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From: Kenneth Hopping <mrhiker@×××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] eth0 does not exist - followup
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 07:17:24
Message-Id: 44795A46.5060800@speakeasy.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] eth0 does not exist by Richard Fish
1 Richard Fish wrote:
2
3 > On 5/27/06, Kenneth Hopping <mrhiker@×××××××××.org> wrote:
4 >
5 >> The problem appears to be that /sys/class/net/eth0 does not exist.
6 >> This is a pseudo-filesystem like proc that I cannot manipulate.
7 >>
8 >> Is there some configuration file that needs initialization or a package
9 >> that I need to install?
10 >
11 >
12 > No, you just need to load the driver for your NIC.
13 >
14 > What do lspci and lsmod report?
15
16 # lspci
17 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 GMCH [Graphics
18 Memory Controller Hub] (rev 03)
19 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 CGC
20 [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 03)
21 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 02)
22 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
23 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801AA IDE (rev 02)
24 00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801AA USB (rev 02)
25 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801AA SMBus (rev 02)
26 01:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24
27 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
28 01:08.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado]
29 (rev 74)
30
31 # lsmod
32 Module Size Used by
33
34 /proc/modules is empty.
35
36 # find /lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel -type f -iname '*.ko'
37 /lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel/drivers/base/firmware_class.ko
38 /lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel/drivers/net/dummy.ko
39 /lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel/drivers/net/s2io.ko
40 /lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.ko
41 /lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel/drivers/scsi/ipr.ko
42 /lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel/drivers/scsi/sata_sis.ko
43 /lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel/drivers/scsi/sata_sx4.ko
44 /lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel/drivers/usb/input/touchkitusb.ko
45 /lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel/drivers/usb/misc/cytherm.ko
46 /lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel/drivers/usb/misc/phidgetservo.ko
47 /lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel/fs/ntfs/ntfs.ko
48 /lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/kernel/lib/libcrc32c.ko
49
50 This is my first attempt with gentoo and kernel compilation so I'm not
51 very knowledgable about modules. I just followed the steps in the x86
52 installation handbook. Except for the network, everything else (cdrom,
53 floppy) seems to work.
54
55 K.H.
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