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From: Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] new mobo : no Eth0
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:09:49
Message-Id: CA+czFiDQphQ0=o+Z4Ps2FRzDfvks79t4GH4y9P_W+=6auzsR-g@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] new mobo : no Eth0 by Philip Webb
1 On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 7:53 AM, Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> wrote:
2 > Having solved the problem of booting -- thanks for all the advice -- ,
3 > the next & hopefully remaining obstacle is that Dhcpcd can't find Eth0.
4 >
5 > I've used 'lspci | grep Eth', which gives "Realtek Semiconductor
6 > RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)",
7 > so I enabled CONFIG_REALTEK_PHY in the kernel, but no improvement.
8 > 'syslog' lists "Gigabit Ethernet Driver loading ...
9 > eth0 : RTL8168e/8111e ... ": do those "e's" make a difference ?
10 >
11 > The mobo manual mentions "LAN RJ45" & "PCIe Gigabit LAN";
12 > a mobo review via Google mentions "LAN: Qualcomm Atheros Gb LAN".
13 >
14 > The mobo is P5G41T-M LX PLUS by Asus.
15 >
16 > Does anyone have suggestions ?
17
18 /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
19
20 Find the line that includes ( NAME="eth0" ) ... then find the part of
21 that line that says ATTR{address}=="whatever-your-MAC-address-is", and
22 change it to reflect the MAC address of your onboard NIC.
23 --
24 :wq

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Re: [gentoo-user] new mobo : no Eth0 Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>