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From: Albert Hopkins <marduk@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Gigabit Ethernet problem
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:06:47
Message-Id: 1185814703.935.7.camel@blackwidow.nbk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Intel Gigabit Ethernet problem by Daniel da Veiga
1 On Mon, 2007-07-30 at 13:33 -0300, Daniel da Veiga wrote:
2 > Hi list,
3 >
4 > I've been struggling with this for a while, I am setting up this new
5 > machine, but got stuck because I can't find a way to make the network
6 > card work... According to lspci:
7 >
8 > 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573E Gigabit Ethernet
9 > Controller (Copper) (rev 03)
10 >
11 > The weird thing is, it works just fine when booting the LiveCD, dmesg shows:
12 >
13 > Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.2.9-k4
14 > Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.
15 > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
16 > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
17 > e1000: 0000:02:00.0: e1000_probe: (PCI Express:2.5Gb/s:32-bit) 00:10:c6:a1:5a:41
18 > e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel PRO/1000 Network Connection
19 > e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
20 > e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: 10/1000 speed: disabling TSO
21 >
22 > but when booting the local kernel:
23 >
24 > Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.2.9-k4
25 > Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.
26 > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
27 > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
28 > e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel PRO/1000 Network Connection
29
30 It appears as if driver works and has created the device but...
31
32 Have you configured the device in /etc/conf.d/net? Have you added
33 net.eth0 to the default runlevel?
34
35 http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=4&chap=1
36
37 --
38 Albert W. Hopkins
39
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