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wirenik

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Registered: 2008-08-22

Posts: 134

[SOLVED] Where can I get the tg3 driver?

This is probably a very newbie question... XP I am in the middle of installing Arch on an HP Compaq nc6000 laptop and lshwd says I need the tg3 driver for my Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme Ethernet card.

During the Package Selection, I went into base-devel, which was the only section. I found & installed wireless-tools and netcfg (for WPA encryption) but couldn't find tg3. I'm still stuck in package selection and I'm unsure what to do. How can I get the tg3 driver?

Thanks so much for your time!

Last edited by wirenik (2008-09-05 20:37:07)

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somedrew

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From: Canada

Registered: 2007-05-14

Posts: 140

Re: [SOLVED] Where can I get the tg3 driver?

The driver is included along with the kernel
I need to explicitly loaded it though (either add 'tg3' to the MODULES= line in your rc.conf for it to be loaded every boot, or manually with a 'modeprobe tg3')

Hope that helps,
Welcome to Arch!

Last edited by somedrew (2008-09-04 04:42:31)

wirenik

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Registered: 2008-08-22

Posts: 134

Re: [SOLVED] Where can I get the tg3 driver?

Oh, I see. Thanks!

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moljac024: No one really knows what happens inside /dev/null... it could be a gateway to another universe....
dunc: If it is, the people who live there must be getting pretty annoyed by now with all the junk we send them.