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 1N3uje-0001tK-QU for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:53:59 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2727BE097B; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:53:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f224.google.com (mail-gx0-f224.google.com [209.85.217.224]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BFB8E097B for ; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:53:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk24 with SMTP id 24so8075174gxk.6 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:53:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=TAyWu67G21wrGBQdUnjnHkQW8avxNqkLjaockyJdj6A=; b=AF++e9vlIMutpHlgVL5jGa0V2d3GZ3v9HHnEoK/7kv069fclwo3jBcddyk3u6s3Jc8 3p1ZWkM2FzeKKyz4qO1CiH+a57StXiVVDXQHMt36+49QSdUqIIIEq8mCPNAxxwrVO2/B R7ZFqspczjwwjtUvWtCMqW8pu/Rc0mJKi4pYw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=rvMEqak2IUOn62WrXo0DxuBYocXV+Wj9hK3Sjo658T1X1SX6JXdr0pqpAiIaNMFLZg DKf/qn0AUoCNGZdGukf2ESl9t5HeNSvjrpJDmVtpGREPWMmzL0Y00kaZumS98Z2t6VN8 M1zcIEx7P2BA8ddaw3393TCRiEQSCcfgAFbDQ= 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 Received: by 10.90.10.9 with SMTP id 9mr4974766agj.69.1256921634359; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:53:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20091030164823.GA4904@ca.inter.net> References: <20091030024129.GC4861@ca.inter.net> <0A80F939-8BE9-40EC-B6B4-5342EFFC5FA1@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <20091030164823.GA4904@ca.inter.net> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:53:54 -0200 Message-ID: <342e1090910300953t33dee4cfpf2a293b9d9360@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] EeePC network problem From: Daniel da Veiga To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 24c7f1fb-4e05-4dcc-a4cf-8b669295e96b X-Archives-Hash: 93fd9672dc62701120c476a3b939945a On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 14:48, 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 controll= er, >>> which is 'Atheros AR8132' (shown via 'lspci'). >> A very casual Google suggests >> that this card uses the the atl1e kernel driver / module. =A0EG: >> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=3Dubuntu/ubuntu-hardy-lum.git;a=3Dcommit;= h=3D949e7063204f568027fa7783c8562ceb32b95a25 >> says: Add support Atheros ... AR8132 ethernet NICs >> CONFIG_ATL1E is the wossisname. =A0Have 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'. > > How have others got Gentoo installed on their 1005HA's ? > -- did they all use wireless access to the Internet ? > > Again, does anyone have advice re trying a netless install ? > I would simply try any other LiveCD. Knoppix works OK for me on most machines. Gentoo can be installed from any media that's able to use the hardware. --=20 Daniel da Veiga