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[217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 11sm14406768wby.15.2011.10.16.03.18.38 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 16 Oct 2011 03:18:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:18:30 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/2.6.39-gentoo-r3; KDE/4.6.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <4E9A119D.1000501@gmail.com> <4E9AAC83.3050305@binarywings.net> In-Reply-To: <4E9AAC83.3050305@binarywings.net> 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 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2970400.A9iyy5zu7B"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201110161118.45443.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: f25970627fe9601f598b5cfa84f4ef11 --nextPart2970400.A9iyy5zu7B Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 11:05:55 Florian Philipp wrote: > Am 16.10.2011 01:05, schrieb CJoeB: > > Hi everyone, > >=20 > > Well, thanks to the help I got from the list, I finally have Gentoo > > installed on my new desktop and booting to a command prompt. > >=20 > > However, now I have a networking issue. > >=20 > > In past, when I booted to the install CD and my ethernet connection was > > not active, I typed net-setup eth0 and was able to set it up. This > > time, when I booted to the install CD and typed net-setup eth0, the > > network card was not recognized. I googled and found a post where > > someone said that they had to 'modprobe -r broadcom' and 'modprobe -r > > tg3' and then 'modprobe broadcom' and 'modprobe tg3' and then, run > > net-setup. I did this and then ifconfig returned my eth0 connection. > >=20 > > Of course, later you have to do the cp -L /etc/resolv.conf > > /mnt/gentoo/etc/ .... which I did and dhcpcd has been added to my > > default runlevel. > >=20 > > However, when I boot, eth0 does not start. I can start it manually by > > doing 'modprobe -r broadcom' and 'modprobe -r tg3' and then 'modprobe > > broadcom' and 'modprobe tg3' > >=20 > > However, I would like to have my network started automatically. > >=20 > > I do have config_eth0=3D"dhcp" in my /etc/conf.d/net file > >=20 > > Any suggestions? > >=20 > > Colleen >=20 > Hmm, a workaround would be a custom init script. Copy the following code > into a new file in /etc/init.d (let's say /etc/init.d/broadcom-fix): >=20 > #!/sbin/runscript > description=3D"Reload broadcom and tg3 modules to work around kernel bug" > depend() { > before net > after modules > } > start() > { > ebegin "Reloading broadcom and tg3 modules" > modprobe -r broadcom tg3 && > modprobe broadcom && > modprobe tg3 > eend $? "Failed to reload modules" > } >=20 > Make it executable (chmod 755) and add it to the default run level > (rc-update add broadcom-fix default). >=20 > Better try to start it manually before rebooting so you can be sure it > works as expected. >=20 > Hope this helps, > Florian Philipp This would be a workaround - the question is why does the module need to be= =20 removed and reinstalled manually? Why isn't the kernel loading it at boot= =20 time? =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart2970400.A9iyy5zu7B Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAk6ar4UACgkQVTDTR3kpaLauowCgvNPTiTS5CLcVh7Fi7GryfEF4 cWEAn2B3QzCNNClhAqw9qYRkQK+lWOIp =C75+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2970400.A9iyy5zu7B--