first reboot and no network

[z-lite]

Hi,

I just finished installing Gentoo and after the first reboot, I get errors that insmod failed to load modules for 8139 (I'm thinking it's RealTek driver) and that I should check dmesg, which I did. I also get two errors that netmount and sshd services were not started. How can I have insmod load the driver/module needed so that my onboard NIC will work?

I tried dhcpcd just see if it did anything and bash told me 'command not found'. Someone please help, it took me 3 days to download/compile all the gentoo ebuilds on a 21kbps (not even 56kbps) connection (phone line quality sucks when it rains).

[mpsii]

Did you add the module name to /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.x (where x is the kernel version 4, 5, or 6)?
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[z-lite]

I get the same error. Any other suggestions?

[Pete_Keller]

z-lite,

boot off the install cd and type lsmod, this command will list the modules loaded (one of them should be the NIC driver - should be 8139 something), then reboot to your gentoo install, and type lsmod, then try modprobe 8139???. If it does not work send us the ls command from the boot of the install CD.

How did you generate your kernel?

Pete
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[SmokinBudda]

Did you compile your kernel by hand? If so, you need to make sure you compiled your kernel with the support your ethernet card needs. Run make menuconfig and make sure you have your ethernet card loaded under Network Devices --> Ethernet 10-100

I'm pretty sure that is how you get there. My apologies if I missed it by a character or two.

Anyhoo, recompile by running make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install. Mount the /boot partition, copy the image over and reboot.
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[z-lite]

I followed the installation page and used genkernel. The kernel is 2.4.20

lsmod from LiveCD:

[scootersmk]

after you are done selecting your new options in menuconfig

[z-lite]

I get an error when I try doing make menuconfig:

No rule to make target 'menuconfig'. Stop.

What does this mean?

[guitou]

You need to emerge ncurses.

[z-lite]

I emerged, rebooted, and still get the same error.

[guitou]

OK
You have to clean up the linux directory. Must have kept config files from your last try.
make clean (or even mrproper)
And then it should magically work.

[z-lite]

I get the same error when doing

make clean

and

make mrproper

[guitou]

And what is the output of 'make help' ?

[scootersmk]

is there a symlink of your current kernel pointing to /usr/src/linux?
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[z-lite]

make help results in the same error: no rule to make target 'help'. stop.

How do I check for the symlink?

[guitou]

Just on silly question, did you cd in the right directory before calling make ?

[Pete_Keller]

z-lite,

cd /usr/src
ls -l

Pete
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[z-lite]

Ah ha! That I did not do. I looked under Network Devices and found RealTek 8139 and a bunch of other types of cards. Would it be ok if I unchecked all but the RealTek models?

I notice that gcc is compiling with -march=i386 but during install, I set it to athlon-xp. Do I have to edit another config file so that the kernel is compiled with the -march=athlon-xp?

[jaska]

Depends, some programs don't use the cflags at all. Portage always compiles at march=i386 so.

[z-lite]

Thanks. Would it be ok if I unchecked all but the RealTek listings in menuconfig under Network Devices > Ethernet 10-100?

Is there any way to force Gentoo to see that I have a NIC with an IRQ of 4 (for example) and telling it other hardware addresses so it can see and use my NIC?

[Pete_Keller]

z-lite,

Yes there is a way of passing those parameters on bootup to the NIC, I think it is something like real8981=irq4, or something like that (it is a command line entry).

EDIT: Here is a url for kernel boot parameters.

Pete
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[Stravos]

I'm having the same problem (internet works from the LiveCD but not from install). When I do lsmod from the install it shows the same as the CD (at least the 8139too and mii lines). When I try to run dhcpcd eth0 it just hangs for about 5 minutes then kicks me back to the prompt. I just used the default kernel from stage 3. /etc/resolv.conf contains the correct values (made automatically) so I'm not reall sure what the deal is, sounds slightly different than z-lite's problem but on the same line. Any ideas?

Thanks

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[trapperjohn]

Hello!

I have had the same errors - while booting, the system loads '8139too' and then tries to load '8139cp' (which is wrong, but hw-detection seems to like this module) several times.

When booting is finished, only the 8139too module is loaded (which is fine!) and 'ifconfig' shows a correct configuration - but the network doesn't seem to work (no pinging, dhcp etc.).

Some hours of comparing config-files (live cd worked correctly) - no result.

At last I emerged the vanilla-sources and compiled/installed the new kernel with genkernel.

Now everything works ...

[trapperjohn]

It's already listed at bugs.gentoo.org:

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29638