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nostabo
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 Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2004 12:21 pm Post subject: Problem starting needed services. |
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After updating one of my PCs I receive the following error message during bootup:
| Code: | ERROR: Problem starting needed services.
"portmap" was not started
ERROR: Problem starting needed services.
"famd" was not started
ERROR: Problem starting needed services.
"netmount" was not started
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When the system finally comes up there is no network connectivity. It has been several days since I booted this PC so I can't really remember the updates that I emerged...they seemed fairly safe (as does everything I update, though I do use "~x86"). And, to be honest it may not be that.
If I run if config:
| Code: | ifconfig eth1
eth1: error fetching interface information: Device not found |
Any ideas on how to approach this?
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Are the drivers of your ethernet card correctly compiled in the kernel ? If you issue lspci, can you see your net card in the output ?
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nostabo
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I can issue commands...the system isn't broke...I can even startx and go to my GNOME desktop. The only real problem is the network (and I guess famd, too). Here is the results of the "lspci", as you can see both Natsemi network adapters are listed.
| Code: | pegasus ~ # lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:04.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
0000:00:04.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
0000:00:04.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
0000:00:04.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
0000:00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller
0000:00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200 AGP (rev 01) |
My thinking is that I updated some of the confs using etc-update and broke them...but I can't remember if I did..."etc-update" gives the following reply:
| Code: | | Exiting: Nothing left to do; exiting. :) |
...so I may have cleaned them up, and thusly screwed the confs up??
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I have the same exact problem. Did a etc-update and now I now I get the dreaded netmount error. Strangely enough, my nvidia modules module also no longer loads. I've checked and nvidia is still in the kernel autoload file and my nic driver were compiled in to the kernel using genkernal and were working fine. I'm stuck as to where to go next to try and fix this,
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| Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 5:06 am Post subject: |
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| how does only ifconfig look like? do you see the eth interface? |
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nostabo
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Both my eth0 and eth1 are not active, ifconfig only shows the local loopback connection.
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LostSon
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| Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 6:22 am Post subject: |
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if you need to start famd at bootime just
| Code: | | rc-update add famd default |
With your nic modules check are you using dhcp?
Check your /etc/conf.d/net file to make sure your settings are right and if you need to add you nics to the deafult at boot do the same as above only with eth0 or eth1  |
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nostabo
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Done that...it was the first stuff I attempted to correct the problem.
Right now I'm recompiling the kernel...maybe it will help?
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| Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 11:36 am Post subject: |
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the portmap/... servises depend on the net service starting. What does your /etc/conf.d/net file contain?
does your ISP provide you with an IP vie DHCP |
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Moved from Installing Gentoo.
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| nostabo wrote: | | Both my eth0 and eth1 are not active, ifconfig only shows the local loopback connection. |
that's bad. it means, that the network card initialisation did not work. recompiling your kernel with the right drivers is the right way  |
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nostabo
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After swapping out my network cable...Adding my nic module (natsemi) to the /etc/modules.autoload.d/2.6 fixed it. For some reason the module doesn't load using hotplug anymore. 
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im having this same problem. what's the nic module? How can i know what mine is?
thnx
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nostabo
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To select the proper nic module you need to know what chipset your nic uses...which card is it?
If you can't figure out which chipset it is, you can try booting with Knoppix and see if it detects the card...or, if you dual boot with Windoze you can see which driver it uses there...
If you have the module loaded you can use "lsmod" to list all of the loaded modules.
| Code: | pegasus ~ # lsmod
Module Size Used by
snd_seq_midi 6816 0
snd_opl3_synth 14084 0
snd_seq_instr 7552 1 snd_opl3_synth
snd_seq_midi_emul 7424 1 snd_opl3_synth
snd_ainstr_fm 2432 1 snd_opl3_synth
snd_sb16 11596 1
snd_opl3_lib 8704 2 snd_opl3_synth,snd_sb16
snd_hwdep 7300 1 snd_opl3_lib
snd_sb16_dsp 8320 1 snd_sb16
snd_sb_common 13568 2 snd_sb16,snd_sb16_dsp
snd_mpu401_uart 6144 1 snd_sb16
snd_rawmidi 19876 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_oss 31616 0
snd_seq_midi_event 6272 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 48144 8 snd_seq_midi,snd_opl3_synth,snd_seq_instr,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 6664 6 snd_seq_midi,snd_opl3_synth,snd_opl3_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 51112 0
snd_pcm 84616 2 snd_sb16_dsp,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc 9352 1 snd_pcm
snd_timer 20740 3 snd_opl3_lib,snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss 17920 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd 47076 18
subfs 8320 2
natsemi 25440 0 <-----this is my natsemi nic module...its loaded
sbp2 20744 0
ohci1394 30596 0
ieee1394 92084 2 sbp2,ohci1394
usb_storage 27392 0
ehci_hcd 27012 0
usbcore 101348 3 usb_storage,ehci_hcd
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If it isn't loaded than you can try loading different modules using "modprobe" (with the v option), for example:
| Code: | | pegasus ~ # modprobe -v tulip |
...this would attempt to load the tulip module. The more common ones are tulip, natsemi, tlan and ne.
Look these links over for more help...
http://www.linux-mag.com/2000-07/tech_support_01.html
This link is more detailed...
http://www.scyld.com/network.html
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