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Forgive me, but I will need step by step instructions to recompile with the |
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necessary driver. |
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On 2/21/07, Paul Sebastian Ziegler <psz@××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> I dont know about your X Server (there are some great guides out there - |
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> don't despair, it never worked for me in the first run either) but I |
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> think I have a clue to whats with you network card: |
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> The LiveCD has a kernel with all the drivers enabled as modules (or |
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> probably build in). The kernel you compiled yourself will probably not |
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> have those. |
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> Try this: Find out what kind of network card you have (Bo Andresen wrote |
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> in his mail how to do this) - go back and configure the Kernel - you can |
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> find the ethernet-drivers under Device Drivers -> Network Device Support |
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> - -> Ethernet (10 or 100 Mbit) || Ethernet (1000 Mbit) || Ethernet (10000 |
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> Mbit). Now find your card's driver (read the help-pages or search the |
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> web if you don't know it) and build it into your kernel (press "y"). |
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> Then recompile your kernel and boot it. |
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> You should see your card with ifconfig -a now. |
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> HTH |
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> Paul |
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> Scott W. McMikle schrieb: |
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> > I have used Mandriva and Kubuntu and several other distributions before |
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> > I thought I would give Gentoo a try because I like to tweak and learn |
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> > more about Linux. The live cd works great on my machine, but when I |
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> > attempted to install Gentoo on that same machine, X does not work, nor |
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> > does my network connection. I have tried the Gentoo handbook, but I am |
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> > unable to find the answers to solve my problems. I have found myself |
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> > quickly over my head and now I begin to wonder if I am not quite ready |
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> > for Gentoo. What would you all recommend? |
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