eth0 problem

vaibhavkhattri · n00b Joined: 12 May 2004 Posts: 20

In installed Gentoo 2004.1 from Minimal Live CD. Kernel 2.6.5

The problem is that my network card was very well detected by the LiveCD but after installation its not detected

I'm a newbie. Please help me

madmanuk · n00b Joined: 01 Nov 2003 Posts: 63 Location: England

OK. You probably didn't install the correct modules for your network card. They could be in the kernel or maybe need an extra emerge command. What model is your network card?
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vaibhavkhattri · n00b Joined: 12 May 2004 Posts: 20

Thanks for the prompt response.

Can u suggest in a step-by-step manner what should I do.

My network card is Intel PRO/100+ Alert on LAN* Management Adapter.

tiny · Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 1:56 pm Post subject:

Enable support in kernel for your NIC. From the top of my head I think module is called eepro100. Not sure though. Make sure u enable the right NIC when recompiling kernel. First try '# modprobe eepro100' . If that doesn't work you prolly didnt compile your module. If you compiled your module directly into the kernel check output of dmesg and scan for net devices.
If you didnt compile it recompile kernel with right NIC driver for your hardware. I think its eepro100.

T.

yngwin · Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 3:35 pm Post subject:

Actually the kernel has two optional modules for Intel Pro/100 cards/chips: eepro100 and e100. I suggest you compile both as modules and try out which one works for you (modprobe one or the other).
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luminiscent · n00b Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Posts: 41 Location: x_x

net-setup eth0
enter your ip manually
net-setup eth0
dhcpcd eth0
ifconfig

that worked for me...

moocha · Watchman Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 5722

When in doubt, go with the e100 driver. It's a driver contributed by Intel. The eepro100 is older and will probably be phased out in the future.
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Rainmaker · Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 6:23 am Post subject:

when you want to be absolutely sure, boot of the livecd again, and type "lsmod". This will give you a list of modules which are loaded. Post back here and we'll figure out which one
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ipower · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 07 Jan 2004 Posts: 120

vaibhavkhattri, try to automatically load your module, edit the kernel-2.4 or kernel-2.6 file and enter the module name in it.

vaibhavkhattri · n00b Joined: 12 May 2004 Posts: 20

Thank u guys, I actually didn't selected the proper network card during kernel configuration.

Thanks a lot for your help

lagrima · Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 10:59 am Post subject:

check your /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4-xxx file

make sure the proper module is loaded on start up

check nano -w /etc/conf.d/net

make sure ip addresses and what not are entered/uncommented properly and when you save that file dont forget to