Re: [gNewSense-users] Wired network problems with Atheros 8152

[Aurelien Desbrieres]

On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 20:13 +0100, Graziano wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:07:37 -0800 (PST), arun prasath 
>  <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Dear All,
> > I am Arun.I am a new gnewsense (deltah) user.I am running gnewsense
> > on an Inspiron N4010 laptop manufactured by Dell.The processor is
> > Intel -i5 460M.I am not able to connect to a wired LAN connection
> > which works very well with Windows 7 which came pre-installed on the
> > system.I found out that the ethernet controller used on the system is
> > manufactured by Atheros .The model name is Atheros 8152 . Network
> > manager does not detect the device.As a result I am not able to
> > connect to LAN.
> > Infact my USB ports ,sound devices also do not function.But this is
> > not a severe problem right now.I need to have a working internet
> > connection which is essential for me.
> > Could anybody help me to solve the problem?
> >
> > With Best Regards,
> > ArunPrasath V
> 
> 
>  Hello Arun and welcome to gNewSense!
> 
> 
>  Maybe your wired card is supported on a more recent kernel.
> 
>  Try downloading and installing this one:
> 
>  
> http://www.fscorsica.org/kernel/linux-image-2.6.37-libre-planet_2.6.37-libre-planet-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
> 
> 
> 
Thanks Graziano,

Maybe the lkos one is better for him (it's build for gnewsense)
http://www.fscorsica.org/index-en.html (follow lkos link) and get the
gnewsense one.

Ton install it, just dpkg -i *.deb

Enjoy freedom and welcome to gNewSense Arun!

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