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From: CJoeB <colleen.beamer@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:08:04
Message-Id: 4E9B018D.5090104@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue by Matthew Finkel
1 On 10/16/11 11:29, Matthew Finkel wrote:
2 > On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 11:05 AM, CJoeB <colleen.beamer@×××××.com
3 > <mailto:colleen.beamer@×××××.com>> wrote:
4 >
5 > > Also: Are the modules actually loaded before you unload them? Use
6 > > `modprobe -vr broadcom tg3`. If there is no output, the module
7 > was not
8 > > loaded.
9 > Prior to unloading the modules, output from 'modprobe -vr broadcom
10 > tg3' is
11 >
12 > rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.39-gentoo-r3/kernel/drivers/net/tg3.ko
13 >
14 >
15 > Hi Colleen,
16 >
17 > Looks like broadcom isn't loading at boot. Also, I'm not too familiar
18 > with broadcom, but why must you load two modules? I found [1] which
19 > sound like your problem (possibly the site you mentioned earlier)
20 > which references a similar problem when tg3 is loaded before broadcom.
21 > You may have already tried this, but have you tested changing the
22 > order in /etc/conf.d/modules?
23 >
24 >
25 > [1] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=110026
26 >
27 > - Matt
28 >
29 > --
30 > Matthew Finkel
31 Tried changing the order of module loading. Didn't change anything!
32 :-( But this was a good idea that I never thought of!
33
34 Colleen.
35
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37
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Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>