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 1N3vDs-0007Aw-1k for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:25:12 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8CC94E0825; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:25:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FF70E0825 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:25:10 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,654,1249254000"; d="scan'208";a="138650206" Received: from unknown (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 30 Oct 2009 17:25:09 +0000 Received: from funf.stroller.uk.eu.org (funf.stroller.uk.eu.org [192.168.1.71]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37A13124E8 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:25:06 +0000 (GMT) Message-Id: <14CE457B-10CF-4580-9E1C-D7A23F18CE0E@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> From: Stroller To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20091030164823.GA4904@ca.inter.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] EeePC network problem Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:25:06 +0000 References: <20091030024129.GC4861@ca.inter.net> <0A80F939-8BE9-40EC-B6B4-5342EFFC5FA1@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <20091030164823.GA4904@ca.inter.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Archives-Salt: 3bfc7ca2-79ca-4e80-bc21-92925ffd02cd X-Archives-Hash: d99f249af9f9a7d582d7db8004b319af 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.