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shak

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Registered: 2009-03-16

Posts: 405

Acer Aspire 5552g , don't recognize ethernet on installation

Hi guys !

I just bought a new laptop and i can't install archlinux . It doesn't recognize the ethernet card so i can't use pacman at all . Is there a solution to this ? I downloaded the archlinux image 64 bit if it matters

Dogmeat

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From: Slovak Republic

Registered: 2009-02-24

Posts: 193

Re: Acer Aspire 5552g , don't recognize ethernet on installation

Try

rmmod tg3; modprobe broadcom; modprobe tg3

shak

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Registered: 2009-03-16

Posts: 405

Re: Acer Aspire 5552g , don't recognize ethernet on installation

Thanks i will try it to see if it works . So what exactly does this command do ? Because it removes tg3 module and then adds it again ? And for a automatic detection should i just add broadcom to my modules ?

Dogmeat

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From: Slovak Republic

Registered: 2009-02-24

Posts: 193

Re: Acer Aspire 5552g , don't recognize ethernet on installation

Broadcom module has to be loaded before tg3. For permanent change edit /etc/rc.conf

MODULES=(broadcom tg3)

shak

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Registered: 2009-03-16

Posts: 405

Re: Acer Aspire 5552g , don't recognize ethernet on installation

Thanks a lot , i will try it