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stijnb
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 Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:33 am Post subject: problems with eth0 and eth1 |
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Hi
I just installed gentoo (I'm new) and my network isn't working
when I do
I can see both my wired network card
and my wireless.
when I do
| Code: | | /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start |
it just gives red !! at the end of the first line (getting up dhcp I think) it doesn't give an error
also net.eth1 doesn't exist but I do have eth1 enabled in /etc/conf.d/net
when I do ifconfig eth1 or ifconfig eth0 I get the error
| Code: | | Error fetching interface information : Device Not Found |
also I got dhcpcd installed
I'm using genkernel and I have no idea where to go from here.
I once had gentoo before without genkernel and I didn't have this problem.
hope it is enough information to help me out
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EzInKy
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| Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:48 am Post subject: |
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That "device not found" error makes me wonder if your card's driver is present. Have you checked your kernel config or ran lsmod?
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| Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:56 am Post subject: |
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stijnb,
I suspect that eth0 and eth1 have swapped over between the liveCD and your own kernel.
The logical names eth0 and eth1 are allocated on a first come first served basis. You can control it be listing the module names for your network cards in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
The one nearest the top of the file will be eth0 - always.
You may have noticed, when you do that the file net.eth0 is a symbolic link to net.lo. To create a net.eth1 file, which you need to start your eth1, make another symbolic link called net.eth1, like this:- | Code: | | ln -s /etc/init.d/net.lo /etc/init.d/net.eth1 |
Now you can run | Code: | | /etc/init.d/net.eth1 restart |
to try to restart eth1.
You can also do | Code: | | rc-update net.eth1 add defualt |
so it starts at boot
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stijnb
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| Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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k thx,
I also did lsmod once I got
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module size used by
rtc 8488 0
usbcore 75064 1
ntfs 88080 2
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and when I rebooted I got nothing.
I do think I have a problem with the drivers. but I don't know how to install them! I looked into the kernel and everything from the ethernet 10/100 section was included or included as module.
but when I do
| Code: | | make modules_install |
I get an error message that dn-snapshot.ko is using an unknown character
maybe my modules aren't installed properly because of that wich means my drivers aren't installed properly
is this right?
thx in advance
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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stijnb,
make modules_install copies your modules from the place where they were built (/usr/scr/linux) to the place where modprobe can find them to load them. The command also caclulates dependancies, so you can modpobel something and all the dependant modules are loaded too.
It appears you have two ethernet ports - that not the same thing as having eth0 and eth1.
Run it will show you all the logical ethernet devices the kernel knows about.
If you only have lo, then your ethernet kernel modules need to be modprobed.
If you know their names, to load one.
If you don't know the names you can discover them as follows:-
Boot with the liveCD, check that the network works and run If only eth0 is there, this will only discover the module for one of your ethernet links.
Run lsmod and write down all the module names that appear. You can skip modules that begin sata or snd. None of them are related to networking.
Boot normally. Run if eth0 is listed your module is loaded *unless* you have a module called eth1394 loaded. Check with lsmod. eth1394 is ethernet over firewire. Almost nobody wants that.
If eth1394 is there, remove it with | Code: | | modprobe -r eth1394 |
then check for interfaces again with
Using your list, cross off anthing thats also listed in lsmod. For each module left on the list do
| Code: | modprobe <name>
ifconfig -a |
Stop when eth0 appears. You have just loaded your network module.
The command | Code: | | /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart |
should bring it 'up' and make it work.
It can be automated but let me know if it works first.
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EzInKy
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| Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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| stijnb wrote: | k thx,
I also did lsmod once I got
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module size used by
rtc 8488 0
usbcore 75064 1
ntfs 88080 2
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is this right?
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Nope, no net drivers. What cards did your lspci show?
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| Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
I reinstalled gentoo without genkernel and with gentoo-sources and it works now :s
i know dirty way out
but thanks for your help guys
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