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LoGod
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 Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 7:41 am Post subject: gentoo 1.4 / NIC Problem |
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Hi,
I installed gentoo 1.4 yesterdey and it looked good. But after my first reboot the eth0 interface could not be started.
1. I found out that I forgot to select a driver for my NIC in the Kernel.
(Please don't hurt me...)
2. I'm using an omnibook xe3-gc -> NIC is an Accton EN2242 MiniPCI...
3. Which driver I have to select in "make menuconfig" if I want my NIC to work?
There was no "Accton ENxxxx" to select in the 10/100 menu...
my only suggestion is that it might be the HP 10/100 VG ... which could stand for Hewlett-Packard 10/100 drivers?????????
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kallamej
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| Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 7:54 am Post subject: |
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| Boot with the LiveCD and use lsmod to find out which module it uses. |
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LoGod
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| Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 8:40 am Post subject: |
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The module is tulip...
I tried to load the module with modprobe but it didn't work.
I also checked the german installation manual but there's not so much information about loading a new module or installing a driver.
I'll check the english manual.
so...
how to load tulip?
what will I have to change or beware of if I install gentoo from the scratch again?
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kallamej
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| Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 9:00 am Post subject: |
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During make menuconfig you have to choose [*] Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) >> [*] EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers >> <M|*> DECchip Tulip (dc21x4x) PCI support.
Then do the usual stuff for recompiling your kernel and/or kernel modules. It is not necessary to install from scratch. |
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Durenunde
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| Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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all you need to do is follow the steps from the manual compile and put it in
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# cd /usr/src/linux
# make menuconfig
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put in your extra modules that are required for your NIC and finish off with.....
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# make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install
# mount /boot
# cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot
# umount /boot
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notice thought that there are a few extra steps, that is because /boot isnt mounted upon startup on normal boot so you don't wipe anything by mistake whilst fiddling with the system 
then just restart your system and voila you should have a working netcard
hope this helps
Duren
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LoGod
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| Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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well...
i reinstalled gentoo and tried genkernel...
works fine BUT... my usb-mouse didn't work... the defaults in
USB Support and Input Core Support were wrong!
Input Core Support ( * )
Mouse Support ( * )
both should be loaded as modules and
Support for USB (M) should be ( * )
however, now everything just works fine
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