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From: Drake Donahue <donahue95@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] G2 on an HP dv5000... need help w/ WiFi and Ethernet
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 18:24:33
Message-Id: 1141669279.12107.33.camel@amd64.donahues.us
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] G2 on an HP dv5000... need help w/ WiFi and Ethernet by Charles Read
1 lspci is part of pciutils, running "emerge pciutils" should produce it.
2 running "ls -l /lib/modules" should produce a directory name in the
3 format '2.6.15-gentoo-r5' exact name depending on what kernel you
4 compiled. running
5 "
6 find /lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r5 -type f -iname '*.o' -or -iname
7 '*.ko'
8 "
9 (where "2.6.15-gentoo-r5" is replaced by your kernel name and all is
10 typed on one line) will produce the list of modules you compiled with
11 the kernel.
12 from the handbook:7.e. Configuring Kernel Modules
13
14
15 Configuring the Modules
16
17 You should list the modules you want automatically loaded
18 in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6. You can add extra options to the
19 modules too if you want.
20
21 To view all available modules, run the following find command. Don't
22 forget to substitute "<kernel version>" with the version of the kernel
23 you just compiled:
24
25
26 Code Listing 18: Viewing all available modules
27
28
29 # find /lib/modules/<kernel version>/ -type f -iname '*.o' -or -iname '*.ko'
30
31 For instance, to automatically load the 3c59x.o module, edit the
32 kernel-2.6 file and enter the module name in it.
33
34
35 Code Listing 19: Editing /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
36
37
38 # nano -w /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
39 Code Listing 20: /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
40
41
42 3c59x
43
44 On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 11:26 -0500, Charles Read wrote:
45 > Hey everybody!
46 >
47 > I just got an HP Pavillion dv5000 with the Turion 64 chip, I used
48 > the gentoo x86-64 discs and the install went well
49
50 the livecd was 2006.0 or 2005.?
51
52 > , the system boots
53 > fine. But gentoo doesnt recognize my built-in wifi (by Broadcom I
54 > think, but I can't seem to find out which chipset it uses)
55
56 run lspci and see if it identifies the wifi
57 was kernel configured to support wifi? and your card?
58
59 > and it
60 > also doesnt recognize my ethernet card (I think a Realtek 8139
61 > 810x ),
62
63 run lspci and see if it identifies the ethernet card
64
65 > I have tried 'modprobe 8139cp'
66
67 this this will produce only if the kernel was configured for 8139C+
68 (10/100mbit) support as a module and the card is 8139C+
69
70 > but ifconfig shows only lo.
71
72 run modprobe 8139too, this will produce only if the kernel was
73 configured for 8139 support as a module and the card is 8139/8129/810x
74
75 run modprobe r8169, this will produce only if the kernel was configured
76 for 8169 (gigabit) support as a module and the card is 8169
77
78 > I
79 > haven't messed w/ linux in a while, can somebody please point me in
80 > the right direction? I have tried googling but I am evidently
81 > missing something.
82 > Thanks in advance!
83 >
84 > Charles Read
85
86 --
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] G2 on an HP dv5000... need help w/ WiFi and Ethernet Charles Read <gentoolist@×××××××××××.com>