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On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 09:57:24PM +0200, Dan Johansson wrote: |
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> On Thursday 25 October 2007, Jonathan Haws wrote: |
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> > I am running Gentoo on a Sager NP5560 and am having a nightmare getting |
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> > the networking to work right. I finally have the Intel 2915ABG card |
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> > working just fine, but I cannot seem to get the Ethernet to work at all. |
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> > I have configured it for DHCP and it will not get an address. I have |
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> > other systems on the same network that get DHCP addresses just fine |
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> > (WinXP and Suse Linux). Here are some specs: |
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> > Kernel: 2.6.20.1 |
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> > Gentoo Linux |
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> > Ethernet card: Realtek card using r8169 module |
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> > Any ideas? The /etc/conf.d/net file is very basic. All is has is |
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> > config_eth1=("dhcp") then the wireless stuff. I could get eth1 to work |
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> > if I manually assigned an address, but now that doesn't work either. |
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> > Any help is appreciated. |
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> You're sure that the Ethernet card is eth1 and not eth0? |
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You can test which card is plugged in by typing 'mii-tool' from the |
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command line (or install it if it's not there already). |
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Alan <alan@×××××.org> - http://arcterex.net |
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