Broadcom BCM5788

Forum: Networking
Topic: Broadcom BCM5788
started by: RedTiger

Posted by RedTiger on Sep. 09 2006,13:52

Hello.

Iam using a Acer Aspire 1691:
Intel Pentium M 730
15,4" WXGA Acer Crystalbrite TFT LCD
ATI mobility Radeon x700 PCI express 64MB Vram
Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet BCM5788
Intel pro 2200BG

i have given up on the Intel pro 2200BG but maybe you could help me with the other networkcard.
I have looked in this formu and i have tryed this:

Boot into DSL - bring up the menu (right mouse click)
Select 'myDSL -> initialize Broadcom 5700'
Double click on 'DSLpanel' (on the desktop)
Select 'Netcardconfig'

but that doesent work.
and i also have som other problems if that could be good for you to know,
DSL / System / System stats dosent work nothing happens when i try.
and the DSLpanel hangs several times when i try to use the it.

I boot from LiveCd with dsl acpi=Off
maybe i should use some more codes there?

thanks.

[edit]
it seems that DSL loads wrong drivers to the network card the leds on the card lights untill he has auto config during boot.
so then he lost the card.
a few days ago, i dont rember how i checked it but then i had
Eth0: Tigon 3
hope this could help you to sort things out for me.
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Posted by RedTiger on Sep. 09 2006,18:54

I made a dmesg now and i did find this.

Hw_random hardware driver 1.0.0 loaded
tg3.c:v2.9 (match 8, 2004)
eth0: tigon3

could this be the problem that my card doesent work?

[edit]
I have now tryed with version 2.4 of dsl but the same problem there.
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Posted by RedTiger on Sep. 09 2006,21:39

Hello again.
I hav now tryed with DSL-N and there the networkcard works great, i dident have to do anything and the systemstats works good to.

And the driver that he loads is tg3.

any ides what could be wrong with DSL.