LAN won't recognize after reboot

Gnome · n00b Joined: 06 Nov 2003 Posts: 5

I have an Intel 865G board with SATA, onboard 10/100 LAN (Intel EtherExpress 10/100) and audio. Running from the 2.6 LiveCD, the LAN works fine, but booting after install, it does not recognize. I have tried all of the modules in the net directory, and none of the ones which start (most don't) work. I have not rebooted with the CD yet and run lsmod to see what the LiveCD is using, but that is my next step this evening.
Has anyone had this problem with this board? I have a 3Com card that I will throw in the box if I can't get the onboard LAN to work, but I would rather not do that.

Smoke2firE · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 5:53 pm Post subject:

for the etherexpress you need either eepro100 or e100 and did you configure youre /etc/conf.d/net?

Gnome · n00b Joined: 06 Nov 2003 Posts: 5

Yes, I tried eepro100, e100, and I also tried e1000. I have not modified the /etc/conf.d/net. What should I be looking for?

Smoke2firE · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 11:01 pm Post subject:

# Global config file for net.* rc-scripts

# This is basically the ifconfig argument without the ifconfig $iface
#
#iface_eth0="192.168.0.2 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0"
#iface_eth1="207.170.82.202 broadcast 207.0.255.255 netmask 255.255.0.0"

# For DHCP set iface_eth? to "dhcp"
# For passing options to dhcpcd use dhcpcd_eth?

iface_eth0="dhcp"
#dhcpcd_eth0="..."

# For adding aliases to a interface
#
#alias_eth0="192.168.0.3 192.168.0.4"

# NB: The next is only used for aliases.
#
# To add a custom netmask/broadcast address to created aliases,
# uncomment and change accordingly. Leave commented to assign
# defaults for that interface.
#
#broadcast_eth0="192.168.0.255 192.168.0.255"
#netmask_eth0="255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0"

# For setting the default gateway
#
#gateway="eth0/192.168.0.1"

this is the file for dhcp use the red comment out all the others like the 1 in blue

then do rc-update add net.eth0 default

Gnome · n00b Joined: 06 Nov 2003 Posts: 5

Took a look at the /etc/conf.d/net file. Modified it to make it look like below. However, I don't think that is necessary yet. When I ran lsmod, this is what showed up:
usb-storage
hid
uhci
ehci-hcd
usbcore

However, when I booted up with the 2.6 install CD, this is what lsmod showed me:
e100
serial
isa-pnp
cloop
usbstorage
hid
uhci
ehci-hcd
usbcore

When I tried to do a modprobe e100, I got a message that insmod e100 failed. When I tried insmod e100, it said the device was not found.

If I can't get a modprobe to work properly, it doesn't matter what's in my /etc/conf.d/net file. I ran make menuconfig, and made sure that e100 was a module, as well as isa-pnp, but that didn't seem to help either.

Smoke2firE · Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 4:35 am Post subject:

its an isa-pnp card?? if not an isa then you dont need that stuff.. what does lspci say??
theres an alternate driver right above the e100 module eepro100 i use this exact card ...

Gnome · n00b Joined: 06 Nov 2003 Posts: 5

It's not a card at all. The NIC is built into the Intel 865GLB board that I have. Windows recognizes it as an Intel Pro/100 VE network adaptor., which, according to the Intel website, should work with the EtherExpress chipset.