Hello Mark,


The installer and kernel modules (source & binaries) are avalaibles
on my web page :

    <http://asim.lip6.fr/~jpc/scientific/Packages.html>

Note that the original installer will be lost, so better keep a
backup of the original install tree...


On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 11:30 +0000, Mark Whidby wrote:
> Jean-Paul Chaput wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > 
> > I've recently installed several Optiplex 755.
> > 
> > The latest Intel Chipset is not fully supported : no sound
> > and no network.
> > 
> > For the sound I've build kernel modules from the latest stable
> > ALSA release 1.0.15
> > 
> > For the network I've build kernel modules from the also latest
> > e1000 drivers from Intel (7.6.9.2).
> > 
> > If you uses network install you will also need to patch the
> > installer to take account the new e1000 kernel module (I've
> > also patched it).
> > 
> > By the way, X works fine.
> > 
> > If it seems useful, I can made them avalaible for download.
> 
> Many thanks for the reply. I was asking on behalf of somebody
> else - we don't actually have any of these machines just yet
> so we were just doing some preparation. Although we don't have
> any just yet it would be useful if you could make your patched
> modules and installer available.
> Thanks once more.
> 
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