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From: CJoeB <colleen.beamer@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 10:52:51 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E9AEFC3.9020308@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201110161143.51308.michaelkintzios@gmail.com>

On 10/16/11 06:43, Mick wrote:
> On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 00:05:01 CJoeB wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>>
>> 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 use genkernel.  Granted, rather than just running genkernel all, I run
genkernel --menuconfig all because I remove stuff that I know I won't
need.  However, in the network section, everything related to broadcom
and tg3 is built as a module.  I even tried building tg3 directly into
the kernel and it didn't help.  I had to do the 'modprobe -r broadcom'
and 'modprobe -r tg3' and then, 'modprobe broadcom' and 'modprobe tg3'
prior to running net-setup even when booted to the install CD.
>> 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? 
On line states:
tg3 0000:03:00.0:  Problem fetching invariants of chip, aborting

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

Don't have a syslog file .... however,

'cat /var/log/rc.log | grep -i tg3' shows:
*Loading modul tg3 ...

The line is repeated a total of 7 times.
>> 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 ...
>
Good question and I have no idea!  :-)
>> 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
Prior to loading:
config_eth0="dhcp"

Note, that this is the format listed in the Handbook.  Previously, in
the Handbook, the format was config_eth0=( "dhcp" ).  I've tried it both
ways


>   ifconfig  and ifconfig -a  (before and after you modprobe the driver)
Before loading:

ifconfig just lists:
lo    Link encap:Local Loopback
       inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
       UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
       RX packets:11 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
       TX packets:11 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
       collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
       RX bytes:198 (198.0 B)  TX bytes:198 (198.0 B)

ifconfig -a lists:
lo    Link encap:Local Loopback
       inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
       UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
       RX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
       TX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
       collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
       RX bytes:324 (324.0 B)  TX bytes:324 (324.0 B)

After doing ''modprobe -r broadcom' and 'modprobe -r tg3' and then,
'modprobe broadcom' and 'modprobe tg3'

ifconfig lists:

eth0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 78:2b:cb:ad:9e:47
           inet addr:192.168.2.15  Bcast:192:168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500 Metric:1
           RX packets:1727 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
           TX packets:908 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
            collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
            RX bytes:1826702 (1.7 MiB)  TX bytes:67525 (65.9 KiB)

   
lo         Link encap:Local Loopback
            inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
            UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
            RX packets:46 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
            TX packets:46 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
            RX bytes:828 (828.0 B)  TX bytes:828 (828.0 B)

ifconfig -a lists

eth0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 78:2b:cb:ad:9e:47
           inet addr:192.168.2.15  Bcast:192:168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500 Metric:1
           RX packets:2024 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
           TX packets:958 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
            collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
            RX bytes:1846649 (1.7 MiB)  TX bytes:70725 (69.0 KiB)

   
lo         Link encap:Local Loopback
            inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
            UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
            RX packets:50 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
            TX packets:50 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
            RX bytes:1062 (1.0 KiB)  TX bytes:1062 (1.0 KiB)

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

Okay, I had to install  pciutils before I could get the output so,
obviously, this was done after the drivers loaded.

lspci -v shows:

03:00.0    Ethernet controller:  Broadcom Corporation Netlink BCM57788
Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
                Subsystem: Dell Device 04aa
                Flags:  bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 47
                Memory at fe500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
                Capabilities:  [48] Power Management version 3
                Capabilities:  [60] Vendor Specific Information: Len=6c <?>
                Capabilities:  [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
                Capabilities:  [cc] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
                Capabilities:  [100] Advanced Error Reporting
                Capabilities:  [13c] Virtual Channel
                Capabilities:  [160] Device Serial Number
78-2b-cb-ff-fe-ad-9e-47
                Capabilities:  [16c] Power Budgeting <?>
                Kernel driver in use: tg3
                Kernel modules:  tg3

I couldn't do lshw because I had to install it and there was an error
during the build.  Something about a "gui" and I don't have x installed yet.

HTH

Colleen


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-10-16 14:52 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
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 [this message]
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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