[Debian-eeepc-devel] Problem with the custom installer

[Glenn Saberton]

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Xavier Gendre wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> i have a eeepc 701 4G and i have tried to install debian-eeepc with the 
> custom installer. The problem is that the wifi and ethrnet don't work 
> with the image debian-eeepc_20080907.img 
Is the module available? this is a bit odd.
but all is good with the old
> one (the debian-eeepc_20080729.img). The problem that happen with the 
> current image is the following: i enter the correct ESSID and wep key 
> and the DHCP fails every time with these messages in syslog:
> 
> wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
> wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
> Listening on LPF/ath0/[MAC Adress]
> Sending on LPF/ath0/[MAC Adress]
> Sending on Socket/fallback
> DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
> DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
> DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
> DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
> DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
> DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
> DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
> No DHCPOFFERS received.
> Unable to obtain a lease on first try. Exiting.
> 
did you check the md5sum of the img after download? could you try with a
fresh copy and confirm that ethernet doesn't work and also wep? I'll run
a test install myself tomorrow, but I can't see why you should be having
this issue.

Cheers

Glenn
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