eth0:error fetching interface information: [SOLVED]

[athena810]

So, for the past couple hours, I've been trying to get my wireless to work. However; nothing will make it work. It won't even
net-setup eth0
anymore. So, i can't even connect to the internet with a wired connection.

I know that this means that the kernel can't read my ethernet card or something, but I don't know how to fix it. Here's my lspci -k | grep Ethernet -A5

[BillWho]

athena810,

Go to this site and paste the output of lspci -n

Good luck
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[athena810]

Sorry, but it doesn't really help. In menuconfig, I checked off everything under Intel and under Realtek. My wireless stilll does not work and there is no perfect match for any of them.

[chithanh]

compare "lspci -k" output on LiveCD with your Gentoo install. The "grep Ethernet" hides the most important part, kernel driver in use.

[BillWho]

You weren't paying attention - these are all the recognized drivers for your system . The far right names are .config settings

RT5390 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe rt2800pci
RTS5209 PCI Express Card Reader rts_pstor
82801 Mobile PCI Bridge i810_rng
Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller i915
Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller iTCO_wdt
5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller ahci
5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller i2c-i801
5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem intel_ips

For example the Chipset Thermal Subsystem
gentoo video # grep -i intel_ips /usr/src/linux/.config
# CONFIG_INTEL_IPS is not set

You should set these in menuconfig and recompile the kernel
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Since installing gentoo, my life has become one long emerge

[athena810]

[BillWho]

In menuconfig hit the forward slash key ( '/' ) and paste rt2800pci in it - you'll get a screen like this

Symbol: RT2800PCI [=n] │
│ Type : tristate │
│ Prompt: Ralink rt27xx/rt28xx/rt30xx (PCI/PCIe/PCMCIA) support │
│ Defined at drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/Kconfig:56 │
│ Depends on: NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=y] && RT2X00 [=m] && (PCI [=y] || RALINK_RT288X || RALINK_RT305X) │
│ Location: │
│ -> Device Drivers │
│ -> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y]) │
│ -> Wireless LAN (WLAN [=y]) │
│ -> Ralink driver support (RT2X00 [=m]) │
│ Selects: RT2800_LIB [=m] && RT2X00_LIB_PCI [=n] && RT2X00_LIB_SOC [=n] && RT2X00_LIB_FIRMWARE [=y] && RT2X00_LIB_CRYPTO [=y] && CRC_CCITT [=m] && EEPROM_93CX6 [=m]

Note the location and the prompt

< > Marvell 8xxx Libertas WLAN driver support │ │
│ │ < > Hermes chipset 802.11b support (Orinoco/Prism2/Symbol) │ │
│ │ < > Softmac Prism54 support │ │
│ │ <M> Ralink driver support ---> │ │
│ │ < > Realtek RTL8192CE/RTL8188CE Wireless Network Adapter │ │
│ │ < > Realtek RTL8192SE/RTL8191SE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter │ │
│ │
│

< > Ralink rt27xx/rt28xx/rt30xx (PCI/PCIe/PCMCIA) support │ │
│ │ < > Ralink rt2500 (USB) support │ │
│ │ < > Ralink rt2501/rt73 (USB) support │ │
│ │ <M> Ralink rt27xx/rt28xx/rt30xx (USB) support │ │
│ │ [*] rt2800usb - Include support for rt33xx devices │ │
│ │ [*] rt2800usb - Include support for rt35xx devices (EXPERIMENTAL) │ │
│ │

It takes a little getting used to navigating around in menuconfig
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[athena810]

Thanks BillWho.
Sorry about the late reply; got side tracked. The good thing is, it works and it now detects the card. However; it still does not connect.

Also, net-setup eth0 is a command not found so I don't think I can set things up that way.

Doesn't seem to be the etc/resolv.conf either. I still have 'nameserver 8.8.8.8' in that file.

The good thing is, a wired connection does work. But the wireless doesn't.

I got rid of r8169 kernel driver and downloaded and installed r8101 but still no luck with the wireless.