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Richard Fish wrote: |
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> Ok, when you go to configure your kernel, go under "Device |
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> Drivers->Network device support->Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)". Select |
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> the option "3COM cards", and then the "3c590/3c900 series..." with an |
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> 'M'. |
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> Assuming that you already configured and installed a kernel, so that |
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> /usr/src/linux matches your running kernel, you should be able to just |
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> do "make && make modules_install" to get the new driver. You can then |
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> try loading it with "modprobe 3c59x". If you get no errors from that |
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> command, then you should get connected automatically within a few |
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> seconds. If all goes well, it should work fine even after a reboot. |
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> If you get errors, well you may have some more work to do to configure |
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> and install a new kernel. |
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>> This is my first attempt with gentoo and kernel compilation so I'm not |
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>> very knowledgable about modules. I just followed the steps in the x86 |
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>> installation handbook. Except for the network, everything else (cdrom, |
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>> floppy) seems to work. |
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> I've been somewhat terse about the steps required, assuming you have |
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> some basic knowledge of how to configure and install a new kernel. |
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> The gentoo handbook can help here, but if you still have questions or |
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> something doesn't make sense, feel free to ask for some more help. |
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> -Richard |
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Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I finally got eth0 |
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working, but it was a struggle. |
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I selected the 3COM options like you suggested and recompiled the |
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kernel. Unfortunately, during reboot I got "invalid compressed format |
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(err=1)". I tried "make clean" to flush everything and compiled again |
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but it still wouldn't boot. My drastic solution was to reinstall gentoo |
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from scratch. Now the network initializes properly during startup. I |
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also learned to always keep the last working kernel as a backup when you |
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reconfigure. |
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K. Hopping |
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