installed nvidia - works - but now ethernet won't work!?

yowwww · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:48 pm Post subject:

ok I copied the .config file to .config.backup

can you clarify the purpose of this command:

# mv ~/.config .

If I know the objective then I am more likely to know what to do.

My motherboard is the Jetway polaris 400 with a via chipset

cyrillic · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:57 pm Post subject:

yowwww · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 10:07 pm Post subject:

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mv ~/.config .
mv: cannot stat 'root/.config': no such file or directory
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did I do something incorrectly here?

cyrillic · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 10:19 pm Post subject:

Did you do this to backup the file ?

yowwww · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 10:32 pm Post subject:

ok done

recompiling and will report back when I reboot.

yowwww · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 10:42 pm Post subject:

ok, it recompiled and at the end of it I got this:

cyrillic · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 10:44 pm Post subject:

This is normal, you need to "emerge nvidia-kernel" so it can be linked to your new kernel.

yowwww · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 10:49 pm Post subject:

I already did that before, but do I need to do it again since I recompiled? If so, do I also need to re-emerge nvidia-glx?

cyrillic · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 10:58 pm Post subject:

You need to recompile external kernel modules (nvidia-kernel, alsa-driver, pcmcia-cs, etc.) every time you compile your kernel. nvidia-glx does not need to be recompiled.

yowwww · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 10:59 pm Post subject:

ok, the nvidia one is the only external one I have. I re-emerged that so now I should reboot and see if it all works?

cyrillic · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:03 pm Post subject:

Sure, go for it.

yowwww · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:05 pm Post subject:

[crosses fingers and toes]

yowwww · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:09 pm Post subject:

damn

now my ethernet won't work, X won't work (can't get into kdm), modprobe nvidia gives errors

cyrillic · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:11 pm Post subject:

Did you forget to mount /boot before you copied your kernel ?

yowwww · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:21 pm Post subject:

i wasn't using the live cd, I was actually in the real install, and I don't have a separate partition for /boot.

cyrillic · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:27 pm Post subject:

Check the output of "uname -a". The time and date will tell you when the kernel you are running was compiled (make sure it is the one you just compiled a few minutes ago).

yowwww · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:30 pm Post subject:

ok, this is weird:

cyrillic · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:38 pm Post subject:

Compare that to the output of "date"

I also noticed "SMP" in there. I thought you disabled that.
Are you booting with LILO by any chance ?

yowwww · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:41 pm Post subject:

no I am using grub and I noticed the smp in there too.

I am going to recompile and copy the kernel again to see if that helps.

I think I might have forgot to copy the kernel last time cuz of that problem with not being able to recompile it.

It's rebooting now.

yowwww · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:48 pm Post subject:

ok update:

I rebooted and my ethernet worked, but when I went to go into kdm, it gave all this weird stuff all over the screen. So I imagine I need to re-emerge nvidia-kernel again and then reboot.

cyrillic · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:56 pm Post subject:

yowwww · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 12:03 am Post subject:

then I re-emerged my nvidia and rebooted and had the same weird characters on the screen so I decided to reboot and then modprobe nvidia but now I get this:

cyrillic · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 12:12 am Post subject:

That sucks ...
You were so close too.
Maybe all that compiling was making your computer overheat.

If you need to run fsck manually, you should boot with the LiveCD to do this.

yowwww · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 12:17 am Post subject:

yeah, I felt like I was close.

can you tell me anything specific about fsck once I get into gentoo with the live cd?

I can get to the prompt and mount my partitions, but I am not accustomed to using fsck.

cyrillic · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 12:27 am Post subject:

fsck should be done with the partition not mounted.
I think "fsck /dev/hda3" should do the trick (I have not needed to do this manually before).