Re: [gentoo-user] EeePC network problem

[Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>]

On 30 Oct 2009, at 16:48, Philip Webb wrote:

> 091030 Stroller wrote:
>> On 30 Oct 2009, at 02:41, Philip Webb wrote:
>>> I'm stuck in trying to install Gentoo on my new EeePC 1005HA .
>>> There seems to be no easily accessible driver for the Ethernet  
>>> controller,
>>> which is 'Atheros AR8132' (shown via 'lspci').
>> A very casual Google suggests
>> that this card uses the the atl1e kernel driver / module.  EG:
>> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-hardy-lum.git;a=commit;h=949e7063204f568027fa7783c8562ceb32b95a25
>> says: Add support Atheros ... AR8132 ethernet NICs
>> CONFIG_ATL1E is the wossisname.  Have you tried this driver?
>
> Yes, as I said in detail in my OP : 'insmod atl1e' works,
> but as before 'pppoe-start' times out when trying to connect to my  
> ISP;
> this is using the Gentoo minimal install ISO , which has that driver.
> As I also said in my OP, I can't compile a driver (or kernel)
> using the install system, as it doesn't have 'make'.

I'm really sorry. I skipped over that, because atl1e is part of the in- 
tree sources here (gentoo-sources, since at least august).

Surely you can put the stage4 on a USB stick, untar it to the laptop,  
and then have make once you're chrooted in?

Stroller.