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From: Joshua Schmidlkofer <joshland@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Need help with eth0 on new computer
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 17:15:12
Message-Id: dd0cef60510151002q8cbee10kcfc07669ff79e836@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Need help with eth0 on new computer by Michael Sullivan
1 you can add e100 to /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
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3 or
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5 install/activate coldplug on default or boot
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7 On 10/15/05, Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com> wrote:
8 >
9 > On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 18:07 +0300, Martins Steinbergs wrote:
10 > > i would say there no support for ya net cart built into kernel/module
11 > >
12 > > On Thursday 13 October 2005 17:51, Michael Sullivan wrote:
13 > > > I got a new computer yesterday. As I was installing Gentoo on it, I
14 > ran
15 > > > into a problem. I've got the basic install set up, but my eth0 won't
16 > > > start. It would with the liveCD. When I boot up with the live CD and
17 > > > run:
18 > > >
19 > > > dmesg | grep 'eth0" it gives me this output:
20 > > >
21 > > >
22 > > > e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0xff910000, irq 20, MAC addr
23 > 00:13:20:2B:98:18
24 > > > e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link up, 100 Mbps, full-duplex
25 > > > eth0: no IPv6 routers present
26 > > >
27 > > >
28 > > > However, when I reboot into my installed environment and run the same
29 > > > command, there's no mention of 'eth0'. I tried emerging net-misc/e100
30 > (I
31 > > > thought it might help), but the build failed. Something about too many
32 > > > parameters being passed to a method. Is there anything I can do to
33 > > > resolve this other than filing a bug report?
34 >
35 > I found it. Had to modprobe e100 and restart /etc/init.d/net.eth0.
36 >
37 > --
38 > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
39 >
40 >

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