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On 10/16/11 08:59, Florian Philipp wrote: |
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> Am 16.10.2011 12:43, schrieb Mick: |
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>> On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 00:05:01 CJoeB wrote: |
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>>> Hi everyone, |
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>>> |
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>>> Well, thanks to the help I got from the list, I finally have Gentoo |
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>>> installed on my new desktop and booting to a command prompt. |
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>>> |
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>>> However, now I have a networking issue. |
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>>> |
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>>> In past, when I booted to the install CD and my ethernet connection was |
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>>> not active, I typed net-setup eth0 and was able to set it up. This |
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>>> time, when I booted to the install CD and typed net-setup eth0, the |
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>>> network card was not recognized. |
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>> This means that your kernel is not configured with the corresponding modules |
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>> for your network card, or that there is some other configuration problem with |
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>> e.g. firmware loading (if such a thing is necessary for your card). |
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> [...] |
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> Also: Are the modules actually loaded before you unload them? Use |
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> `modprobe -vr broadcom tg3`. If there is no output, the module was not |
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> loaded. |
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Prior to unloading the modules, output from 'modprobe -vr broadcom tg3' is |
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rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.39-gentoo-r3/kernel/drivers/net/tg3.ko |
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Regards, |
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Colleen |
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