Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Realtec 8111C LAN not detected...
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:24:45
Message-Id: CAC=wYCFxq_ZpewOKLGPBsoH6ShDCYo8Dbeo+zqEBdB0LR9TnfA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Realtec 8111C LAN not detected... by Jarry
1 > I did one more test: I simply manually configured eth0
2 > no matter there was no such an interface. And suddenly
3 > it is up and running! Problem must be somewhere in
4 > communication with dhcp-server (my router).
5
6 at the start were you running ifconfig or ifconfig -a? Without -a it
7 will only show interfaces that are up. So since you hadn't configured
8 it at that stage you would not see it without the -a.