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cgmd
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 Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:40 pm Post subject: [Solved] livecd unable to find ethernet controller... |
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Hi, all...
It's been a miserable day as I watched Portage and yesterday's "e2fsprogs, com_err, and ss blockers" take me down the path to totally messed up libraries and an unbootable system. 
Now, my issue is compounded, by the inability of my "gentoo 2008 livecd" to find my network device. During boot of my Thinkpad X60s I see the error: | Code: | | No Network device auto detected... |
I have no hope of rescuing this system without networking! 
It must be just a software issue, because everything worked perfectly 24 hrs ago, just before the "portage bomb"...
Would someone please help me work through this??? Networking is definitely not my forte!
Thanks!
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elgato319
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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try:
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modprobe e1000
ifconfig eth0 up
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X60s should have this Chipset: Intel PRO/1000 MT Mobile Ethernet
could you give us the output of var/log/messages after these commands? |
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cgmd
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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| elgato319 wrote: | try:
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modprobe e1000
ifconfig eth0 up
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X60s should have this Chipset: Intel PRO/1000 MT Mobile Ethernet
could you give us the output of var/log/messages after these commands? |
Thanks for your quick response...
Since I have no network connectivity with the laptop, I can't get an exact copy of /var/log/messages, but this is what I get on screen: | Code: |
Oct 29 20:44:38 livecd acpid: client connected from 27049[0:0]
Oct 29 20:44:38 livecd acpid : 1 client rule loaded
Oct 29 20:53:01 livecd sudo: gentoo : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/gentoo ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/sbin/modprobe e1000
Oct 29 20:53:26 livecd sudo: gentoo : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/gentoo ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/sbin/ifconfig/ eth0 up
Oct 29 20:54:09 livecd sudo: gentoo : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/gentoo ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/cat /var/log/messages |
Does this tell us anything?
Thanks, again! 
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cgmd
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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Actually, running lshw identifies my ethernet controller to be an Intel 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller...
What module should that require?
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elgato319
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| e1000 should work.[/quote] |
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cyrillic
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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If the Gentoo CD doesn't connect to the network properly, then I would suggest trying a different CD.
http://www.sysresccd.org |
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cgmd
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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Finally resolved with a Ubuntu LiveCD!
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