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 Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:10 pm Post subject: Another New User, Another HELPME thread |
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I have just set my box for a Dualboot Winxp/Gentoo. But under gentoo i cant get my network to work (or get online, which is more important)
AthlonXP2400
(compaq presario s4020wm)
Im using the onboard networkcard
Setup
MyWinxp/Gentoobox--------------------->
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Router------------->Telushighspd
MyWifeXPBox------------------------------>
The router is a very basic router with no firewall built in.
I am using telus highspeed internet
I am very new to linux, but got everything up. The problem i am having is when i am trying to Instal GRP Packages. I have a package file burnt onto CD. (I used Universal LIVECD for installation with a Stage3 Athlonxp install)
when i try to emerge the kde file it halts when it cant loggon to the net to download some fonts. I am hoping that if i fix this network issue, everything else will fall into place. What i need help with is as follows.
What kind of connection do i have--->I beleive it is DHCP with a dynamic IP (does my router affect this? and if so, how would i check the settings)
when i edited my /etc/conf.d/net I am using the iface_eth0="dhcp"
Is this right??,
I thank you all in advance for any assistance. If you need more info, let me know.
One last question. where can i find my error log?? so when i try to run somesort of funtion that doesnt work, i can easily find the logged file?
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I would imagine that your router gets a DHCP address from Telus and your box would be static. Did it work in Windows? If so boot to Windows and see how you were set up and copy it.
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| One more detail to add. I dont know if this is applicable but prev to the installation i tried out a Beatrix startupCD. so i could boot off my cdrom and not have to install anthing. And my Internet worked FINE. no config needed at all. Is there a way i could port over those settings? |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 1:20 pm Post subject:
I would imagine that your router gets a DHCP address from Telus and your box would be static. Did it work in Windows? If so boot to Windows and see how you were set up and copy it. |
Yeah it works fine in windows....how do i copy a windows config to linux?? |
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Ok is the driver installed? What does dmesg | grep -i eth say? If the kernel doesn't see it, try cat /proc/pci | grep -i eth to see what type you have. If it does see it, try ifconfig -a to see what IP you have. No, unfortunately you can't copy a windows setup across.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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Ok is the driver installed? What does dmesg | grep -i eth say? |
This is what flashed on the screen. I actually wrote this down and am typing it in so if the format seems a little off, bear with me
| Quote: | 43 Devices found containing : 43 _Sta, 2 _iniMethods
divert: not allocating divert_blk for non_ethernet device sit0
8139too fast ethernet driver 0.9.26
diver: allocating divert_blk for eth0
eth0: Realtek RTL8139 at 0xc000, 00:40:05:02:03:40, Irq 16
eth0: Identified 8139 chiptype 'RTL-8100B/8139D'
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth1
eth1: Realtek RTL8139 at 0xc000, 00:40:ca:49:c3:49, Irq 18
eth1: Identified 8139 chiptype 'RTL-8100B/8139D'
8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v1.1 (Aug 30, 2003)
8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v1.1 (Aug 30, 2003)
8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v1.1 (Aug 30, 2003)
8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v1.1 (Aug 30, 2003)
8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v1.1 (Aug 30, 2003)
8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v1.1 (Aug 30, 2003)
8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v1.1 (Aug 30, 2003)
8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v1.1 (Aug 30, 2003)
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2 more points to note. When i am booting up, i get a message that repeats several time in a row when its logging
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missing kernel or user mode drive 8139cp
... cant load module 8139cp |
and the second point
when i saw the log file that showed at the top of this post, i realized that in my /config.d/net file I had it set for eth0, but i am rather using eth1 (two cards, i verified which one i was using by the location code and irq, as it matches windows address.) so i edited the file and am now having a new error show up (the above message was showing before)
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* ERROR: problem starting needed services
"netmount" was not started |
Well this is where i stand now. I do appreciate any further assistance that can be offered. Im sure there may be more than one issue here. Thanks in advance |
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Oh looks like a driver problem. What does grep -i 8139 /usr/src/linux/.config return? Also just to make sure we're looking at the right one, what does grep -i eth /proc/pci return?
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The results of grep -i 8139 /usr/src/linux/.config is as follow
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CONFIG_8139CP=M
CONFIG_8139TOO=M
CONFIG_8139TOO_PIO=Y
CONFIG_8139TOO_TUNE_TWIST=Y
CONFIG_8139TOO_8129=Y
CONFIG_8139_OLD_RX_RESET=Y |
the results of grep -i eth/proc/pci
I am still waiting for this command to execute. when i entered it, it spaced up with no prompt and has been sitting at a flashing curser for about 20mins now. Is this right?? | Quote: |
Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc RTL8139 Ethernet (rev 16).
Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co./ LTD. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev16) |
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| Gord0n wrote: | The results of grep -i 8139 /usr/src/linux/.config is as follow
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CONFIG_8139CP=M
CONFIG_8139TOO=M
CONFIG_8139TOO_PIO=Y
CONFIG_8139TOO_TUNE_TWIST=Y
CONFIG_8139TOO_8129=Y
CONFIG_8139_OLD_RX_RESET=Y |
the results of grep -i eth/proc/pci
I am still waiting for this command to execute. when i entered it, it spaced up with no prompt and has been sitting at a flashing curser for about 20mins now. Is this right?? |
Ok so the modules are available. I think there's a space missing in that command. Press CTRL+C to kill it and type grep -i eth /proc/pci (space between eth and /proc).
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I edited the post so it shows what the response to grep -i eth /proc/pci is.
Thanks alot by the way, you have been prompt in your responses. I really appreciate it. I have tried a ping command to test the network, and if i use an address eg:www.yahoo.com it says unkown host www.yahoo.com. I used the
ping -c 3 www.yahoo.com |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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OK, I see the problem
You have an 8139too card
The kernel is configured for an 8129 card.
you need to change | Code: | CONFIG_8139CP=M
CONFIG_8139TOO=M
CONFIG_8139TOO_PIO=Y
CONFIG_8139TOO_TUNE_TWIST=Y
CONFIG_8139TOO_8129=Y
CONFIG_8139_OLD_RX_RESET=Y |
to | Code: | CONFIG_8139CP=M
CONFIG_8139TOO=M
CONFIG_8139TOO_PIO=N
CONFIG_8139TOO_TUNE_TWIST=N
CONFIG_8139TOO_8129=N
CONFIG_8139_OLD_RX_RESET=N |
and recompile your kernel
You can find these in the menuconfig under device drivers -> network -> 10/100 devices. Basically, you only want the top realtek 8139too option.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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| im sorry if this is a little noobish, but how do i do that?? can you give me some command line advice?? and i used genkernel from the livecd. I presume I nano something but what?? and how do i recompile it (this is a first attempt here) |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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You can do this | Code: | | cd /usr/src/linux;nano -w /usr/src/linux/.config && make && make modules modules_install |
and just page down till you find those lines. The command will recompile the kernel
Here's another way to recompile the kernel | Code: | | cd /usr/src/linux&&make menuconfig&&make&&make modules modules_install |
The second way, you will be presented with a graphical tool for configuring the kernel. You can play in here, but don't blame me if you break anything here  (everyone breaks the kernel the first couple of times. LiveCDs are your friend). The options you are looking for are under device driver->networking->10/100 ethernet cards, I believe. The command will automatically recompile once you exit and save.
After the kernel is compiled, you have to install it. You can do that like this: | Code: | | mount /boot&&cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/&&umount /boot |
If you use lilo, you'll have to run lilo with /boot mounted before rebooting
Reboot and it should work.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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After the reboot, if it still doesn't work, post | Code: | | dmesg | grep eth;lsmod |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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| im recompiling kernel now. I will let you know whats up when done. |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | mount /boot&&cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/&&umount /boot |
when i run this i get the followning
| Quote: | mount: /devhda2 already mounted or /boot busy
mount: according to mtab, /dev/hda2 is already mounted on /boot |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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| that's fine. I wasn't sure if you had a separate boot partition, you're safe to continue. Do you use grub or lilo? |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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| I use grub, so i should just reboot? (thanks for the assistance up to hear by the way) |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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whoops, maybe you should run | Code: | | cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/ |
just in case. Then reboot. |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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| lol, i already rebooted. and it doesnt work. do i need to recompile kernel again? |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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| well i tried to cd /usr/src/linux;nano -w /usr/src/linux/.config && make && make modules modules_install again, and now the file is blank.....um is this an oops for me?? |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| That's not good. Are you sure the file's blank? You can restore the 'factory defaults' with 'make mrproper' from /usr/src/linux. Then run genkernel again and then touch it up again. Or you can run make menuconfig instead of genkernel and try putting the kernel together by hand. It's fun. It sounds like your box doesn't have to be up right away and it would be a good experience for you. |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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| before you recompile the kernel again, post the output of 'lsmod' and 'dmesg | grep eth' again with this particular kernel... |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Ive run out of time. Ive put about 12 hours into this install and I must say i give up. Thanks for the help but I cant figure it out. Another one bites the dust. I appreciate all the help. I may try this again later. I will try to do the kernal manually. Thanks again. And i will repost when i have some more time to play. |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Well sometimes, that's the best way. You'll have the benefit of this experience for the next time round. Good Luck. |
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