HP PAVILION SETUP - *Ray Strode, Read This*

[Warren Togami]

http://www.scyld.com/network/rtl8139.html
"RealTek RTL8129/8139 driver. Supports various low-end private-label boards,
including the SMC-1211 and Accton EN1207D-TX"

This is directly supported by newer versions of the Linux kernel.  The
kernel of Redhat Fisher Beta should have the "8139too.o" kernel module that
will work with this card.  If I recall correctly Ray Strode uses this type
of ethernet cards, so he may have more knowledge about this.

Jason, you can try to configure this under Linuxconf in the following menus.
Config > Networking > Client tasks > Basic host information
Fill in all the correct information for Adapter 1
For "Net device" type "eth0"
For "Kernel module" type "8139too"

Be sure to also be sure your DNS servers and gateway addresses are correct.

Then restart networking with
/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart

Ray will correct me if I'm wrong on any of this.

For your Winmodem, try this site for more information.  It doesn't look like
the open source Lucent Winmodem driver is very useful at the moment.
http://linmodems.org/

If you need help getting the burner working under Linux, write back to the
list.

Warren Togami
warren at togami.com

----- Original Message -----
From: Jason Smallwood
To: Linux & Unix Advocates & Users
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 6:54 PM
Subject: [luau] HP PAVILION SETUP


Has anyone tried to install Red Hat or any other Linux distro on a newer HP
Pavilion system?  I have installed the Red Hat Fisher Beta, but do not have
network support.  Here are the specs:

INTEL P-III 850
128 MB RAM
30 & 15 Gig HD
INTEL(r) 82810E Graphics Controller (on board)
CD and HP CDR-RW
HP EN1207D-TX PCI 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Lucent Win Modem (I know this doesn't work with Linux, right?)

The main problem I have right now it no network connection.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Jason Smallwood