[tlinux-users:07503] Re: Satellite M55-S329

Hi all.

As far as I know, last release of Ubuntu (Breezy Badger) comes with drivers
for the Marvell Yukon onboard ethernet NICs.

I saw something about this in http://www.ubuntuforums.org

SGershon

-----Original Message-----
From: Amit Ram Puniyani [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 11:32 AM
To: [email protected]; Sunil Kumar
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [tlinux-users:07484] Re: Satellite M55-S329


Hi all,

I just succesfully installed Kanotix 2005-3, a Knoppix based debian live-cd
on my Toshiba and everything works almost out of the books ! The ethernet,
the DVD-+RW and USB devices. The only thing I have not tested is the
wireless.

I would strongly recommend this to anyone struggling with hardware issues.
Marvell cards are new and no distribution includes working drivers for these
so I think this distro is a bit ahead of the others in that respect.

Thanks for all the answers,

Amit


Quoting Sunil Kumar <[email protected]>:

> Hi Amit,
>
> Yes, I do have DVD RW drive but have not tried to write dvd under 
> linux.
>
> BTW, Today,  i removed Linux and i have installed FreeBSD6.0 on the 
> laptop. I have installed XFCE4 desktop on it. Everything seems to work 
> fine except for the Marvell ethernet. I will try to write a dvd on it 
> and let you know.
>
> With regards
>
> Sunil
>
> On 11/25/05, Amit Ram Puniyani <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi Sunil, Thanks for the answer. Another question I have is whether 
> > you have DVD-RW and whether DVD writing works under linux.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Amit
> >
> >
> > Quoting Sunil Kumar <[email protected]>:
> >
> > > Hi Amit,
> > >
> > > I have M55-S325 laptop and it also has Marvell ethernet chipset. 
> > > In
> Linux
> > > or
> > > FreeBSD Marvell ethernet did not work on my laptop.
> > > Try going to Marvell site you will get some linux drivers but it 
> > > did
> not
> > > help me in getting ethernet driver work.
> > >
> > > But the wireless lan driver worked without any problems. The 
> > > laptop
> has
> > > Intel pro 2200BG wirless chipset and it worked in MEMPIS, KNOPPIX 
> > > and FreeBSD6.0 with out any problems and this is the only 
> > > connectivity i
> have
> > > now and its pretty stable.
> > >
> > > With regards
> > >
> > > Sunil
> > >
> > >
> > > On 11/23/05, Mark Livingstone <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On 11/24/05, Amit Ram Puniyani <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I would like to hear from people who could get the Marvell
> ethernet
> > > card
> > > > and
> > > > > wireless internet to work under linux. I tried the debian 
> > > > > based
> live
> > > > CD's
> > > > > (MEPIS and Knoppix) as also SUSE 9.1 and the ethernet card did
> not
> > > work.
> > > >
> > > > Which Marvell card is it? If it is the SK98 like used in the 
> > > > Tecra A3 (whivh I have), you go to www.syskonnect.com and get 
> > > > the gigabit Ethernet Server Adaptor downloadable driver.
> > > >
> > > > Search for my past messages and you should get the details you
> need.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>