On 07/26/2016 02:58 PM, geo wrote:
hello Ned.
On 07/26/2016 02:04 PM, Ned Slider wrote:
On 26/07/16 19:04, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:
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]$ lspci|grep Realtek 0e:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. \ RTL8187SE Wireless LAN Controller (rev 22) 14:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. \ RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
]$ lspci|grep VGA 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] \ RS780MC [Mobility Radeon HD 3100]
centos 6: network and vga controllers ok. ethernet controller not recognized.
3 questions:
anyone have problems installing 7 32 bit to a laptop?
any suggestions for getting ethernet controller to work?
I have no experience with the 32-bit builds (but device support should be otherwise identical), but that device should be supported by the in kernel r8169 driver. Grepping for the Vendor:Device ID pairing in modules.alias for your kernel will determine that for sure.
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Ned, thank you for reply.
iirc, at;
SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch/i386 - CentOS Wiki https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch/i386
it was stated that the 32 bit was built from 64 bit 7.1511 build.
at path /lib/modules/2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.i686, grepping 8169 shows files modules.alias, modules.alias.bin, modules.dep, modules.dep.bin, modules.networking, modules.order, and modules.pcimap, contain 'r8169'.
after i install 7 -32, i will do some more checking to see why ethernet is not working.
thanks again for your reply. greatly appreciated.
you have brought about first listing of notes for new install.
later.
If you can not get that NIC working with the default kernel, you could try the experimental kernel per the bottom of: