Gentoo refuses to connect to internet
Heres the deal:
Got Gentoo installed Won't connect to web tried net-setup eth0 ifconfig eth0(returns device not found) tried dhcpcd tried modprobe 8139too Weird thing though is linux detects my built in ethernet card when I search for it in PCI: Via Technologies VT6102 [Rhine-II] Why the hell it won't it connect? Been searching in the Gentoo manual, provides no solution, linuxbook has no solution. |
Just because the kernel detects the hardware, it doesn't mean that you've built the kernel with the driver to support it. http://www.faqs.org/docs/ethernet/Et...O-1.html#ss1.3
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Have you tried searching forums.gentoo.org ??.
That's a pretty common chip. What did the modprobe return. Did you emerge dhcpd (or similar) ???. |
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BTW the card is a realtek. |
Do a
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emerge search dhcpcd Code:
dhcpcd eth0 Code:
ifconfig eth0 |
You might need the via-rhine module installed rather than the 8139too. Then try everything comprookie2000 said.
Edit** I should be a little more specific, root#> nano -w /etc/conf.d/net edit that for either a DSL connection, static IP or dhcp - as per the gentoo handbook root#> modprobe via-rhine (configure that in you kernel .config) root#> dmesg | grep eth hopefully an eth device is there - should be root#> ifconfig eth0 up You can add it to the default run services too. root#> rc-update add eth0.net default so it starts when booted. Should work now. :-) |
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