SgC.9711 Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 Hi I'm a Linux newbie seeking help. Decided to convert from WinXP after getting tired of frequent crashes, viruses and spamware. Loaded Mandrake 9.0 on Acer 4061 notebook previously. System worked quite ok, but could not use Skype, or play music CDs or DVD movies. Switched to Mandrake 2005 LE 10.2 to try and get Skype working. Unfortunately, now connection to internet does not work. Connection is to a LAN connected to D-Link router with cable broadband. Ethernet card is Realtek RTL-8139. Module identified is 8139too If anyone has solution or workaround, would appreciate your help. Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jboy Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 Several good tips are in this thread: https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=26976 Especially note ianw1974's post on Realtek cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 I've been using something similar with 2005LE for many months (Acer Travelmate 291 LMi, again with RTL-8139) without any issues at all. The module is indeed "8139too". So, you'd rather checkout your router's firewall settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgC.9711 Posted October 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Several good tips are in this thread: https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=26976 Especially note ianw1974's post on Realtek cards. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks for pointing me there. Will try the solutions offered there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Enabling force no apic should solve your prob, as per the post. This has done it in most if not all cases I've experienced this, and with others I've assisted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgC.9711 Posted October 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Enabling force no apic should solve your prob, as per the post. This has done it in most if not all cases I've experienced this, and with others I've assisted. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Tried "enabling force no apic", and disabling IPv6 with adding "alias net-pf-10 off" line in /etc/modprobe.conf still doesn't establish the connection Wonder what I should do next ... Try another Linux distro or go back to WinXP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgC.9711 Posted October 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Just to let you know that I have experimented with Knoppix 4.02 and Ubuntu 5.10rc live CDs. And found that with Ubuntu, the device and network detection is very good on my Acer 4061 notebook. I have switched over to Ubuntu 5.10r for now. Thanks everyone for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 I take it you've installed Ubuntu instead of LE2005? If you have LE2005 still running on your system, if you could post the results of an ifconfig -a we might be able to go further. If you have installed Ubuntu, then no worries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgC.9711 Posted October 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 3:47 PM--> QUOTE (ianw1974 @ Oct 11 2005, 0 3:47 PM) I take it you've installed Ubuntu instead of LE2005? If you have LE2005 still running on your system, if you could post the results of an ifconfig -a we might be able to go further. If you have installed Ubuntu, then no worries. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have installed Ubuntu 5.10rc. At least for the time being till the official release of 5.10 Breezy Badger. I also discovered that the Ubuntu liveCD 5 is very useful for testing of hardware and devices compatibility. I used both Knoppix liveCD and Ubuntu liveCD to do the testing. For a Linux newbie, I would strongly recommend use of liveCDs before actual install as they will minimise the time and energy spent in troubleshooting. Thanks for your help earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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