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From: walt <w41ter@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: eth1 won't start
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:58:04
Message-Id: hepeel$d82$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] eth1 won't start by Roger Mason
1 On 11/27/2009 10:34 AM, Roger Mason wrote:
2 > Hello all,
3 >
4 > I have a machine[1] into which I installed a second NIC. It is identified
5 > by lspci as:
6 >
7 > 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Accton Technology Corporation SMC2-1211TX
8 > (rev 10)
9 >
10 > The driver, 8139too, is compiled as a module and loaded by udev. After
11 > booting, lsmod says:
12 >
13 > 8139too 18304 0
14 >
15 > I have net.eth1 symlinked to net.lo in /etc/init.d/ and /etc/conf.d/net
16 > is empty. When I try to start interface:
17 >
18 > # /etc/init.d/net.eth1 start
19 > * Starting eth1
20 > * Configuration not set for eth1 - assuming DHCP
21 > * Bringing up eth1
22 > * dhcp
23 > * network interface eth1 does not exist
24 > * Please verify hardware or kernel module (driver)
25
26 May or may not help, but worth a try: delete the file
27 /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
28 and reboot.