Hi,
On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 21:43 -0500, Jim Dever wrote:
> Intenet access was obtained by:
>
> ifdown eth0
> modprobe -r dmfe
> modprobe -r tulip
> modprobe dmfe
> ifup eth0
>
> Evidently the tulip and dmfe modules togehter have a conflict with my
> network card. I'm hoping this can be solved after an install by
> blacklisting the tulip module.
Weird. Users should never have to blacklist modules nor even know what a
LKM is. So this should probably get filed in Bugzilla at
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora%20Core
and if you can paste the bug number here I'll follow up with one of our
kernel dudes, thanks! Basically, if you have a driver that works the
live cd should automatically connect to wired network using DHCP.
Likewise, if your wireless chipset is supported and you have the
firmware etc. connecting to a wireless network (either cleartext, WEP,
WPA, etc.) via DHCP should be as easy as selecting it from a drop-down
menu.
So, in 99% of all cases, non-working network connectivity is most likely
either a kernel/driver bug or simply missing firmware / drivers.
I realize this is a thread I started a long time ago but just wanted you
guys to know that the Fedora 7 Test 4 LiveCD works with my network card
(a Cnet PRO200WL PCI) straight out of the box and without any fiddling
around. Glad to see it!
Thanks!
Jim