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Subject: Re: [gentoo-laptop] Ethernet not starting...
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:17:58
Message-Id: 1177597058.5319.60.camel@bong.greenbuzz.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-laptop] Ethernet not starting... by Joaquim Quinteiro Uchoa
1 On Thu, 2007-04-26 at 10:35 -0300, Joaquim Quinteiro Uchoa wrote:
2 > If this instalation was used in another machine, or you have another net device,
3 > udev can be putting your broadcom as another number (eth2, ...)
4 >
5 > Try
6 > ifconfig -a
7 > or
8 > ip addr
9 > to get all interfaces on your system
10 >
11 > If the problem is the wrong id on eth, remove
12 > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
13 >
14 > And udev will recreate automaticaly again.
15 >
16 > 2007/4/26, mail <lists@×××××.net>:
17 > > Hi, I know this sounds bad, I must be missing something really easy
18 > > here. I can't seem to start my ethernet interface...
19 > >
20 > > I have a Thinkpad T43
21 > > lspci shows:
22 > > Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5751M Gigabit PCI Express card
23 > >
24 > > I loaded the Tigon3 kernel module
25 > > dmesg shows:
26 > > eth0: Tigon3... with a mac address
27 > >
28 > > I have a simple setup in conf.d/net of just config_eth0= ( "dhcp" )
29 > > however, when I try to start it, I get the following error:
30 > >
31 > > /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start, I get:
32 > > * Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ]
33 > > * Starting eth0
34 > > * Bringing up eth0
35 > > * dhcp
36 > > * network interface eth0 does not exist
37 > > * Please verify hardware or kernel module (driver) [ !! ]
38 > >
39 > >
40 > > If I boot with a knoppix live CD, the Interface fires up fine, so I know
41 > > it is supported...
42 > >
43 > > What am I missing?
44 > > Thanks!
45 > > rick
46 > >
47 > >
48 > >
49 > > --
50 > > gentoo-laptop@g.o mailing list
51 > >
52 > >
53 >
54 >
55 > --
56 > []s
57 > Joaquim
58 > ------------------------------------------
59 > (o_ Joaquim Quinteiro Uchoa
60 > //\ Consultor Linux e EaD
61 > U_/_ Linux User # 100534
62 > ------------------------------------------
63
64
65 That was it!
66 Thanks
67 rick
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