Re: [gentoo-user] net.eth0 starting yet not starting

["Lord Sauron" <lordsauronthegreat@gmail.com>]

On 10/25/06, Robert Svoboda <r080@atlas.cz> wrote:
> * Lord Sauron <lordsauronthegreat@gmail.com> [2006-10-24 11:18]:
> > During boot it goes through the normal routine, it starts net.lo and
> > everything, however, then it goes into runlevel 3 and then all my
> > services fail (apache, sshd, ddclient, etc), complaining that net.eth0
> > isn't running.  I log in and try to start net.eth0 and it tells me
> > that it's already running!
>
> have you tried ifconfig? that command shows whether your eth0
> is up, have IP assigned and other things, post result here if unsure
>
> what does dmesg say about your network card?

Alright, your original recompile of the kernel fix does work.

I just automatically installed the wrong driver.  I'm used to hacking
my Athlon64 to death, so I installed the forcedeth driver.  Wrong!  I
needed some PCI drivers for 3Com/Linksys PCI cards.

My mistake.  It works just fine now.

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