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to_kallon
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 Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 3:10 am Post subject: ethernet problems |
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hi all.
i've got an nforce2 board with onboard 10/100 and gigabit cards. i found a couple posts on how to make them work, which i was thrilled about, but my problem is that they're for post/late install and i'm stuck right at the beginning, almost. i normally use a snapshot from a mirror, for convenience, but even if i used a cd for that i don't know how to emerge sync without active network.
this isn't exactly the problem, necessarily, as i've got a network card to spare, actually i took it out of a box that's not in use right now, hoping i could run the install using it and configure defaults for one of the onboards. however when i do a | Code: | net-setup eth2
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all i see is the loopback. eth2 is a d-link rtl8139 that i know works because i installed gentoo on the box i borrowed it from.
any suggestions very much appreciated, and if you know of other issues with the chipset i'd be very greatful for early warning.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:01 am Post subject: |
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Are you able to post the outputs from:
lspci
lsmod
ifconfig -a
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| Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Does it work from e.g k(g)noppix ? If so you might be best off booting that & installing from there, just mount -o bind /proc /mnt/{whatever}/proc & copy your resolv.conf too. Should work fine, always has for me. |
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to_kallon
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| Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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hey, thanks for the replies.
therat:
lsmod and lspci are pretty long, the relevant lspci output is | Quote: | ethernet controller: nvidia corp nforce2 ethernet controller (rev a1)
ethernet controller: galileo technology ltd.: unknown device 4320 (rev 13)
ethernet controller: d-link system inc rtl8139 ethernet (rev10) |
and from lsmod | Quote: | 8139too
mii
eth1394
ieee1394 |
ifconfig -a shows 3 cards, 0 and 1 are unspec with long hardware addresses and eth2 is ethernet with a normal hwaddr but no ip after , and lo which looks normal and sit0 with link encap: ipv6-in-ipv4
drwook:
the onboard cards, at least the 10/100 i didn't try the other, worked fine with knoppix, after that i'm a bit confused. i think i understand what you're suggesting but i don't understand what it will do that might make things work, could you please explain?
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| Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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If the cards work with knoppix, you can use the knoppix CD to install Gentoo..
Take a look here for instructions...
It is fairly similar to following the standard installation instructions, with a few small differences..
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to_kallon
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| Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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oh great, i'll have a look.
thanks very much! |
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| to_kallon wrote: | oh great, i'll have a look.
thanks very much! |
no probs..
let us know how you go with that.. and if it solves your problems..
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to_kallon
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| Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 5:48 am Post subject: |
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worked great, had one mishap right out of the gate with a rogue partition but after that it was smooth sailing.
after i finished the install i was still having troubles with the onboard ethernet but after reading https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-359750-highlight-nforce2+ethernet.html and doing a bit of playing i got things working, at least with respect to the network.
thanks everyone for all the help. |
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please adjust the subject in your first post and add [solved].
Thanks and godspeed with your system! |
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