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Vector 6 cannot detect eth0

Fresh install. .. but VL6.0 can't read my card.

Slackware does..

Code:



root:# ifconfig eth0 up

eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

vector6:/~

root:# lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04)

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04)

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 05)

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 05)

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 Controller (rev 05)

00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (rev 05)

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 05)

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2)

03:03.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01)

03:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

03:06.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 50)

03:06.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 50)

03:06.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51)

vector6:/~

root:# ifconfig -a

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  

          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0

          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1

          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 

          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)





root:# lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by

vector6://etc





slackware :



root@slackerz:~# ifconfig -a

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:07:95:33:C1:B4

          inet6 addr: fe80::207:95ff:fe33:c1b4/64 Scope:Link

          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

          RX packets:95 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:84 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

          RX bytes:6666 (6.5 KiB)  TX bytes:9646 (9.4 KiB)

          Interrupt:20 Base address:0xc800

just wondering why VL cannot see the card. .. and it does not produce the modules. (SW does have the modules after giving lsmod command)

Why not just keep using Slackware? You seem to have better luck with it. Maybe customize Slackware to look more like Vector.

ic_torres, kernel-modules packages installed, or could it be that the kernel is built with everything compiled inside, rather than as modules? Do you have the configuration file for the kernel handy (I know Slackware keeps those in /boot, but I don't know about Vector)? If so, what does

$ grep 8139 config

return, where config is the kernel configuration file?

Ok. i think it's now more of KERNEL issue.. .

details : did a depmod:

root:# depmod
WARNING: Couldn't open directory /lib/modules/2.6.18.5: No such file or directory
FATAL: Could not open /lib/modules/2.6.18.5/modules.dep.temp for writing: No such file or directory

CHECKED the path :

vector6://lib
root:# cd modules/
vector6://lib/modules

AND all i can see is this directory. . NO 2.6.18

root:# ls
2.6.27.12/
vector6://lib/modules

root:# uname -r
2.6.18.5

vector6://lib/modules
root:#

my disk (/dev/hdc13) is tagged to this boot path :

vector6://boot
root:# ls -l vmlinuz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2011-02-20 14:21 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.27.12

LILO file:

# Partition 4: Linux GUI mode (5.8 holds my LILO)
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hdc3
label = Vector5.8
append = "4 "
read-only

and VL6.0

# Vector6.0
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hdc3
label = Vector6.0

Sorry for the delay; I haven't really had time for LQ recently. Is everything working now?