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TheAgent
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 Posted: Fri May 23, 2003 12:52 pm Post subject: eth0 fails to start on NForce2 board |
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I've seen alot of people having problems here with eth0 not starting properly when Gentoo boots...
I'm having the same problem, but I do not know what to do... menuconfig does not have the correct driver (Realtek 8201BL 10/100Base-T -- on a Shuttle SN41G2 NForce2), so what do I need to do to get this working?
I really have no clue what I am doing, as this is my first venture into Linux, and am still largely unfamiliar with everything... |
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weazy
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when you went through the install from the liveCD you had networking support. you can pop that cd in on reboot and then check to see which modules it loaded for your network card (lsmod) -- then reboot without the liveCD and load the same module (modprobe). then to make sure that module is used add it to /etc/modules.autoload
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nlk
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| Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 9:43 pm Post subject: Ethernet: Realtek 8201LB on Shuttle FN41 Board |
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I'm having the same trouble.
I rebooted with the install cd and eth0 works.
I checked to see which modules loaded (#lsmod) and got these:
forcedeth
ohci1394
ieee1394
floppy
serial
isa-pnp
usb-storage
hid
usb-ohci
ehci-hcd
usbcore
I can't find anything like one of those in the networking devices section in the kernel compile options.
Any ideas?
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ynef
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| Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 9:49 pm Post subject: Re: Ethernet: Realtek 8201LB on Shuttle FN41 Board |
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This is your answer. Make sure that the menuconfig prompts for incomplete or experimental drivers and then enable the reverse engineered nvidia ethernet drivers. Just look at all the options, it's there.
Also, please note that "forcedeth" is for 2.6.x kernels. If you're running 2.4.x, you can get the official nforce drivers from nvidia's site. |
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nlk
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| Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 10:07 pm Post subject: Re: Ethernet: Realtek 8201LB on Shuttle FN41 Board |
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This is your answer. Make sure that the menuconfig prompts for incomplete or experimental drivers and then enable the reverse engineered nvidia ethernet drivers. Just look at all the options, it's there.
Also, please note that "forcedeth" is for 2.6.x kernels. If you're running 2.4.x, you can get the official nforce drivers from nvidia's site. |
I'm running 2.4.22. I've downloaded the tar file from nvidia's site and saved it on a floppy.
Now what? I don't know how to untar and build the module into the kernel.
TIA
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