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I installed Gentoo from a minimal CD on a HP Pavillion dv6. I chose to |
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use genkernel to automatically configure the kernel. Unfortunately, |
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during the boot, it seems that the dhcp client isn't able to contact |
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the DHCP server. |
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Running lspci, I can detect the network adapter: |
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<snippet> |
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03:00.0 Ethernet Controller: Realtek Semiconductor CO., Ltd. |
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RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02) |
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</snippet> |
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It seems that the system has loaded the module r8169, even if it |
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doesn't match exactly my model. |
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If I start /etc/init.d/net.eth0 manually, I can see |
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<snippet> |
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* starting eth0 |
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* bringing ip eth0 |
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* dhcp |
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* Running dhclient .... |
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PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. |
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--- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics --- |
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1 packets transmitted, 0 received, +1 errors, 100% packet loss, time 0ms |
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</snippet> |
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Thanks in advance, |
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Manuel Fiorelli |
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