eth0 doesn't show up on ifconfig, but the OS says it exists

blendedhead · n00b Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 18

When I run ifconfig, the only thing listed is my loopback interface. Inside of my /etc/conf.d/net file is the following declaration:

chunderbunny · Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 2:27 pm Post subject:

It seeme like you don't have the driver for your ethernet card installed properly, otherwise it would show up under ifconfig. What sort of ethernet card is it?

ricce_n · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 01 Jul 2004 Posts: 130

you can't use both iface_eth0 and ifconfig_eth0 shoos one of them.

In the latest scripts iface_* is depracted so you shuld use ifconfig_*, but if you don't have the latest scripts ifconfig_* wont work

blendedhead · n00b Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 18

ricc_n and chunderbunny, thanks for answering my post. Chunderbunny, I have a Broadcom BCM5901 card. I'm loading tg3.ko (aka tigon) driver using my /etc/modules.autolad.d/kernel-2.6 file. My kernel is version 2.6.8.1.

Ricce_n, I commented out the iface_eth0 and dhcpcd lines, and rebooted my machine. Then, I put the dhcpcd line underneath the ifconfig line. After rebooting after each change, I still wasn't able to access the web. I built my system using stage 1 off of a universal Gentoo CD version 2004.2.

chunderbunny · Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 10:09 pm Post subject:

What does 'lsmod' show?
What happens if you manually "modprobe tg3"?

blendedhead · n00b Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 18

lsmod shows ds, yenta_cron, and pcmcia_core. I didn't build or enable anything related to networking with PCMCIA. Modprobe tg3 works without a hitch. I ran lsmod, and tg3 is there. Then, I tried pinging and loading web pages neither one of which worked.

chunderbunny · Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:10 am Post subject:

After you modprobe tg3 you should run "/etc/init.d/net.eth0 start" This will set up your network connection acording to the rules in /etc/conf.d/net

blendedhead · n00b Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 18

Trying that last suggestion will get me on the web, but I have to do it everytime I boot up the machine. The changes aren't permanent.

Aziraphale · n00b Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 7 Location: Portland, OR

You should be able to put tg3 into /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.x where x is your kernel version (4 or 6)

I load my nvidia modules that way.

blendedhead · n00b Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 18

Aziraphale, tg3 is already in etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6, but it's not loading on bootup. I get an error message along the lines of "unable to start 'net' as the service already exists". Later on "netmount" can't be loaded. I wish I knew what that intial "net" was, so I could comment it out, and see what happens.