Raspberry Pi net.eth0 not starting via RC issue

Syster · n00b Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 60 Location: Łód

Hi all!

I've done a fresh install according to http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi_Quick_Install_Guide.
Fresh kernel from raspberry foundation GIT, and newest stage3.
However, i've stuck with some kind of problem with net.eth0.
It just won't start on boot.
When i start it manually, it works with no problem.

I've checked list of services after booting with rc-update show boot, and it confirms that net.eth0 is in boot runlevel.
However, checking it with rc-status boot shows that it isnt running.

Please help me

i've stuck on this, and withou autostarting net i cannot use sshd

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 2:51 pm Post subject:

Syster,

Syster · n00b Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 60 Location: Łód

I've tried putting into default instead of boot. Unfortunately, it doesn't help

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 3:48 pm Post subject:

Syster,

How is your network kernel module made. Module or built in?
What about your USB support, as networking depends on USB.

You can still use ssh but you need to start it by hand meanwhile after eth0 is started.

My Pi is building lsbutils so I can't provide module names just now.
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Syster · n00b Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 60 Location: Łód

I don't change anything in kernel configuration - i used one provided from raspberry foundation (like in tutorial said).
But as far as i remember, they use static modules for networking.

SSHD isn't working beacause even if i start by hand net.eth0, starting sshd brings me an RC error about net

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 4:22 pm Post subject:

Syster,

Is your net.lo started. Normally, the net service is not considered up unless all interfaces are up.

Once eth0 is up, what does ifcinfig -a show ?

Syster · n00b Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 60 Location: Łód

when net.eth0 is up manualli, it normally gets IP and connectivity.

I'm not quite sure if my firmware is up-to-date.
I copied whole /boot directory from RPi Git into /boot on SD card.
As far as i know it also have firmware files, right?

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 5:38 pm Post subject:

Syster,

Thats right. I have just run rpi-update and got a new kernel and firmware. It all just worked for me. To avoid asking you to make long posts, compare your which services are where to mine.

Syster · n00b Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 60 Location: Łód

Yes, i had the same services in my RPi.
Especially, i have net.eth0 in default, but it still don't start at boot :/

KdC · n00b Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 13 Location: Germany

I ran into the same problem.
Editing /etc/rc.conf to enable the rc_sys variable solved it for me.
Strangely if I edit rc.conf before the first boot the same issue appears and commenting out rc_sys solves the problem.

fenrirjk · n00b Joined: 22 Mar 2013 Posts: 22

Got exactly the same problem, and I was stuck for some days with it !!!

I finally found the answer.

Rapberry-pi has no clock, and when building the sd-card on the x86 machine, some timestamp of the dependency tree won't mach the current time when running on the rpi.

You need to do a