help with Realtek 8211b chip, Gigabyte mobo eth0 driver

Wizumwalt · Guru Joined: 20 Aug 2006 Posts: 547

Hi,

I've been having a real hard time trying to get my ethernet interface running and I'm thinking it's the device itself.

I have a new Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H motherboard for a quad-core, and am trying to install from a minimal cd the latest gentoo. I've set up my NIC which seems like hundreds of times, but I don't know why this one is being a problem.

I've got my interface configured (ip, mask, gateway), and it starts fine, but I can't ping my router. The lights are on on my router interface as well as the ethernet on the motherboard.

$ lspci | grep net
00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 07dc (rev a2)

Other sites I've read said this is a Realtec 8211B chip. I've been booting from the 'gentoo' kernel from the livecd and I think the nvidia driver "forcedeth" was loaded, but that doesn't seem to be working. Anyone know what the correct driver is or what I should be doing?

Any help much appreciated.

schachti · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:23 am Post subject:

The kernel on the gentoo live cd is quite old and might have problems with newer chipsets. However, you can install gentoo from nearly any linux live cd, you don't have to use the gentoo live cd. So my advice is to use a recent live cd with a recent (2.6.23 or even better 2.6.24) kernel.
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NathanZachary · Moderator Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 2605

This problem is, like schachti suggested, related to the old kernel on the installation disc. You can easily solve it in 4 steps:

1. Download the SystemRescueCD
2. Burn it to a disc.
3. Boot it up.
4. Install Gentoo from that live environment using these instructions.

If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

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Wizumwalt · Guru Joined: 20 Aug 2006 Posts: 547

Section_8 · l33t Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 627

System rescueCd supports amd64 - IIRC, you enter "rescue64" at the boot prompt to boot a 64 bit kernel.