Hello, I've been trying to install FC5 on a Thinkpad 600e (2645-4AU). I'm installing via a good DVD image. I can get through the installation process without a hitch (if I pick the right packages), and when I bootup, I have two problems. 1. I don't have network connectivity. 2. Sound doesn't work. I'm sure I can fix the sound issue. I fixed it with FC4 before, but what's the sense if I can't get the network card working? The problem does not exist with a fresh FC4 install. I installed it, and networking worked fine. Installed FC5, and it doesn't work, so I know I don't have a hardware issue. I've tried two different cards - a Xircom cardbus card, and a 3com 574. The O/S can't even identify/see the Cardbus card, but can identify/see the 3com. So, it appears FC5 has an issue with Cardbus. That's OK, because I prefer to use the 3com. When I try to activate the 3com card (DHCP), it fails to determine the IP information for eth0. I noticed on bootup that the system was disabling IRQ 10. After disabling apmd and cpuspeed, I stopped seeing that message during bootup, although it may still be getting disabled. I tried: 1. Adding irqpoll to grub.conf. 2. Adding acpi=noirq. 3. Disabling cpuspeed and apmd services. 4. Updating the BIOS to the latest (and last) version. 5. Adding acpi=ht 6. Configuring eth0 with static IP. I suspect it didn't work because my router is set for DHCP. I have to keep router as DHCP because of my VOIP service. Again, I can duplicate that networking works with FC4 and not with FC5. I've installed/reinstalled both multiple times over the past few days. Without the network connectivity, I can't download any files to possibly update/apply patches. I also can't copy and paste any info from the system, since it has no network connectivity. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm anxious to "play" with FC5. Regards, Terin
