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Arla
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 Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:39 am Post subject: "network interface x does not exist" |
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I have just set up a Gentoo system from the minimal livecd to use as a server for my wlan. I have another Gentoo system on another hard drive in the same machine, which I intend to use as a workstation.
That system was made from the (not minimal) livecd, and is automatically equipped with what's necessary to use the Internet. However, the newly installet server-to-be system can't use the network interface card.
The machine has got a 3crdw696 wireless nic, and from light experimenting with the workstation system, I know that using net.wlan0 works, but not net.eth0 (and that's why it's that I'm using).
The problem: | Code: | # /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start
* Starting wlan0
* Bringing up wlan0
* 192.200.1.99
* network interface wlan0 does not exist
* Please verify hardware or kernel module (driver) [!!] |
I'm not sure that I configured the kernel allright (the make menuconfig). The find /lib/modules/2.6.17-r5/ -type f -iname '*.o' -or -iname '*.ko' moment gave me only two modules: jbd and ext3. I had a feeling there should be some more than that.
Can it be that modules are missing in the kernel? Ideas? |
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H-Dragon
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| Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:55 am Post subject: |
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check your kernel-config. i believe the atmel drivers are in there. compile them as modules
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Arla
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| Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:52 am Post subject: Recompiling kernel didn't work. |
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I found the Atmel stuff and recompiled the kernel.
Speaking of that - Can one recompile the kernel whenever?
By the way - it still doesn't work |
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H-Dragon
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| Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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of course you can recompile your kernel whenever you so please.
i am unsure what exact driver your card needs, you might want to check google for that (or search this forum), but once you recompiled your kernel, you do know that you need to load the modules (via modprobe) and copy the new bzImage to /boot, right?
after that, you need to configure /etc/conf.d/net (or ...wireless) to include something like this:
| Code: | key_Wireless_FH="3443-2342-3333-7213-123F-7213-23"
modules_wlan0=( "iwconfig" )
essid_wlan0="Wireless Access Point Name"
ifconfig_wlan0=( "dhcp" ) |
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