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

Have you tried searching forums.gentoo.org ??.
That's a pretty common chip. What did the modprobe return. Did you emerge dhcpd (or similar) ???.

modprobe did nothing. I did emerge it I think. Sometimes it does stuff, sometimes it doesn't.

BTW the card is a realtek.

Do a to see if its installed;
If network is unreachable post
thats all assuming your card is at 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. :-)