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From: John Lowry <johnlowry@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] eth1 won't start
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:47:08
Message-Id: 4B103AC0.9000408@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] eth1 won't start by Roger Mason
1 What is the contents of your /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
2 file contain? Also, what about ifconfig -a?
3
4 Roger Mason wrote:
5 > Hello all,
6 >
7 > I have a machine[1] into which I installed a second NIC. It is identified
8 > by lspci as:
9 >
10 > 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Accton Technology Corporation SMC2-1211TX
11 > (rev 10)
12 >
13 > The driver, 8139too, is compiled as a module and loaded by udev. After
14 > booting, lsmod says:
15 >
16 > 8139too 18304 0
17 >
18 > I have net.eth1 symlinked to net.lo in /etc/init.d/ and /etc/conf.d/net
19 > is empty. When I try to start interface:
20 >
21 > # /etc/init.d/net.eth1 start
22 > * Starting eth1
23 > * Configuration not set for eth1 - assuming DHCP
24 > * Bringing up eth1
25 > * dhcp
26 > * network interface eth1 does not exist
27 > * Please verify hardware or kernel module (driver)
28 >
29 > I'd appreciate any help.
30 >
31 > Thanks,
32 > Roger
33 > Linux lowalbite 2.6.26-gentoo-r3 #6 Fri Nov 27 14:01:52 NST 2009 i686 Pentium II (Deschutes) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
34 >

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Re: [gentoo-user] eth1 won't start Roger Mason <rmason@×××.ca>