Re: [gentoo-amd64] G2 on an HP dv5000... need help w/ WiFi and Ethernet

[Charles Read <gentoolist@charlesread.com>]

Sure... any info for getting wireless up?


On Mar 6, 2006, at 3:06 PM, Sergio Polini wrote:

> Charles Read:
>> I just got an HP Pavillion dv5000 with the Turion 64 chip,
>
> Me too ;-)
>
>> I used
>> the gentoo x86-64 discs and the install went well, the system boots
>> fine.   But gentoo doesnt recognize my built-in wifi (by Broadcom I
>> think, but I can't seem to find out which chipset it uses) and it
>> also doesnt recognize my ethernet card (I think a Realtek 8139
>> 810x ),
>
> Yout Realtek card:
> -- requires the 8139too module (look at dmesg output);
> -- is likely set as eth1, not eth0.
> I'm writing a gentoo-wiki page about my installation steps. It is not
> yet finished (would you contribute? ;-), but I cite other three pages
> about similar HP notebooks (zv6000 and dv8000) where you can find
> hints about wifi, Broadcom and ndiswrapper.
>
> HTH
> Sergio
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