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 1MhoZb-0002wi-Gv for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:52:15 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BD61EE08EB; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:01:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.155]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CF48E08EB for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:01:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id e21so329114fga.10 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:01:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=UCX+uOaE3K5FF2dYtdU6HCxfqF7kSZ9wK0KGMedpB0E=; b=T5AYsfzEidrnYwEVz3E75os8i96jKobKQqjN/SZ8ygwdQT5qrQRYtvvB2C2/r1trPL 20/IPzLA+MePSKEJ4FxpIPxHQuQlz9YHIz+aKuQXtiJYUSDdunieslQFsgimm+e0y+ym ex3pkHqiG5ZCLr8lU77xS0r0lp3TrmGjdSLgE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=AH/jNDB13QArx1ki5D6RkSns8Tq+ph5nXpA3q2KjMbSVZZdzhlO0rs6Uzhm+GPzTLY e3KV3ak5ZQjKqxVXZbbsk1eqPH39I0Mv49HpaMrphVjbmSD+zgpW+4eY9yo+57bdFZOB uFoj8pRah8GGy053sEmQNuIb4Q9vXi6NdaE8M= 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 10.86.208.2 with SMTP id f2mr840252fgg.16.1251673269921; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:01:09 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:01:09 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: [gentoo-user] Cannot start net.eth0 From: Manuel Fiorelli To: Gentoo User Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 1eb099ad-e9f4-4930-9821-04fa92b8fed0 X-Archives-Hash: 1c11b323e5a221c149eb08d692ddcf3f 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: 03:00.0 Ethernet Controller: Realtek Semiconductor CO., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02) 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 * 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 Thanks in advance, Manuel Fiorelli