Help I am missing net.eth0 net.lo

jrmontg · n00b Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 61

I am trying to enable my wireless card. I am following a guide that tells me to

you need to symlink to net.lo instead of net.eth0

I don't have either.

I followed the setup guide that told me to

# cd /etc/init.d
# ln -s net.eth0 net.eth1
# rc-update add net.eth1 default

I do have that file with its contents.
net.eth1
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# Copyright 1999-2005 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# $Header: $

How to I get these files?

Sadako · Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 11:57 pm Post subject:

What is the output of ifconfig and "/etc/init.d/net.lo status"?
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jrmontg · n00b Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 61

mako conf.d # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:B3:BF:61:61
inet addr:192.168.5.101 Bcast:192.168.5.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:97050 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:72276 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:64279163 (61.3 Mb) TX bytes:12353340 (11.7 Mb)

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:05:39:AF:97
inet addr:192.168.5.8 Bcast:192.168.5.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xc000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

mako conf.d # /etc/init.d/net.lo status
* status: started

I can ssh to 192.168.5.8 and 192.168.5.101(DHCP'd)

RayDude

jrmontg · n00b Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 61

I got this

mako conf.d # echo sys-apps/baselayout ~x86 >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
mako conf.d # emerge -v baselayout
Calculating dependencies -
!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=sys-libs/readline-5.0-r1" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- sys-libs/readline-5.0-r2 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)

For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or
section 2.2 "Software Availability" in the Gentoo Handbook.
!!! (dependency required by "sys-apps/baselayout-1.11.12-r4" [ebuild])

RayDude · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:48 am Post subject:

jrmontg · n00b Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 61

About the same

mako conf.d # echo sys-apps/baselayout ~x86 >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
mako conf.d # emerge -v baselayout
Calculating dependencies -
!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=sys-libs/readline-5.0-r1" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- sys-libs/readline-5.0-r2 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)

For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or
section 2.2 "Software Availability" in the Gentoo Handbook.
!!! (dependency required by "sys-apps/baselayout-1.11.12-r4" [ebuild])

mako conf.d #
mako conf.d # echo sys-libs/readline ~x86 >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
mako conf.d # emerge -v baselayout
Calculating dependencies \
!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=sys-apps/sysvinit-2.84" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- sys-apps/sysvinit-2.85-r1 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)
- sys-apps/sysvinit-2.86 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)

For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or
section 2.2 "Software Availability" in the Gentoo Handbook.
!!! (dependency required by "sys-apps/baselayout-1.11.12-r4" [ebuild])

MrApples · Guru Joined: 13 Dec 2002 Posts: 511

heh, now you need to

jrmontg · n00b Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 61

mako conf.d # echo sys-apps/sysvinit ~x86 >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
mako conf.d # emerge -v baselayout
Calculating dependencies |
!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=app-shells/bash-3.0-r10" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- app-shells/bash-3.0-r11 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)

For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or
section 2.2 "Software Availability" in the Gentoo Handbook.
!!! (dependency required by "sys-apps/baselayout-1.11.12-r4" [ebuild])

overkll · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:33 am Post subject:

jrmontg

You get the idea now? Every one of the blocked packages is a dependency of the baselayout package. Keep going....you are almost there.....bash should be the last one.....

echo "app-shells/bash ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
emerge baselayout

Nextime you want to emerge a masked package, you can check the dependencies first, then manually add them to your /etc/portage/package.keywords file

ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge baselayout -p

jrmontg · n00b Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 61

ok...I see how that works, thanks.

I have those installed now.

This is what I have in my /etc/init.d so its there.
bootmisc crypto-loop halt.sh localmount netmount rsyncd syslog-ng
checkfs depscan.sh hdparm modules nscd runscript.sh urandom
checkroot domainname hostname net.eth0 numlock serial vixie-cron
clock functions.sh keymaps net.eth1 reboot.sh shutdown.sh
consolefont gpm local net.lo rmnologin sshd

Following the instructions

jrmontg · n00b Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 61

I went ahead and did it and I did a

mako init.d # vi /etc/conf.d/net
mako init.d # /etc/init.d/net.ath0 start
* Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ]
* Bringing ath0 up ... [ ok ]

but it is not showing up

mako init.d # ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:B3:BF:61:61
inet addr:192.168.5.101 Bcast:192.168.5.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:108486 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:83853 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:69937674 (66.6 Mb) TX bytes:13577885 (12.9 Mb)

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:05:39:AF:97
inet addr:192.168.5.8 Bcast:192.168.5.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xc000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

mako init.d # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 no wireless extensions.

RayDude · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:49 pm Post subject:

overkll · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 5:10 pm Post subject:

jrmontg · n00b Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 61

overkll · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:49 pm Post subject:

emerge baselayout

jrmontg · n00b Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 61

I don't have a working interface anymore

overkll · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:07 pm Post subject:

DOH! That makes sense.

You should still have the necessary files on your machine to install w/o a connection. Portage saves downloaded dist files in /usr/portage/distfiles. Did you try?

RayDude · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:07 pm Post subject:

jrmontg · n00b Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 61

Ok I am where I was at the start.

I did the following

overkll · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:52 pm Post subject:

From your ifconfig output, looks like you have two interfaces up, eth0 and eth1. both have an ip address assigned to them and both are up. From the output of ls -l /etc/init.d/net*, net.eth1 is a symlink linked to net.eth0. This doesn't work?

I have some questions.

Are you looking the file /etc/conf.d/net? This is the networking configuration file.
What kind of wireless card are you using?
What package/module/software are you using?
What guide are you following?
Do you have a Gentoo base system installed already or are you trying to do a network install by getting you wireless up first?
What's the output of iwconfig?

FYI, The command

jrmontg · n00b Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 61

livecd dhcp # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

eth0 is a 8139too
eth1 is a e100

I have a third card that is a D-Link DWL-G520

Here is the guide https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=122435

but I just found this one

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/draft/handbook-x86.xml?part=4&chap=4

Not sure which I should follow

overkll · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 4:32 pm Post subject:

AFAIK, You DO need some type of driver for a wireless card, and it needs work for you specific card. For example, I have an Hawking pci 54mb card based on the RaLink 2500 chip. Luckily for me, RaLink has released there source code, and there's a good package in portage for it. Most wireless chipsets code HAS NOT been released so you need to find a way to make it work by either using ndiswrapper with a windows driver for that chip, or another method.

Basically, the driver is a kernel module. I don't know which you need to use with that card, but if I were you, I'd do a search on these forums with "DWL-G520". I think your card is widely available at retail stores so I'm sure someone has figured out which driver/module to use, and how to get it to work.

Do you have a driver already?

jrmontg · n00b Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 61

I have used madwifi on a fedora server. I guess I will try emerge madwifi

jrmontg · n00b Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 61

I emerged madwifi-drivers

I opened /etc/conf.d/net
and added

iface_ath0="dhcp"
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
ap_scan=1
network={
ssid="myinformation"
psk="mypasswrd"
# The higher the priority the sooner we are matched
priority=5
}

then I ln -s net.eth0 net.ath1

then tried to bring the interface up:
/etc/init.d/net.ath0 start
and got this

init.d # /etc/init.d/net.ath0 start
/sbin/runscript.sh: line 32: /var/lib/init.d/softlevel: No such file or directory
* Bringing ath0 up via DHCP... [ !! ]