2005.1 Gentoo Install - no Ethernet!!

[theiss]

Hi,

I am trying to install gentoo on my laptop (HP dv1240).
But on boot up from the livecd, I got no ethernet. I had this problem before with 2003.2 (I think), but all I had to do was modprobe 8139 (that was another installation on my toshiba laptop).
This time that trick didn't work.

I read somewhere that I have to disable apic from the BIOS... Well, I went through my bios and there is no option to disable it.

Anyone got any ideas? Without Ethernet = no Internet = no installation.... help!!

Thanks.

[moximiliano]

Hey I have the same problem WTF I really tried everything I can think of Ive already gone to two different sites and no one has helped me with it
I have an Acer Ferrari 3200 amd 64 with a BCM4306 I also did the modprobeBCM4306 but just got a FATAL:module not found
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Newbie here

[bhav2007]

Do you mean that the device just isn't there, or that your connection doesn't work? Does "ifconfig" list anything?

There is a kernel parameter, i think "noapic", which will disable the apic on the boot cd (I had to do this for my hard drives to work), it should be listed when you look at the list of parameters the cd gives you (press F-something when the cd shows you the prompt to boot).

Maybe you should also check the output of "dmesg" to see if it says anything about your network card. Are you sure that "8139" is the name of the driver module your card needs? If not, you should do some searching to find out exactly which kernel option / module you need. Of course, it is possible to install gentoo without an active network connection. Then you could get networking online with a fully working system, and the sync and compile your programs.

Maybe sections 3 or 4 on this page will help, if you aren't able to get your network card's module while you are installing.

PS: I know the name of the module for a Broadcom 4400 card (like on my laptop) is b44:

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