eth0 3c59x module not found, no networking [SOLVED]

bballer320xu · n00b Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Posts: 23

I have read numerous forum discussions about this
and still I am lost. Any help would appreciated. For the record, I can boot with my cd and
when I do this my network works fine....go figure.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:42 pm Post subject:

bballer320xu,

Please show us the Ethernet lines from

bballer320xu · n00b Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Posts: 23

Its a 3Com tornado rev 78 card. the module is 3c59x.ko 3c59x.o does not exist. I have emerged dhcpcd and it provides for dhcp which is correctly configured to run. Interesting enough though, when I do a net.eth0 restart the module 3c59x.ko is not listed. Thanks in advance for the help.

bballer320xu · n00b Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Posts: 23

Any help would be appreciated

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:27 pm Post subject:

bballer320xu,

The full name of the module is 3c59x.ko
Is it listed in

bballer320xu · n00b Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Posts: 23

In modprobe 3c59x.ko is found. The full address is:

/lib/modules/2.6.12-gentoo-r6/kernel/drivers/net/3c59x.ko

Grep VORTEX reveals the following:

CONFIG_VORTEX=m

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:23 pm Post subject:

bballer320xu,

Thats good.
do

bballer320xu · n00b Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Posts: 23

NeddySeagoon,

When I do modprobe 3c59x I get this:

WARNING: Error inserting mii (/lib/modules/2.6.12-gentoo-r6/kernel/drivers/net/mii.ko)
: invalid module format
FATAL: Error inserting 3c59x (/lib/modules/2.6.12-gentoo-r6/kernel/drivers/net/3c59x.ko)
: invalid module format

When I restart eth0, I get the eth0 does not exist error.

And since i'm not connected ifconfig doesnt show an IP.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:43 pm Post subject:

bballer320xu,

Something has happened to make your kernel, its modules and module-init-tools get compiled with different compiler versions.
The cure is to rebuild them. You may not need to do them all.

The fastest is

bballer320xu · n00b Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Posts: 23

NeddySeagoon,

Actually I did something like that in an effort to repair my network. First I built my own with all necessary networking configs. But since it wasnt working, I tried genkernel, which is where I am at now.
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bballer320xu · n00b Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Posts: 23

NeddySeagoon,

I did:

cd /usr/src/linux
make clean
make modules
make modules_install

and I still get this result with a modprobe:

WARNING: Error inserting mii (/lib/modules/2.6.12-gentoo-r6/kernel/drivers/net/mii.ko)
: invalid module format
FATAL: Error inserting 3c59x (/lib/modules/2.6.12-gentoo-r6/kernel/drivers/net/3c59x.ko)
: invalid module format
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:22 pm Post subject:

bballer320xu,

Did you also do

bballer320xu · n00b Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Posts: 23

NeddySeagoon,

I definately did the following:

bballer320xu · n00b Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Posts: 23

Interesting....

while running genkernel I get the following error and the compilation stops:

ERROR: FAILED to compile the "modules" target
consult log for more info

Looking at the log there is no information that seems useful.

Ugh...
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:23 pm Post subject:

bballer320xu,

The log will tell you where it went wrong and what happened. Plese post the end of the log. The last 40 lines or so.
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bballer320xu · n00b Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Posts: 23

Im working on it, but of course my floppy and cdburner dont work so I have no way of getting it over here...............

make[1]: *** [net/ipv6/ah6.mod.o] Error 2
make[1]: *** [net/ipv6/esp6.mod.o] Error 2
make: *** [modules] Error 2
* Gentoo linux genkernel version 3.3
* running with options all

* ERROR: failed to compile the modules target

* end log

these lines seem the most prevalant though
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:43 pm Post subject:

bballer320xu,

bballer320xu · n00b Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Posts: 23

Will do, thanks again....Ill let you know how it goes.
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bballer320xu · n00b Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Posts: 23

Well I successfully ran genkernel, installed the new kernel, rebooted, and still when I run modprobe on 3c59x I get the invalid module errors. I think my laptop hates me.
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:56 pm Post subject:

bballer320xu,

Hmm, maybe not. genkernel hates everyone. Run

bballer320xu · n00b Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Posts: 23

Wow this is interesting now....It says the following:

Linux gentoo-box 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 #1 SMP Tue Jul 26 07:16:21 EST 2005 i686 Intel(R) Pentium 4 Mobile CPU 2.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Today is thursday.....................HMMMM............

And I use GRUB for my bootloader

Also note that during the boot process many errors show up pertaining the module failures to load. I dont think it's localised to my networking module.
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xtaski · Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:21 am Post subject:

bballer.. are you copying to new kernel you compile to /boot?

# cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-name-for-grub-or-lilo

bballer320xu · n00b Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Posts: 23

That was it, I didnt update my kernel. When I did that and updated the bootloader I was able to start it right up! Thanks for the help NeddySeagoon and xtaski!
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