e9WOKjT8 > vmCrvAAtaJIQ21VLacX9+BhvpdFQkvbPvYUS87ukCZNxVACJ2Kji6Q== > =KWuP > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
