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Cadmus
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 Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:30 pm Post subject: Hardware Autodetection? |
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When I boot to the liveCD to install I noticed that it detects everything I have on boot, for example my wireless/wired ethernet etc. but when I boot to my new base install only things that I have setup properly work. The only reason this is a problem is because I can't seem to get my wireless card setup properly for the life of me.
What I was wondering is how do I make my new install detect and setup things like the liveCD boot? Is it a module or something that needs to be installed or is it just some kind of setting?
I am new to Gentoo and linux administration but not to computers so even if you can just give me a place to start (like the name of said module/setting/app) it would be really helpful.
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i92guboj
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The first thing that you need is the correct driver compiled into your kernel or as a module. In the first case, the driver will be loaded in the bootup automatically, since it is into your kernel.
If you compile it as a module, you can use coldplug to autodetect the hardware at boot time, and hotplug to do it automatically whenever any device is hotpluged while your system is up and running (for example when you turn on your usb printer). Of course, you need to know what is the correct driver for your device, and you need to change the relevant option(s) in your kernel and recompile it. Then emerge coldplug and hotplug and start them on bootup
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emerge hotplug coldplug
rc-update add coldplug default
rc-update add hotplug default
/etc/init.d/coldplug start
/etc/init.d/hotplug start
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Cadmus
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| Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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| 6thpink wrote: | The first thing that you need is the correct driver compiled into your kernel or as a module. In the first case, the driver will be loaded in the bootup automatically, since it is into your kernel.
If you compile it as a module, you can use coldplug to autodetect the hardware at boot time, and hotplug to do it automatically whenever any device is hotpluged while your system is up and running (for example when you turn on your usb printer). Of course, you need to know what is the correct driver for your device, and you need to change the relevant option(s) in your kernel and recompile it. Then emerge coldplug and hotplug and start them on bootup
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emerge hotplug coldplug
rc-update add coldplug default
rc-update add hotplug default
/etc/init.d/coldplug start
/etc/init.d/hotplug start
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I have the correct wireless driver compiled into the kernel but it didn't work on boot. I then set it up as eth1 and it tries to get an IP on boot but eventually fails, when I try to do anything with iwconfig it says the wireless card does not exist.
Is it possible to have my install work the same as the liveCD? (ie. auto detect and configure my devices on boot?)
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