Hotplug didn't emerge

xaveryn · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:24 am Post subject: Hotplug didn't emerge

I can't get coldplug or hotplug or my network detected. When i try to emerge hotplug it looks for it on a website and then aborts. This happend when i emerged on the Universal CD also. In turn when i boot.. coldplug gives me an error message saying that scripts are required in /etc/hotplug (which i don't have). About my network.. yes dhcpcd was emerged and added to /etc/conf.d/net. My network worked fine when i booted the Universal CD (x86) but it looks like coldplug is up and running when the CD boots. Please help, as i have a complete GUI system just no network to build up my system.

augury · l33t Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 722 Location: philadelphia

does ifconfig -a show a eth0 entry? can you download anything i.e. "emerge sync"?

xaveryn · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:41 am Post subject:

negative.. ifconfig does not detect eth0. And no i can't do an emerge --sync. My eth0 is not detected when i boot my system. Was detected when i boot the Universal CD.

augury · l33t Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 722 Location: philadelphia

what type of ethernet devices do you have

augury · l33t Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 722 Location: philadelphia

oh when you load the universal cd what is the lsmod output. this will give some idea what you need. for now you would just modprobe the module. i would build the modules directly into the kernel then eventually, for those that are used frequently.

xaveryn · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:58 am Post subject:

my ethernet is built into my motherboard it's not a card or anything. i used the 2005_pentium4 package kernel cause i have a 2ghz celeron processor. Bare with me as this is my very first every true Linux install.

augury · l33t Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 722 Location: philadelphia

do you know the motherboard make or box model/manufacture? how did you build your kernel? you may need to build it again with the right support -- this won't rebuild everything just what you need.