autoconfigure lockup

bilbravo · Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 11:43 pm Post subject: autoconfigure lockup

I just got my new pc running again and I'm going to install Gentoo, so I downloaded the newest version (2004.3).

When I hit F2 to go to Verbose mode, I saw that the system was doing "autoconfigure".... and the little "status" bar had filled up the entire line and the flashing cursor was just spinning at the righ tside of my screen. I've installed Gentoo many times, and have never seen this. ANy ideas?

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ep98 · Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 4:22 am Post subject:

when boot prompt comes up, type:

gentoo-nofb

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bilbravo · Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 3:56 am Post subject:

that didn't work....

it still does it, just without the pretty purple cow bootup mode...

the "progress bar" that doesn't stop is the text-based one that is for autoconfiguring hardware...
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bilbravo · Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 4:13 am Post subject:

ok, i booted with these options

gentoo-nofb idea=nodma nousb

it loaded up, but didn't detect or bring up my eth0 card... i couldn't tell which because it wasn't bootsplash, which meant it was huge text and i couldn't read all that when it flew by on the screen

any idea why that would turn off my nic?

it's onboard, gigabit ehternet on a gigabyte motherboard
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bushwacker · n00b Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 37 Location: Tacoma, WA

I have an IBM ThinkPad G40 laptop and I have a similar problem. No matter what options I seem to pass to the kernel (gentoo-nonfb), I can't seem to get past the pci-hotplug probe initilization. The system will just sit there doing nothing. I tried it in VMWare virtual machine, and it worked just fine like that so I'm not exactly sure what to do here. I also have worked with Gentoo before and didnt have any such issues with the old 2004.2 on a ThinkPad R30.
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bilbravo · Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 10:49 pm Post subject:

so no solution for you either?
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bushwacker · n00b Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 37 Location: Tacoma, WA

No. Are you using a laptop of some kind as well?
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bilbravo · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 10:59 pm Post subject:

no, i'm using a desktop

gigabyte 7n400l pro2 motherboard, athlon xp 2800+, 512mb DDR400 ram

wondering if we have some sort of hardware or chipset that is the same? maybe that's what is wrong?

are you running an nvidia chipset on your motherboard?
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bushwacker · n00b Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 37 Location: Tacoma, WA

I have an nforce2 chipset on my desktop, but my laptop uses an Intel 852 something or other chipset.
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bilbravo · Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 3:30 am Post subject:

yeah.... i have the nforce 2on my desktop

i still can't get this to work, and the 2004.2 cd gives me problems when tryin to install it. i got it installed once, but then i got a kernel panic on my first bootup, so i think i messed it up.

so i got fed up, installed suse 8.1 and my ethernet doesn't work!
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bushwacker · n00b Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 37 Location: Tacoma, WA

No offense, but that's really sad. What brand and model of ethernet adapter do you have? Also, have you tried resetting your BIOS settings to their defaults? If doing so fixes the problem, work backwards, reconfiguring your BIOS to its previous settings gradually until you figure out what was causing the problem.
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bilbravo · Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 3:43 pm Post subject:

it's a gigabit ethernet adapter on board the motherboard. i think suse 8.1 miight not have the drivers for it
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bushwacker · n00b Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 37 Location: Tacoma, WA

Have you tried the company website and/or sourceforge for any drivers? You might also try one of the generic drivers, such as tulip/rhine. Those work for a lot of devices to one extent or another.
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bilbravo · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 3:22 pm Post subject:

if i could just get my eth0 to work when i boot gentoo 2004.3, that would be fine

i disable all hardware detection, so it isn't picked up. then i do modprobe 8139too, and did net-setup but it didn't get an ip....

how do i do this?
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