Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "Scott W. McMikle" <lxrules@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Recommendation
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:54:32
Message-Id: 466c171c0702211945x2c880b68u726ddd0e606998dc@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Recommendation by Paul Sebastian Ziegler
1 Forgive me, but I will need step by step instructions to recompile with the
2 necessary driver.
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4 On 2/21/07, Paul Sebastian Ziegler <psz@××××××××.de> wrote:
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9 > I dont know about your X Server (there are some great guides out there -
10 > don't despair, it never worked for me in the first run either) but I
11 > think I have a clue to whats with you network card:
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13 > The LiveCD has a kernel with all the drivers enabled as modules (or
14 > probably build in). The kernel you compiled yourself will probably not
15 > have those.
16 > Try this: Find out what kind of network card you have (Bo Andresen wrote
17 > in his mail how to do this) - go back and configure the Kernel - you can
18 > find the ethernet-drivers under Device Drivers -> Network Device Support
19 > - -> Ethernet (10 or 100 Mbit) || Ethernet (1000 Mbit) || Ethernet (10000
20 > Mbit). Now find your card's driver (read the help-pages or search the
21 > web if you don't know it) and build it into your kernel (press "y").
22 > Then recompile your kernel and boot it.
23 >
24 > You should see your card with ifconfig -a now.
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26 > HTH
27 > Paul
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29 > Scott W. McMikle schrieb:
30 > > I have used Mandriva and Kubuntu and several other distributions before
31 > > I thought I would give Gentoo a try because I like to tweak and learn
32 > > more about Linux. The live cd works great on my machine, but when I
33 > > attempted to install Gentoo on that same machine, X does not work, nor
34 > > does my network connection. I have tried the Gentoo handbook, but I am
35 > > unable to find the answers to solve my problems. I have found myself
36 > > quickly over my head and now I begin to wonder if I am not quite ready
37 > > for Gentoo. What would you all recommend?
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