Cant bring eth0 up

handsomepete · Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 12:57 am Post subject:

Check out the FAQ on networking and see if any of those steps help.

keratos68 · Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 9:09 am Post subject:

Have you enabled (built-in or modules) the necessary Networking options and protocols in the kernel??
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asimon · Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 9:59 am Post subject:

Also the latest baselayout is broken. If you installed baselayout-1.8.6.8.ebuild your network will never work, then you have to downgrade to 1.8.6.7.

JorBond · n00b Joined: 21 May 2003 Posts: 11

i have turned dchp on since i am on a cable modem and it removed the

anush · n00b Joined: 20 May 2003 Posts: 9

Exact same issue with my PC... more solution..???

weazy · Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 2:36 am Post subject:

make sure you have the correct network card activated

anush · n00b Joined: 20 May 2003 Posts: 9

what is it for the linksys in kernel configuration

weazy · Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 3:41 am Post subject:

uhm, could be anything, it depends on the model of linksys nic. look through the network cards in the kernel configuration menu.

keratos68 · Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 6:22 am Post subject:

You're not enabling ALL the Network options are you?? Just enable the ones you need.

Here are some of the more relevant kernel config sections from my system, you may wish to compare with your /usr/src/linux/.config ....

anush · n00b Joined: 20 May 2003 Posts: 9

i don't have the options as seen in your .config and i have a linksys card

badzio · Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 11:56 am Post subject:

maybe you checked wrong netcard during configuring kernel? what netcard have you got?
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anush · n00b Joined: 20 May 2003 Posts: 9

interesting.. i got the exact same .config as you have shown above... and when i grep -i 'ethernet' /proc/pci SURPRISINGLY i find the exact name of my card.. LINKSYS........ should i enable the apic in my uniprocessor selection... and also i tried booting with the livecd and when i did lsmod... it had loaded tulip as my driver.. any ideas..

keratos68 · Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 2:16 pm Post subject:

post output of /etc/conf.d/net and the command "ifconfig -v" and "arp -i eth0"

Also, if the tulip driver works for you from live-cd, issue the command "modprobe tulip" , of course you need to compile the tulip driver as a module!! You could add the line "tulip" to /etc/modules.autoload then issue the command "update-modules",reboot and try that.

Any luck?
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anush · n00b Joined: 20 May 2003 Posts: 9

i will post the output when i am out of work.. anyways... i was not able to find tulip choice at all in my kernel configuration... btw the kernel is gentoo-sources

handsomepete · Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 2:28 pm Post subject:

Network Device Support --> Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) --> [*] DECchip Tulip (dc21x4x) PCI support

is the exact location. If you're missing that, then something went horribly, horribly wrong.

keratos68 · Posted: Thu May 22, 2003 4:59 pm Post subject:

anush · n00b Joined: 20 May 2003 Posts: 9

thanks guys.. it works... linux is up and running....thanks for ur guidance

keratos68 · Posted: Fri May 23, 2003 1:06 pm Post subject:

For the purposes of GENTOOers searching and finding this, please can you tell us what the problem was and which of the options suggested resolved the issue.

TIA
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