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PostPosted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 4:52 pm    Post subject: problem with eth0 [SOLVED] Reply with quote

Ok, I've just spent an hour reading through the forums on this problem and I'm still stuck. I'm a bit of a linux noobie so be easy on me :oops: Anyway, on boot up i get "eth0 does not exist". Now this rig was working perfectly but the powersupply failed and knocked out the mobo so I had to swap it out with a spare which has a different onboard LAN card.

lspci gives:
Code:
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13)


So, I made sure to build this into the kernel...device drivers->network device support->ethernet( 1000 Mbit )->new syskonnect gigaethernet support...I also tried the marvell yukon chipset(derecated) neither one worked.

ifconfig -a still only lists lo with 127.0.0.1 now all my reading leads me to believe that the drivers aren't installed on the kernel but I've added them in (not as modules). Did I miss something?


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Try it with the live cd and see if it works. If it does check and see what module the livecd loaded and go from there.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've had different Marvel Yukon NICs work sometimes and not work sometimes depending on my kernel version. It seems Marvel is coming out with new Yukons all the time and the linux kernel people are having challenges keeping up.

What is your kernel version?
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It does work from Live Cd I'll have to check wat module it uses...kernel is 2.6.14

Edit: When I run lsmod on live cd I see "ieee1394 59192 2 sbp2,ohci1394" I'm assuming this is the module for the LAN card?
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I dont think so. That looks like firewire. Could you post the output of lsmod.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is the output I get when I run lsmod.

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livecd ~ # lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ipv6                  188544  12
parport_pc             28004  0
parport                22696  1 parport_pc
floppy                 45204  0
pcspkr                  2764  0
rtc                     8940  0
skge                   28080  0
dm_mod                 38340  0
ata_piix                6244  0
ahci                    7972  0
sata_qstor              6468  0
sata_vsc                5284  0
sata_uli                4576  0
sata_sis                4448  0
sata_sx4                9924  0
sata_nv                 5988  0
sata_via                5572  0
sata_svw                4868  0
sata_sil                6116  0
sata_promise            7268  0
libata                 28036  12 ata_piix,ahci,sata_qstor,sata_vsc,sata_uli,sata_sis,sata_sx4,sata_nv,sata_via,sata_svw,sata_sil,sata_promise
sbp2                   17160  0
ohci1394               26388  0
ieee1394               59192  2 sbp2,ohci1394
sl811_hcd               9664  0
ohci_hcd               15396  0
uhci_hcd               24368  0
usb_storage            50464  0
usbhid                 26112  0
ehci_hcd               23272  0
usbcore                76892  7 sl811_hcd,ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd,usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Enable the following in the kernel (your network driver is skge)
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"Device Drivers"->"Networking device support"->"Ethernet (1000 Mbit)"->"New SysKonnect GigaEthernet support"

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have the syskonnect enabled in the kernel...I did the following
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cd /usr/src/linux
make menuconfig

"Selected the driver"

make
shutdown -r now


I'm not even sure if the reboot is neccessary but it doesn't work either way...I think I might be skipping a step?
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You sure are.

You configured, and built a nice new kernel, and then proceeded to reboot with the old one. You need to do a couple more things.

First,
Code:
make modules_install
to get the modules put into their place where the kernel can load them.

Then you need to copy your brand new kernel from /usr/src/linux-<version>/arch/<arch>/boot/bzImage to your /boot directory.

Then you need to configure grub or lilo (not sure which you use) to actually boot that new kernel instead of the old one.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ahhh HA! I knew it would be something stupid... :oops: Ok I will give that all a try when I get home from work. Thanks for the help guys, hopefully this works :)
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks guys! That worked...my server is now back up and running :D
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