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Broadcom ethernet adapter in Dell Inspiron not detected
Posted: Tue 12 Jul 2011, 01:59
by netfrog77
Puppy 525, 510, 421 do not detect any ethernet interfaces using the on-board Broadcom ethernet (wired) adapter in my new Dell Inspiron 570. Based on the driver used by the pre-installed Windows7, the adapter should use the latest Broadom drivers for their NetLink 57xx adapters. This includes the tg3 driver for Linux. Using the network setup wizard, I have tried re-loading the tg3 driver (which I think was already loaded) as well as trying the NDIS wrapper with several windows drivers downloaded from Broadcom. With the NDIS wrapper, I do get "k57win32: driver installed, device(14E4:1691) present", however the ultimate result is still "No new interfaces detected".
Other than buying/installing a pci ethernet card, I do not know what to try next.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Bob
Posted: Wed 13 Jul 2011, 03:53
by Ted Dog
I've run into a broadcom issue as well FatPuppy64-520b3 identified and made usable from default install, also there is a delta patch for Lup525 to add the usability.
Based on your download speed and patch skills
try either search forum for
lupu-520.iso___lupu-520_bcmwlmod.iso.delta
or
Fatdog64-520b3.iso
both work as expected for me.
Posted: Wed 13 Jul 2011, 04:05
by netfrog77
Thanks, Ted Dog!
Will checkout and post results.
Regards,
Bob
Posted: Wed 13 Jul 2011, 05:45
by tempestuous
You probably just need the updated tg3 driver I provided for Puppy 5.1/5.2.x here -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 938#447938
Obviously reboot after installing the new driver.
If still no success, you might need to additionally load the "broadcom" driver, which is sometimes necessary before the tg3 driver will work properly. A quick way to do this is
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ifconfig eth0 down
rmmod tg3
modprobe broadcom
modprobe tg3
then run the Network Wizard again, and see if you get a successful connection.
Please let us know if the "broadcom" driver was necessary, and I can help you make this fix permanent.
Ted Dog wrote:try either search forum for
lupu-520.iso___lupu-520_bcmwlmod.iso.delta
That's not directly relevant - it involves the Broadcom (proprietary) wifi driver. netfrog77 is asking about a Broadcom wired ethernet device.
Posted: Thu 14 Jul 2011, 17:14
by netfrog77
Thank you Tempestuous!
New Broadcom tg3 driver pet worked perfectly. Now have internet access with Puppy 525.
Best regards,
Bob
Also thanks to Ted Dog. I'm looking forward to playing with the Fat Dog.
Solved -Broadcom ethernet adptr in Dell Inspiron not detectd
Posted: Sat 16 Jul 2011, 20:54
by netfrog77
Hi Tempestuous,
After installing the tg3 .pet, I just needed to reboot.
Did not need to re-load the Broadcom driver.
When you mentioned making the fix 'permanent', can I assume you are talking about needing to 'load' the "Broadcom" driver? And isn't the 'tg3' driver the Broadcom driver for the adapter?
Thanks,
Bob
Posted: Sun 17 Jul 2011, 02:59
by tempestuous
The "permanent fix" relates only to situations where the "broadcom" driver needs to be pre-loaded before the "tg3" driver;
it's a configuration setting in /etc/modprobe.conf
Clearly this does not affect you.