No ethernet after installing gentoo [Solved]

land stander · n00b Joined: 04 Apr 2005 Posts: 10

I just finished installing gentoo and now have a free running version of Gentoo working on my computer. But when i tried to emerge KDE i realized that i dont have internet. I have a nforce3 motherboard. You should note that every version of linux (including the gentoo livecd) and Windows automaticly finds the ethernet. The first thing that i am going to try is update the drivers. but if you can think of anything else please post it.

hvengel · Guru Joined: 19 Sep 2004 Posts: 515

I had to setup routing when I was at that point. So that would be the first thing I would check. If that is what it is then it is very easy to fix. Look in the instalation guide.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 10:42 pm Post subject:

land stander,

Run ifconfig to see if you have an eth0 and/or eth1 ...
If not, the kernel module for your NIC is not loaded or maybe not built.

You can find out which module it is from the liveCD since it will be listed in the output of lsmod. Or you can post the Ethernet lines from the output of lspci and a reader will spot it for you.
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ziegs · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Apr 2004 Posts: 119

make sure you have forcedeth either in as a module or compiled into the kernel

land stander · n00b Joined: 04 Apr 2005 Posts: 10

Thanks you guys i was able to get it working it was only a simple nano mistake. This forum is filled with nice smart people. I am thankful that people like you are helping people like me.