Post Installation help

ryanc35 · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 8

I'm completely new to using Linux altogether but did manage to get Gentoo installed on my laptop as a dual boot system with Windows XP. I followed through the handbook to get the kernel built and installed. I can boot up to both Windows and Linux successfully, but I'm encountering a couple of problems that I'm not sure how to tackle. I have installed the system to try and learn how to use it so I'm very new to the environment too.

I installed using the LiveCD and my ethernet configuration worked fine while in the LiveCD setup, but now I get an error where eth0 is not detected. The other issue I noticed is that my monitor driver appears to be a generic driver of some sort because my screen resolution was lowered after I booted into Linux. Any advice on what I should try to do would be great!! Not sure if there are any logs that I should post for help either...

bilbravo · Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:01 pm Post subject: Re: Post Installation help

First things first, you need eth0 to work. My first guess would be that you did not compile the correct driver into the kernel.

Do you know what kind of card it is? If not, watch the LiveCD boot and it will tell you... or you can try 'lspci' to find it.

If you can post this info, someone can help verify you have the correct drivers compiled into the kernel.
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:03 pm Post subject:

ryanc35,

Welcome to Gentoo - you have chosen the right distro to learn about Linux.

This post is intended to help you to fic your networking. Its possible that you have missed a bit out of your kernel. If you can't identify it, post the output of the

ryanc35 · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 8

I tried going through that post with the instructions I had them all written down but when I ran

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:04 pm Post subject:

ryanc35,

There is no need to have any seperate modules at all. Such a kernel is called monolithic. lsmod will then show nothing and its OK. You should find that the liveCD is using the sk98lin, sky2 or skge driver. I'm not sure which from reading the kernel config comments. If the right driver was compiled in, it would just work.

Boot normally and try

ryanc35 · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 8

I tried running this command:

jmbsvicetto · Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:09 pm Post subject:

Hi.

You should first try to build them as modules <M> to check if they work. Later you can build them in the kernel <*> if you like. After changing and saving the config just do make modules_install. You can try the modules with modprobe module-name and then checking ifconfig -a.
If you prefer to have the driver built as a module, you should add its name to /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-<version> for having it being loaded on start-up.
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ryanc35 · n00b Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 8

I got it working after setting up the modules for GigE Yukon chipsets from the menuconfig option and recompiling the kernel.

I singled out the sky2 module after using

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:16 pm Post subject:

Moved from Installing Gentoo to Networking & Security.
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