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SweepingOar
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 Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:37 am Post subject: Can't get networking going |
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Trying to install from the 2008.0 minimal install cd onto an intel DG43NB motherboard. Dmesg shows e1000e loading on boot
| Code: | Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.3.20-k2-NAPI
Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation |
and later:
| Code: | e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver -0.2.0
e1000e: (c) 1999-2007 Intel Corporation |
and I've tried
to no avail. Keep getting:
| Code: | | eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found |
lspci gives:
| Code: | | ethernet: Intel 82567V-2 |
There are also a couple of bios bug messages in dmesg and this:
| Code: | sysfs: duplicate filename 'pata_platform' can not be created
WARNIN: at fs/sysfs/dir.c: 424 sysfs_add_one()
Pid: 1918, comm: insmod Not tainted 2.6.24-gentoo-r7 #1
Call Trace:
[<fffffff... etc
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kobject_add failed for pata_platform with -EEXIST, don't try to register things with the same name in the same directory.
Pid: 1918, comm: insmod Not tainted 2.6.24-gentoo-r7 #1
Call Trace:
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I've looked at several other threads with similar problems, but none of those solutions helped. The only thing I get from from ifconfig -a is lo.
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SweepingOar
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:18 am Post subject: |
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Nope:
| Code: | ifconfig eth0 up
eth0: unknown interface: No such device |
Also, ifconfig -a just shows lo and that's it. No eth* devices show up at all.
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marekd
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I've just searched through some info, cause tommorow I'm trying to get gentoo with similar ethernet card working.
You probably need kernel 2.6.26 to have your NIC working.
What I will try to do is to install gentoo from CD, just like you, but before that, download latest stable kernel, which is actually 2.6.26.5 and burn in on CD. Than copy, unpack and compile on my preinstalled gentoo. Do you think it may work ?
BTW. You might have seen, or might not. DO NOT USE .27 kernels and e1000e modules.
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SweepingOar
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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I don't see why it doesn't work for me or why it wouldn't for you. This is the kernel I'm using:
2.6.24-gentoo-r8 amd64
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marekd
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| because you probably need 2.6.26 not 2.6.24 (if I am wrong, please correct me) |
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pappy_mcfae
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Did you create a link from net.lo to net.eth0 thusly: | Code: | | ln -s /etc/init.d/net.lo /etc/init.d/net.eth0 |
Did you properly set up the kernel driver? Do you see eth0 mentioned at any time during the boot process?
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SweepingOar
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:04 am Post subject: |
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I didn't see that in the handbook and I don't recall ever needing to do that before. I put a PCI nic in and set it up as eth1 and that worked. Maybe at some point I'll get back to messing with the onboard nic.
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marekd
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| SweepingOar wrote: | | I didn't see that in the handbook and I don't recall ever needing to do that before. I put a PCI nic in and set it up as eth1 and that worked. Maybe at some point I'll get back to messing with the onboard nic. |
you are lucky to be able to do that. once again - you probably need 2.6.26 kernel to use e1000e module with success.
Try reading this https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-705796-highlight-e1000e.html |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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| What is in file /etc/conf.f/net ? |
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SweepingOar
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I was using the minimal install 2008.0 cd at the time. Right now, I've got config and routes set up for eth1.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:51 am Post subject: |
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You can either change /etc/conf.d/net to setup eth0 (see handbook)
or change the symlink /etc/init.d/net.eth1 -> net.lo
and add net.eth1 to default runlevel.
It's probably easier just to do it the normal way that the handbook describes. And use lsmod to see if your driver is loaded. |
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