Problem with eth0 and dhcpcd...

Ranma · n00b Joined: 11 Sep 2002 Posts: 61

First of all I would like to say that installing Gentoo was a b*tch for me but it was definitely worth it for the wonderful Portage program! The first time I installed this I forgot to enable the devfs file system support in kernel so I ended up reinstalling EVERYTHING just to find out my stupid lame mistake. Then I spent the latter half of today trying to get X working (I thought I didn't have it because I didn't know what it was called, haha...) and I finally got it running to be greeted by the world's ugliest WM called TWM (The Worst Manager, hehe). Ok, so then I find out how to change my video mode beyond stupid virtual desktop 1024x768 running at 640x480 and now I have KDE working (yay!), but I have a weird problem with my ethernet connection. Occasionally, (happened twice already) my ethernet connection will just refuse to work, no outgoing/incoming connections, even a simple ping will not work. I have to type dhcpcd eth0 in console in order to get it working again. This is very annoying and it happened once when I was getting KDE using Portage and once when I was running Konqueror. Is there any way to fix this issue? Also, one more problem: my laptop uses the ATI Radeon Mobility M6 chip, and I managed to find the horizontal and vertical sync ranges, but when i edit XF86Config and change everything to ATI Radeon Mobility M6 running on LCD Active Matrix, and I try to start X again, it just flashes 3 times and then brings me back to the prompt. Thanks to whoever can help me with this problem. P.S. I just got the USB mouse working, woohoo! Scrolling works too! Yayayay! But is there any way I can get the touchpad working at the same time?

water · Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2002 9:19 am Post subject:

How would you start dhcpcd at boot? It doesn't start automaticly, but you can edit /etc/conf.d/local.start and add a line containing "dhcpcd eth0".

About your laptop: there is something wrong in your /etc/X11/XF86Config. Try to find the log-file somewhere in /var. Maybe you can find something there about what go's wrong.
_________________
Groeten uit Holland

rac · Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2002 9:21 am Post subject:

Ranma · n00b Joined: 11 Sep 2002 Posts: 61

pilla · Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2002 2:14 pm Post subject:

There are some threads about this network card. Try a search.
Additionaly, I have the same problem only when I used Win XP the boot before it... Red Hat does not seem to have the same problem.

As I usually don't use Win XP and eth0 at the same time, it is not a big deal... for me.

water · Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2002 2:43 pm Post subject:

theneopro · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 Aug 2002 Posts: 90

Hey Ramma,

R-II · n00b Joined: 02 Sep 2002 Posts: 30

I got the same bootup error with my realtrek card, even though it still worked. But I removed it from rc and added it to local.start, so now it works and I bypass the error. Bootup errors are like little pet peeves, the dreaded color red...

rac · Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2002 7:26 pm Post subject:

Could this be caused by having the driver in /etc/modules.autoload, even though it's actually compiled directly into the kernel?
_________________
For every higher wall, there is a taller ladder

Ranma · n00b Joined: 11 Sep 2002 Posts: 61

rac · Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2002 9:24 pm Post subject:

Have you seen http://gentoo.org/doc/en/rc-scripts.xml?
_________________
For every higher wall, there is a taller ladder