Re: [gentoo-laptop] Ethernet not starting...

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On Thu, 2007-04-26 at 10:35 -0300, Joaquim Quinteiro Uchoa wrote:
> If this instalation was used in another machine, or you have another net device,
> udev can be putting your broadcom as another number (eth2, ...)
> 
> Try
> ifconfig -a
> or
> ip addr
> to get all interfaces on your system
> 
> If the problem is the wrong id on eth, remove
> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
> 
> And udev will recreate automaticaly again.
> 
> 2007/4/26, mail <lists@gmnet.net>:
> > Hi, I know this sounds bad, I must be missing something really easy
> > here. I can't seem to start my ethernet interface...
> >
> > I have a Thinkpad T43
> > lspci shows:
> >   Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5751M Gigabit PCI Express card
> >
> > I loaded the Tigon3 kernel module
> > dmesg shows:
> >    eth0: Tigon3... with a mac address
> >
> > I have a simple setup in conf.d/net of just config_eth0= ( "dhcp" )
> > however, when I try to start it, I get the following error:
> >
> > /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start, I get:
> > * Caching service dependencies ...                        [ ok ]
> > * Starting eth0
> > *   Bringing up eth0
> > *     dhcp
> > *       network interface eth0 does not exist
> > *       Please verify hardware or kernel module (driver)  [ !! ]
> >
> >
> > If I boot with a knoppix live CD, the Interface fires up fine, so I know
> > it is supported...
> >
> > What am I missing?
> > Thanks!
> > rick
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> []s
> Joaquim
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That was it!
Thanks
rick




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