Re: [gentoo-user] Need help with eth0 on new computer

[Joshua Schmidlkofer]

On 10/15/05, Joshua Schmidlkofer <joshland@×××××.com> wrote:
>
> you can add e100 to /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
>
> or
>
> install/activate coldplug on default or boot
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> On 10/15/05, Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 18:07 +0300, Martins Steinbergs wrote:
> > > i would say there no support for ya net cart built into kernel/module
> > >
> > > On Thursday 13 October 2005 17:51, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> > > > I got a new computer yesterday. As I was installing Gentoo on it, I
> > ran
> > > > into a problem. I've got the basic install set up, but my eth0 won't
> >
> > > > start. It would with the liveCD. When I boot up with the live CD and
> > > > run:
> > > >
> > > > dmesg | grep 'eth0" it gives me this output:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0xff910000, irq 20, MAC addr
> > 00:13:20:2B:98:18
> > > > e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link up, 100 Mbps, full-duplex
> > > > eth0: no IPv6 routers present
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > However, when I reboot into my installed environment and run the
> > same
> > > > command, there's no mention of 'eth0'. I tried emerging
> > net-misc/e100 (I
> > > > thought it might help), but the build failed. Something about too
> > many
> > > > parameters being passed to a method. Is there anything I can do to
> > > > resolve this other than filing a bug report?
> >
> > I found it. Had to modprobe e100 and restart /etc/init.d/net.eth0.
> >
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