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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:45:49 -0700
From: "Scott W. McMikle" <lxrules@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Recommendation
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Forgive me, but I will need step by step instructions to recompile with the
necessary driver.
On 2/21/07, Paul Sebastian Ziegler <psz@observed.de> wrote:
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> I dont know about your X Server (there are some great guides out there -
> don't despair, it never worked for me in the first run either) but I
> think I have a clue to whats with you network card:
>
> The LiveCD has a kernel with all the drivers enabled as modules (or
> probably build in). The kernel you compiled yourself will probably not
> have those.
> Try this: Find out what kind of network card you have (Bo Andresen wrote
> in his mail how to do this) - go back and configure the Kernel - you can
> find the ethernet-drivers under Device Drivers -> Network Device Support
> - -> Ethernet (10 or 100 Mbit) || Ethernet (1000 Mbit) || Ethernet (10000
> Mbit). Now find your card's driver (read the help-pages or search the
> web if you don't know it) and build it into your kernel (press "y").
> Then recompile your kernel and boot it.
>
> You should see your card with ifconfig -a now.
>
> HTH
> Paul
>
> Scott W. McMikle schrieb:
> > I have used Mandriva and Kubuntu and several other distributions before
> > I thought I would give Gentoo a try because I like to tweak and learn
> > more about Linux. The live cd works great on my machine, but when I
> > attempted to install Gentoo on that same machine, X does not work, nor
> > does my network connection. I have tried the Gentoo handbook, but I am
> > unable to find the answers to solve my problems. I have found myself
> > quickly over my head and now I begin to wonder if I am not quite ready
> > for Gentoo. What would you all recommend?
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Forgive me, but I will need step by step instructions to recompile with the necessary driver.<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/21/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Paul Sebastian Ziegler</b> <<a href="mailto:psz@observed.de">psz@observed.de</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>Hash: SHA512<br><br>I dont know about your X Server (there are some great guides out there -
<br>don't despair, it never worked for me in the first run either) but I<br>think I have a clue to whats with you network card:<br><br>The LiveCD has a kernel with all the drivers enabled as modules (or<br>probably build in). The kernel you compiled yourself will probably not
<br>have those.<br>Try this: Find out what kind of network card you have (Bo Andresen wrote<br>in his mail how to do this) - go back and configure the Kernel - you can<br>find the ethernet-drivers under Device Drivers -> Network Device Support
<br>- -> Ethernet (10 or 100 Mbit) || Ethernet (1000 Mbit) || Ethernet (10000<br>Mbit). Now find your card's driver (read the help-pages or search the<br>web if you don't know it) and build it into your kernel (press "y").
<br>Then recompile your kernel and boot it.<br><br>You should see your card with ifconfig -a now.<br><br>HTH<br>Paul<br><br>Scott W. McMikle schrieb:<br>> I have used Mandriva and Kubuntu and several other distributions before
<br>> I thought I would give Gentoo a try because I like to tweak and learn<br>> more about Linux. The live cd works great on my machine, but when I<br>> attempted to install Gentoo on that same machine, X does not work, nor
<br>> does my network connection. I have tried the Gentoo handbook, but I am<br>> unable to find the answers to solve my problems. I have found myself<br>> quickly over my head and now I begin to wonder if I am not quite ready
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