[gentoo-user] Cannot start net.eth0

[Manuel Fiorelli <manuel.fiorelli@gmail.com>]

I installed Gentoo from a minimal CD on a HP Pavillion dv6. I chose to
use genkernel to automatically configure the kernel. Unfortunately,
during the boot, it seems that the dhcp client isn't able to contact
the DHCP server.

Running lspci, I can detect the network adapter:
<snippet>
03:00.0 Ethernet Controller: Realtek Semiconductor CO., Ltd.
RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
</snippet>

It seems that the system has loaded the module r8169, even if it
doesn't match exactly my model.

If I start /etc/init.d/net.eth0 manually, I can see

<snippet>
* starting eth0
*   bringing ip eth0
*     dhcp
*         Running dhclient ....
PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 0 received, +1 errors, 100% packet loss, time 0ms
</snippet>

Thanks in advance,
Manuel Fiorelli