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Old 08-30-2011, 07:15 AM   #1
yunharla
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fresh gentoo installation but eth0 does not exist

hey everyone i switched over to gentoo a few days ago and followed the installation guide on theire website. But once i reboot the system and load the newly compiled kernel it says that eth0 does not exist but dmesg says that the driver exists.... so does anyone got an idea how i could fix this???
 
Old 08-30-2011, 07:23 AM   #2
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R u sure there exists a kernel module for the interface?

Run
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lspci
and see the chipset of your card.
 
Old 08-30-2011, 07:34 AM   #3
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installation does not have it and live cd says intel 82566DM-2
 
Old 08-30-2011, 07:37 AM   #4
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Is that a Gigabit card?
 
Old 08-30-2011, 07:38 AM   #5
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oh yeah sry forget about that , yes it is a gigabit
 
Old 08-30-2011, 07:40 AM   #6
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Did you try out e1000.ko?

Check if it is present by running
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modinfo e1000
If yes, try loading it
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modprobe e1000
and check if the interface came up.
 
Old 08-30-2011, 07:45 AM   #7
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Did you try out e1000.ko?

Check if it is present by running


If yes, try loading it and check if the interface came up.
could not find module e1000

but dmesg gives me:

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e1000: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.3.21-k8-NAPI
 
Old 08-30-2011, 07:51 AM   #8
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Well. you need e1000.ko module then. While configuring your custom kernel, enable e1000 and recompile it.
 
Old 08-31-2011, 03:18 AM   #9
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thanks alot man,
eclipse is now up and running :P
 
  


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