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WOW thanks! I got the ethernet to work. I did 'lspci' and saw a |
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listing for the Broadcom BCM4318 controller, I used genkernel to make |
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my kernel, so does the fact that it showed up in 'lspci' mean that I |
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already have a driver for it? |
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THX! |
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On Mar 6, 2006, at 1:21 PM, Drake Donahue wrote: |
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> lspci is part of pciutils, running "emerge pciutils" should produce |
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> it. |
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> running "ls -l /lib/modules" should produce a directory name in the |
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> format '2.6.15-gentoo-r5' exact name depending on what kernel you |
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> compiled. running |
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> " |
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> find /lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r5 -type f -iname '*.o' -or -iname |
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> '*.ko' |
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> " |
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> (where "2.6.15-gentoo-r5" is replaced by your kernel name and all is |
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> typed on one line) will produce the list of modules you compiled with |
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> the kernel. |
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> from the handbook:7.e. Configuring Kernel Modules |
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> |
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> |
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> Configuring the Modules |
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> You should list the modules you want automatically loaded |
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> in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6. You can add extra options to |
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> the |
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> modules too if you want. |
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> To view all available modules, run the following find command. Don't |
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> forget to substitute "<kernel version>" with the version of the kernel |
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> you just compiled: |
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> Code Listing 18: Viewing all available modules |
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> |
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> # find /lib/modules/<kernel version>/ -type f -iname '*.o' -or - |
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> iname '*.ko' |
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> For instance, to automatically load the 3c59x.o module, edit the |
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> kernel-2.6 file and enter the module name in it. |
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> Code Listing 19: Editing /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 |
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> # nano -w /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 |
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> Code Listing 20: /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 |
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> |
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> 3c59x |
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> On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 11:26 -0500, Charles Read wrote: |
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>> Hey everybody! |
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>> |
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>> I just got an HP Pavillion dv5000 with the Turion 64 chip, I used |
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>> the gentoo x86-64 discs and the install went well |
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> |
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> the livecd was 2006.0 or 2005.? |
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>> , the system boots |
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>> fine. But gentoo doesnt recognize my built-in wifi (by Broadcom I |
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>> think, but I can't seem to find out which chipset it uses) |
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> run lspci and see if it identifies the wifi |
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> was kernel configured to support wifi? and your card? |
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> |
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>> and it |
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>> also doesnt recognize my ethernet card (I think a Realtek 8139 |
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>> 810x ), |
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> run lspci and see if it identifies the ethernet card |
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>> I have tried 'modprobe 8139cp' |
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> |
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> this this will produce only if the kernel was configured for 8139C+ |
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> (10/100mbit) support as a module and the card is 8139C+ |
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> |
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>> but ifconfig shows only lo. |
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> run modprobe 8139too, this will produce only if the kernel was |
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> configured for 8139 support as a module and the card is 8139/8129/810x |
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> run modprobe r8169, this will produce only if the kernel was |
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> configured |
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> for 8169 (gigabit) support as a module and the card is 8169 |
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> |
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>> I |
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>> haven't messed w/ linux in a while, can somebody please point me in |
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>> the right direction? I have tried googling but I am evidently |
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>> missing something. |
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>> Thanks in advance! |
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>> |
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>> Charles Read |
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