eth0 failure on boot, what to do?

asc3ndant · n00b Joined: 28 Jun 2003 Posts: 30

i just finished a stage1 install of gentoo, and on booting the newly compiled kernel there were a few problems, the most important of which is the configuration of eth0...
/etc/resolv.conf and /etc/conf.d/net are properly configured but the following happens on boot:

fgarbrecht · n00b Joined: 27 May 2003 Posts: 43 Location: Philadelphia

Just run 'dmesg' to replay your boot messages; you'll no doubt see clues to your network problems. Sounds like you didn't compile in appropriate drivers for your network card or the modules are not loaded on boot.

asc3ndant · n00b Joined: 28 Jun 2003 Posts: 30

how do i know if the eth0 driver was compiled as a module or not?

p3nguin · Apprentice Joined: 01 Jul 2003 Posts: 188 Location: ~/

Im having this exact same problem, i even included every single nic in the kernel and it still gives me that shit!

fgarbrecht · n00b Joined: 27 May 2003 Posts: 43 Location: Philadelphia

Go to /usr/src/linux and run make menuconfig; go to the network driver configuration settings section and check whether you selected any network driver. If not, select the appropriate driver to compile as a module. If you're not sure which driver to select, one way to figure this out is to boot from the gentoo live-cd and run lsmod; it should list whichever network driver module it installed after auto-detecting your hardware.

asc3ndant · n00b Joined: 28 Jun 2003 Posts: 30

im trying to recompile the kernel to fix this problem, but i saved my settings from the first compile. where is that config file? i want to delete it so i can start with the default settings just in case i changed something i shouldn't have.

devon · l33t Joined: 23 Jun 2003 Posts: 943

asc3ndant · n00b Joined: 28 Jun 2003 Posts: 30

i used lsmod to find that via-rhine is the proper ethernet module, so i re-compiled the kernel with via-rhine support, but i did not compile it as a module... and the following errors went away:

asc3ndant · n00b Joined: 28 Jun 2003 Posts: 30

ok i can fix the realtime clock support error, but i still need help with the eth0 failure, given that i know i have the correct driver included in the kernel, namely via-rhine.

Mr. Garr · Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 4:44 am Post subject:

i have exact same problem, my 8139too is kompiled in the kernel, i've done make bzIMage modules modules_install, but it changed nothing

hmmm somebode said to compile it into the kernel, as Module, can;t it be just as * ? (i don't know how to call this

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cyfred · Retired Dev Joined: 23 Aug 2002 Posts: 596

Try adding the netmount initscript to the default runlevel, and make sure that net.eth0 is also in the default runlevel.

asc3ndant · n00b Joined: 28 Jun 2003 Posts: 30

where in the menuconfig is the rtc option?
how do i get rid of the following errors:

Manu-BE · Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 10:18 am Post subject:

Did you recompile your kernel correctly ?

asc3ndant · n00b Joined: 28 Jun 2003 Posts: 30

yes, my kernel is compiled in the manner you listed... but what i really want to know is what specific kernel options to * in order to enable realtime clock support...
see this thread: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=64401
someone has the same problem, and someone else tells him to recompile the kernel to enable realtime clock support, and i wanted to know how to do that specifically