Problem finding ethernet driver/module

merpal · 04-14-2005, 02:13 PM

Hello.

I am fairly new to linux. I have installed the latest version of Gentoo, and have it loading by itself.

The LiveCD is able to automatically detect and utilize my network card, but I am not sure how to locate the driver/module to be used when booting from the hard drive.

Here's some output I've collected based on examining similar threads:

dmesg | grep "eth" shows:

Quote:

eth0: ADMtek Comet rev 17 @ c6da2000, <my MAC address>, IRQ 10.
eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII#1 link partnet capability of 45e1.

lspci shows:

Quote:

Ethernet controller: Linksys NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 (rev 11)

lsmod doesn't show anything ethernet related. O_O (or I'm not looking for the right category on the left side. :/

Any help would be appreciated, as I have no clue what to do now.

Crashed_Again · 04-14-2005, 02:39 PM

Hmm...well I don't know what module that NIC card uses. Boot to the live cd and do 'lsmod' to see what module it loaded for your nic.

Did you use genkernel or compile yourself? You are going to have to put that nic module in to modprobe.conf so it gets loaded at boot.(if you didn't compile the nic driver directly in to the kernel.)

merpal · 04-14-2005, 05:36 PM

Here's the output of my lsmod (when booted from the livecd):

Quote:

Module - size - used by
floppy - 44912 - 0
rtc - 8488 - 0
evdev - 6368 - 0
tulip - 42016 - 0
parport_pc - 27876 - 0
parport - 22088 - 1 parport_pc
ahci - 7604 - 0
sata_qstor - 6100 - 0
sata_uli - 4368 - 0
sata_sis - 4240 - 0
sata_sx4 - 9716 - 0
sata_nv - 5620 - 0
sata_via - 5364 - 0
sata_svw - 4596 - 0
sata_sil - 5620 - 0
sata_promise - 6900 - 0
libdata - 27700 - 10 ahci, sata_qstor, sata_uli, sata_sis, sata_sx4, sata_nv, sata_via, sata_svw, sata_sil, sata_promise
dm_mirror - 15320 - 0
dm_mod - 38080 - 1 dm_mirror
sbp2 - 16920 - 0
ohci1394 - 25812 - 0
ieee1394 - 59704 - 2 sbp2, ohci1394
sl811_hcd - 9392 - 0
ohci_hcd - 15384 - 0
uhci_hcd - 23936 - 0
usb_storage - 47680 - 0
usbhid - 25696 - 0
ehci_hcd - 22872 - 0
usbcore - 75064 - 7 sl811_hcd, ohci_hcd, uhci_hcd, usb_storage, usbhid, ehci_hcd

Yes, I did use genkernel. I wanted the system to just work, so that I could toy around with it, and then compile my own kernel. (I've compiled my own kernel on RedHat before, it's not too difficult.) This computer will mainly run Apache and MySQL.

Is there any way to prevent all those serial ata modules from being loaded? I also have no use for USB. Are they loading from the kernel? (I'm new to this, so I don't know where everything loads from yet.)

Edit:
I did "lsmod" when booting from the hard drive, and there's the exact same number of modules loaded.

michaelk · 04-14-2005, 07:13 PM

AFAIK the Linksys NC100 uses the tulip module.

michaelsanford · 04-14-2005, 07:26 PM

According to your lsmod it looks like it is loading the driver (tulip) once you boot from the hard drive...why do you think it isn't?

Can you not access the internet when booting from the hard disk?

merpal · 04-14-2005, 07:45 PM

Ok, for some reason, when I rebooted, my ethernet card decided to work. (and got an IP from DHCP).

I didn't change anything, so I'm not sure what caused it, but it is working now.

Thanks for the help guys.

michaelsanford · 04-14-2005, 08:19 PM

Yeah, welcome to the wonderful world of networking :P