wireless driver wont install,ethernet wont work

Reanimator · 05-02-2008, 01:35 PM

PLEASE HELP IMPORTANT WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE FIXED BY TONIGHT
debian installed fine but uh i cant get rt61 drivers to compile says missing sources or something ( i have all 3 dvds but it only asked for first one so i dont know if thats whats on second dvd or what) And ethernet wont work i enabled dhcp through gnome and set it to active but it wont stay as default device (keeps going blank in default device spot) in the gnome thing i skipped the network setup stuff in setup and it was downloading extra security things till irebooted and restarted install without the ethernet plugged in cause i didnt wanna wait for it to download everything. So ethernet was working through the setup till i unplugged it now i cant get online...please help i need to use wireless but i can use wired for a few minutes to get whatever i need for wireless URGENT really need this setup today so please reply ty

tredegar · 05-02-2008, 01:49 PM

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i skipped the network setup stuff in setup and it was downloading extra security things till irebooted and restarted install without the ethernet plugged in cause i didnt wanna wait for it to download everything.

Well, it's not going to be happy is it?

You can't expect to treat any computer like this and expect it to function properly. Win / linux, it doesn't matter: If you haven't completed the install, it ain't gonna work.

Get a grip, and reinstall, properly.

Reanimator · 05-02-2008, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by tredegar

Well, it's not going to be happy is it?

You can't expect to treat any computer like this and expect it to function properly. Win / linux, it doesn't matter: If you haven't completed the install, it ain't gonna work.

Get a grip, and reinstall, properly.

I wanted to install from dvd not internet....if i wanted to install from internet i wouldnt have downloaded 12gb of dvds...and still doesnt fix wireless (Which didnt work during install/setup anyway)

tredegar · 05-02-2008, 02:14 PM

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I wanted to install from dvd not internet....if i wanted to install from internet i wouldnt have downloaded 12gb of dvds.

My grandmother used to say " "I want" doesn't get ".

You may have downloaded DVDs, but there'll probably still be updates (released today/yesterday) that it wants or needs to apply. "Unplugging ethernet" because you are impatient doesn't help.

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..and still doesnt fix wireless (Which didnt work during install/setup anyway)

Usually wireless is not supported for an install. This is sensible, as wireless needs WPA codes, ESSIDs and other stuff. Just let it install from DVD, with Ethernet connected to your router. Let it finish.
Then configure the wireless interface.

And please correct your punctuation. Lazy txt spk psts are annoying.

Reanimator · 05-05-2008, 08:22 AM

Got it to work, reinstalled windows for Saturday (when i really needed the computer). On Sunday i tried again and it worked right away even without ethernet plugged in for the install. I ran the updates after the install and it told me to restart which I did and now everything is running perfectly. Sorry about bad punctuation.