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Cride5
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 Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:05 am Post subject: Can't detect on-board nforce ethernet card |
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I cannot get Gentoo to detect my on-board ethernet card. I currently have another Realtek (RTL-8139) network card installed in a PCI slot which works fine and comes up in ifconfig:
# /sbin/ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:4C:39:88:C7
inet addr:192.168.1.3 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:3386 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2931 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2544063 (2.4 Mb) TX bytes:398400 (389.0 Kb)
Interrupt:16 Base address:0x9000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:500 (500.0 b) TX bytes:500 (500.0 b)
I've tried installing the nforce network driver, which seemed to install OK. I loaded the nvnet module:
# modprobe nvnet
# lsmod
Module Size Used by
nvnet 69732 0
nvidia 3706984 12
sd_mod 14848 2
But /sbin/ifconfig still does not show eth1.
I've also tried:
# dmesg | grep eth1
and I don't get anything 
Any ideas?? |
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linear
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| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:45 am Post subject: Re: Can't detect on-board nforce ethernet card |
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| Cride5 wrote: |
I've tried installing the nforce network driver, which seemed to install OK. I loaded the nvnet module:
# modprobe nvnet
# lsmod
Module Size Used by
nvnet 69732 0
nvidia 3706984 12
sd_mod 14848 2
But /sbin/ifconfig still does not show eth1. |
Have you tried: | Code: | | $ /sbin/ifconfig -a |
Also, have you included the nvnet module in one of the /etc/modules* files yet to make sure the system will load it when you reboot? (Not sure right offhand which one it should go in as I don't build modules much anymore. I compile my critical drivers straight into the kernels nowadays.)
| Cride5 wrote: | I've also tried:
# dmesg | grep eth1
and I don't get anything
Any ideas?? |
Do you have the eth1 configuration set in the /etc/conf.d/net file already? And a /etc/init.d/net.eth1 file is available, right? If so, what happens when you do a: | Code: | | $ ping <eth1's ip-addy> |
Let us know.
/bk |
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Cride5
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| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:52 am Post subject: |
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Installed the forcedeth driver into the kernel, following instructions here:
http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/nforce-net-to-forcedeth.htm
but eth1 is still not detected.
Interestingly though, eth1 is detected by the gentoo live CD (running under the forcedeth driver)
*scratches head*
help? ... |
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Cride5
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| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:59 am Post subject: |
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Hi, thanks for the reply.
| Code: | | # /sbin/ifconfig -a |
yields same as before (eth0 and loopback)
I have not yet set eth1's config in /etc/init.d/net yet. Do you have to do this before ifconfig will show anything??
Whats your opinion on using the forcedeth drivers and should I try loading it as a module (instead of compiling into the kernel)? |
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linear
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| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Cride5 wrote: | | I have not yet set eth1's config in /etc/init.d/net yet. Do you have to do this before ifconfig will show anything?? |
No, if eth1 is active, with or without an ip address, it should show up on '/sbin/ipconfig -a'. Hmmmm...
| Cride5 wrote: | | Whats your opinion on using the forcedeth drivers and should I try loading it as a module (instead of compiling into the kernel)? |
Definitely try a new driver as a module before compiling it into the kernel. This way, if something goes terribly wrong, you can unload it and not have your entire system hung. And if the LiveCD can activate the interface with the forcedeth drivers, I'd say that's good enough to give it a try.
Let us know how it goes.
/bk |
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