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yodo
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 Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject: [solved] No network - eth0 does not exist |
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Hi,
I'm new to gentoo, but have already experiences with Arch, Debian and (K)ubuntu.
I tried to install gentoo several times this weekend, and had some problems with the LiveCD... It always aborted installation while installing additional programs (like KDE / k3b / openoffice...). Had the same problem with the installer GUI and the command line.
However... I read that the core gentoo system installation already finishes before that step... there is just no GUI installed. Similar to an arch install.
So I quit the liveCd environment and booted gentoo. Just as I thought, I had just a console - not a GUI.
I tried to install kde with portage, which failed because I had no access to the internet/network.
As a quick reaction I reinstalled gentoo by following the gentoo handbook. Wanted to have a clean installation, not an installation that was aborted while installing additional packages (over 200 were already installed!).
So thats the gentoo I have installed now. A booting system, but still no GUI (but I did not try to install one yet).
Unfortunately there is still no network connection. Of course I followed the guide in the handbook...
That's the error I get when I try to sync emerge: http://www.onlyfree.de/php/pasteservice/show.php?id=5862
This is what I get when I try to start eth0: http://www.onlyfree.de/php/pasteservice/show.php?id=5863
It seems as if eth0 is not existing... but the IP i defined in "/etc/conf.d/net" seems to be recognized.
My /etc/conf.d/net: | Code: | config_eth0=( "192.168.1.20 netmask 255.255.255.0 brd 192.168.1.255" )
routes_eth0=( "default via 192.168.1.1" |
At least the network should be supported by the kernel because I did not create the kernel completly for myself, but used genkernel. On the liveCD environment internet and network is working.
Probably the module is not loaded... but I don't know what's its name.
Running lspci I geht this information about the controller:
| Code: | | 02:06.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) |
Hope someone can help me. 
greetings, yodo
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psomas
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| Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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you'll need the 8139too module...
with menuconfig, you can find it under Device Drivers/Network Device Support/Ethernet(10 or 100Mbit)/Realtek RTL 8129/3039...
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yodo
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| Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, thank you for the really fast reply.
That seems to be the right module. When it is loaded eth0 seems to work.
It still does not work in a "chrooted" gentoo (from arch), so I cant copy the output.
But with the real booted gentoo system "/etc/init.d/net.eth0 start" now gives a output wich looks correctly.
No errors, just something like "eth0 start [ok]".
Unfortunately "emerge --sync" has still the same error... 
Another (a bit off-topic) question that came up in my mind while reading your reply: If the network support would be missing in my genkernel-kernel... could I still activate it with menuconfig and just recompile? Just like 7.c. in the handbook. Sorry if it is a dumb question, but as I already said I have still very little experience with gentoo. |
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jomen
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Do you have to manually give the network-address?
No dhcp-server present (your modem/router for example)?
what about using
this should even ask you for the network-adapters name and autoload the correct module - as far as I can remember
if you inserted the module yourself via
this should work if you get an adress via dhcp
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jomen
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| Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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about the "off-topic" question:
on the live-cd are all neccesary modules to get you connected.
What kind of network-card do you have?
will tell you enough to start with.
When (re)building your kernel you should at least check that this is among the modules to be built.
| Code: | | genkernel --menuconfig _other_options |
will let you do that...
You can do that only after you have all the neccessary sources - which will require a working connection (trap...) - or a CD containing sources...
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Concerning your emerge --sync trouble: Did you configure a nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf?
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| Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Concerning your emerge --sync trouble: Did you configure a nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf? |
Thought I did... so I did not doublecheck it. But that is what caused the problem. 
emerge --sync works now, so I will be able to merge KDE over night. 
Thank you!
@jomen: "net-setup" does not exist here... is it a program that has to be installed manually? If so, its hard to realize without internet connection. And now, having internet, I don't need the program anymore...  |
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yodo
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| Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | net-setup is on the Install-CD |
Yeah, that will be the reason why it did not work for me. I tried it on my installed gentoo, not on a cd-environment. |
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