Hardware problem on hp pavilion dv6540

sqrex · n00b Joined: 02 Jun 2007 Posts: 3

Hi,

I`m fighting with gentoo installation on my new laptop and i don`t have any ideas what can I do to get this up and runnig,

I use minimal install cd 2007.0 and i can`t get my network card to run. System shows it and "ip a" command says that eth0 is up but have no carrier. I tried to get new network cable, change switch but it didn`t help (on windows network works fine).

My laptop is HP pavilion dv 6540ew. It is new hardware so i think it`s problem with drivers or something like that. On gentoo-wiki i read about problems with IRQ but there is nothing about my problem.

Network card is RTL8101, processor Core 2 duo T7300, graphic card geforce 8400M GS.

Has someone any idea how to debug this or where to look for some help ? google says nothing...

I had gentoo on my old laptop and i just can`t live without it.

NathanZachary · Moderator Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 2605

I know this might be a "duh" question, but did you try running net-setup eth0?
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sqrex · n00b Joined: 02 Jun 2007 Posts: 3

I`ve try using everything. Starting with this script, using ifconfig and ip adderss add. I can assign IP adress, but still system show no carrier.

It looks like ethernet card is detected, it is up, module r8169 ( i thing it is responsible for this ether card ) is loaded in system. I`m worried that i will have to wait for new live cd with modules and drivers for my hardware...

nixnut · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:34 pm Post subject:

If you have booted windows before it seems it's possible that windows has disabled the nic. Powering off and unplugging the machine for a while seems to reset the nic.
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NathanZachary · Moderator Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 2605

I had a similar problem on an AMD64 machine. Have you tried using a 2006.1 minimal install disc?
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sqrex · n00b Joined: 02 Jun 2007 Posts: 3

No i haven`t.

I will try it ASAP and post results.

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No luck

2006.1 don`t see my network card. I`ve check /lib/modules/2.6.19-7/net and there is no module fo my card.

Any other ideas ?