NIC detected, yet it doesn't work. ???

switchy85 · n00b Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 3

Ok, so I'm clean installing Gentoo onto my p4 1.6Ghz machine. I've tried it a few times int he past with Gentoo and once with Slackware and I always had network support. This is the first time that I will be installing it on this machine clean without XP on beforehand. (Have a new lappy with XP, so I'm gunna try doing Linux on my desktop and maybe add XP later, if at all.) Anyways, I wiped my drives clean and start the LiveCD and it says that my NIC is detected and it starts the DHCP IP broadcast thing (...). Now, when I ifconfig it doesn't show a eth0, so I do net-setup eth0 and have it do DHCP for my IP address. ifconfig again and no eth0. I do net-setup manually and enter all my network info. do ifconfig again, and there IS a eth0. Problem is: next to Link encap: it says UNSPEC, and when I try to ping or use links2 it says it cannot find the host (of anything). I'm starting to get really frustrated, as I have never had this problem before now. Please help, I am starting to long for an XP install. :cry:

adaptr · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 9:07 am Post subject:

When you boot up the LiveCD - without doing any configuring - what is the output of:

switchy85 · n00b Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 3

lsmod:
mii
floppy
sbp2
eth1394
ohci1394
ieee1394
usb-storage
hid
uhci
usbcore

ifconfig:
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: : :1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

route -n:
Dest: 127.0.0.1
Gateway:127.0.0.1
Genmask: 255.0.0.0
Flags: UG
Metric:0
Ref:0
Use:0
Iface:0

(Note: that last one isn't int hat format, but that is what the info saya, you get it, right?)

I know it's probably some dumb thing I forgot to do or something, but I just don't know.

adaptr · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:45 am Post subject:

The LiveCD emphatically did not detect your NIC - it detected your firewire card, which can also be used as a NIC.

So now you'll have to figure out what kind of NIC you have.

Run cat /proc/pci or lspci to see what the hardware is.

Then load the module for it with modprobe.
Then run net-setup eth0, and you should be good.

Unless, of course, you do use the firewire connection for your network...
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guldan · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 81

switchy85 · n00b Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 3

Ok, so I tried modprobeing tulip and it didn't give me any errors. I did ifconfig and it showed the same thing.

How do you unload the 1394 modules already in place? I think that may be the reason it's screwing up.

*Sigh* Don't know what is different now from when it worked the last few times. Should I put XP on here just to try to make it work?

BlackEdder · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 1:05 pm Post subject:

Well after you loaded the nic module (modprobe tulip) you have to bring the network up /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart

Naib · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 1:27 pm Post subject:

I had this problem with 2004.1. I had to rmmod all the 1394 modules then a modprobe e100 (for my NIC) then had to #dhcpcd to bring my network connection live

guldan · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 81