From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ohaat-0004tf-8W for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:01:12 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 759D6E07EB; Sat, 7 Aug 2010 04:00:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out2.iinet.net.au (outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out2.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.107]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5A21E07EB for ; Sat, 7 Aug 2010 04:00:47 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AngFAON2XEzLzg3j/2dsb2JhbACTW4xwccR5hToEhCOHcQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.55,332,1278259200"; d="scan'208";a="682748490" Received: from unknown (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([203.206.13.227]) by outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out2.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 07 Aug 2010 12:00:45 +0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42C461C2A747 for ; Sat, 7 Aug 2010 12:00:45 +0800 (WST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localdomain Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 9JxMM87t1GtO for ; Sat, 7 Aug 2010 12:00:41 +0800 (WST) Received: from [192.168.44.2] (rattus [192.168.44.2]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8FBA1D43D22 for ; Sat, 7 Aug 2010 12:00:41 +0800 (WST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] eth0 cannot start up From: William Kenworthy To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Organization: Home in Perth! Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2010 12:00:40 +0800 Message-ID: <1281153640.8743.8.camel@rattus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 443dd4ea-dbfb-4790-8dfc-a6cc7e682f68 X-Archives-Hash: 4f54e7d2060ea43a3dd5b84411cbf860 try mii-tool if its compatible with the card sys-apps/net-tools-1.60_p20090728014017-r1 (/sbin/mii-tool) Add more "-v" to its command line and you get more info including a ROM readout. BillK On Sat, 2010-08-07 at 10:17 +0800, Xi Shen wrote: > normally, the latest livecd boot up the system, and everything works. > if the livecd boot up and something is not working, i guess it must be > a hardware issue. > > BTW, ifconfig -a does show my eth0 NIC, but ifconfig eth0 up cannot > start my NIC. > > > On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Mick wrote: > > On 6 August 2010 13:45, Xi Shen wrote: > >> i reboot the system, fresh start with livcd. all reports the same error. :( > >> > >> i noticed that the hardware address is 3a:3a:2d:6c:3a:3a, which is > >> obviously an invalid one. i guess it is a hardware failure... > > > > Hmm ... if ifconfig -a does not show your device then this merits > > further investigation. > > > > Does the LiveCD have the requisite driver for your eth0? > > > > In your normal OS the permanent udev rules could have messed up the > > order of your devices (assuming that you have more than one network > > interface) so that eth1 is now eth0. > > > > However, I am not sure that the LiveCD would show the same problem as > > it would run its own udev daemon. Either way, ifconfig -a should show > > all your interfaces and MAC numbers (as long as there is the > > appropriate driver in the kernel). > > > > If it is a hardware failure it may be worth trying to reseat the card > > if separate to the MoBo, or disable/enable in the BIOS to reset it. > > -- > > Regards, > > Mick > > > > > > > -- William Kenworthy Home in Perth!