[SOLVED] eth0 not working
 

I get
during the boot and when I enter
eth0 does not show up in the out put.

it seems that the kernel is not seeing the ethernet chip at all.

I tried to modprobe whatever module I thought helpful, but no luck

We are going to need a lot more information to be of any use. For starters, what network hardware are we even talking about here? Is it Ethernet or WiFi? USB or onboard?

If it is built in, post the output of "lspci". If USB, then run "lsusb". Once we know what the hardware is, we can look at getting it working in the kernel.

It works now by reinstalling a newer version of kernel

newer image of Arch linux from http://releng.archlinux.org/isos/ solved the problem

Well, you could just do that too. If this problem is resolved, then mark the thread as "SOLVED" for future reference.

It would also be nice if you could post information about the hardware in question and the kernel versions involved, so that others who may have this same problem can find this thread.