Re: [gentoo-user] Half of a network access with new root build...

[Dale]

tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have sent this question previously but due to hickup with
> my old mail address the sent message or a reply to it get
> lost in between somewhere...
>
> Robin helped me a lot to get out of this mail address trouble and
> helped me to get subscribed to the list again with my new mail
> address: tuxic@××××××.de.  THX Robin! :)
>
> I am still building my new root (this mail is written
> being in/at/on my old root).
>
> I am already able to boot (not only chroot to) into my new root, start
> X11 automagically and have back my desktop as it was before.
>
> But the boot process alone does not connect me to the internet.
> The output mumbles something of "missing modules" and such,
> but the kernel is the same for my old and my new root.
> I build the kernel on both roots the same way with the same
> config.
>
> I compared the output of lsmod on both roots and they
> are identical in regards to network related stuff.
>
> To get network after boot I have to do
>
>     ip link set ....
>
> and start /etc/init.d/dhcpcd manually and TADA! there it
> is.
>
> I copied /etc/conf.d/net from my old to my new root, so this
> is also the same.
>
> I haven't been able to figure out, what is missing or wrong.
>
> If anyone have an idea, where to look for what -- I would
> be happy for an advice... :)
>
>
> Thanks a lot for any help in advance!
> Cheers
> Meino
>
> PS: Since I installed the new root via my old
> root I started with stage3...if this is of any
> importance.
>
>

I don't use modules in my kernel so I'm not sure how that works
exactly.  I recall reading about this somewhere a good while back.  In
the runlevels, there is some services that I think runs and loads the
modules.  They are named modules and modules-load.  Copy and pasting to
make sure I don't typo something:

root@fireball / # ls /etc/init.d/modules*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2211 Feb 26 18:50 /etc/init.d/modules
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1639 Feb 26 18:50 /etc/init.d/modules-load
root@fireball / #


I notice that even tho I don't have kernel modules, both of those are
running here.  I have modules in the boot runlevel.  The modules-load
one isn't in any runlevel so I assume the plain modules requires the
other and starts it. 

You may want to see if yours is the same OR compare your old and new
install and see how the old one is set up. 

Hope that helps.  If not, worth checking I guess.

Dale

:-)  :-)