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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:43:49 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201110161143.51308.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E9A119D.1000501@gmail.com>

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On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 00:05:01 CJoeB wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> 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.
> 
> However, now I have a networking issue.
> 
> 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.  

This means that your kernel is not configured with the corresponding modules 
for your network card, or that there is some other configuration problem with 
e.g. firmware loading (if such a thing is necessary for your card).


> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> However, when I boot, eth0 does not start.  

What does dmesg show?  

What does cat /var/log/syslog | grep -i tg3 show


> I can start it manually by
> doing 'modprobe -r broadcom' and 'modprobe -r tg3' and then 'modprobe
> broadcom' and 'modprobe tg3'

So the question is why when you remove and install the module manually your 
NIC driver loads, but at boot time it does not ...


> However, I would like to have my network started automatically.
> 
> I do have config_eth0="dhcp" in my /etc/conf.d/net file

Please show:

  grep ^[^#] /etc/conf.d/net

  ifconfig  and ifconfig -a  (before and after you modprobe the driver)

It may also help to know what is your card (lshw and lspci -v).
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-10-16 10:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-10-15 23:05 [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue CJoeB
2011-10-16  9:59 ` Stroller
2011-10-16 13:27   ` CJoeB
2011-10-16 10:05 ` Florian Philipp
2011-10-16 10:18   ` Mick
2011-10-16 22:35     ` Florian Philipp
2011-10-16 22:46       ` Alex Schuster
2011-10-17  6:03         ` Florian Philipp
2011-10-17  8:15       ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-17 11:19         ` Mick
2011-10-17 11:30           ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-17 12:39             ` Florian Philipp
2011-10-17 12:48               ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-17 12:40       ` J. Roeleveld
2011-10-17 13:09         ` Florian Philipp
2011-10-16 10:43 ` Mick [this message]
2011-10-16 12:59   ` Florian Philipp
2011-10-16 15:05     ` CJoeB
2011-10-16 15:29       ` Matthew Finkel
2011-10-16 16:08         ` CJoeB
2011-10-16 17:37           ` Mick
2011-10-16 19:19             ` CJoeB
2011-10-16 20:43               ` Florian Philipp
2011-10-16 14:52   ` CJoeB
2011-10-16 16:02     ` Mick
2011-10-16 21:24       ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-16 22:03         ` Mick
2011-10-16 22:04         ` CJoeB
2011-10-16 22:23           ` Mick
2011-10-17  0:24             ` CJoeB
2011-10-18 18:31             ` Colleen Beamer
2011-10-18 18:50               ` Mick
2011-10-16 21:23     ` Neil Bothwick

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