internet errors: eth0 does not exist

ldias · 10-04-2005, 06:16 PM

hi
the answer is
your net.lo is old now that you've updated baselayout
rm your current net.lo and just mv the ._cfg000x_net.lo in
also if anyone can tell me where net.lo comes from, because i dont know what to update to get the new one

comprookie2000 · 10-05-2005, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ldias
hi
the answer is
your net.lo is old now that you've updated baselayout
rm your current net.lo and just mv the ._cfg000x_net.lo in
also if anyone can tell me where net.lo comes from, because i dont know what to update to get the new one

Sounds like you removed it before you moved it. For gentoo run etc-update.

bacenter · 10-07-2005, 11:18 AM

I am new to gentoo, linux etc.
I have the same problem:

My card is NIC Fast Ethernet PCI Familia RTL8139 de Realtek
I looked for it in Drivers an Devices, where i got the RLT8139 I have put the[*], then I compiled the kernel after doing everything, I rebooted but The new Kernel was not there.

I think it could be because I used genkernel (is that the name?) well, the one which is intalls everything automatically (thats what i thougt). The point is that the grub.conf did not exist and i have created a new one. I as i told you, the old kernel started and of course, I have no intenet connection.

Could you please help me a little?

comprookie2000 · 10-07-2005, 04:19 PM

Gentoo does not mount boot automatically. Before you install a new kernel you need to mount /boot. Thats a common card post lsmod with the genkernel. To see if the interface is recognized ifconfig eth0 (if eth0 is the 8139) the driver is 8139too.I will use "m" for the card at first just so I can load the module, but "*" is fine once you know for sure that is what your card uses as that is built directly into the kernel.Do you have more than one card, onboard?Sometimes with two cards it will end up eth1.
The steps are

Code:

ifconfig -a (to list the interfaces)
ifconfig eth? (show the interface you want to use)
<if no interface shows up load the driver for it>
modprobe whatever
ifconfig whatever to see if it shows up
dhcpcd (if you forgot to install it you will have to chroot with the livecd and)
emerge dhcpcd
to see if it is installed
emerge search dhcpcd

look at 9.f
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handboo...?part=1&chap=9

bacenter · 10-07-2005, 04:29 PM

Thanks for your help, but I am changing to puppy linux. Appears to be easier to install. I have no experience and Gentoo is complicated.

Brnzwngs · 10-16-2005, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by comprookie2000
Yes it will work. My suggestion is to build them as "m" modules. I have done it before without compiling the whole kernel

Code:

cd /usr/src/linux make menuconfig select your card under networking eternet etc make make modules_install modprobe the module ifconfig eth0 (see if it shows up) dhcpcd eth0

I just installed Gentoo and am having the eth0 error. I tried this but I don't know what to modprobe. How do I know the module name? Thanks in advance!

comprookie2000 · 10-16-2005, 04:04 PM

Is it an ethernet card? Is it an onboard card? I say card because that is just what I call it. Look at the specs for your motherboard if it is onboard or if it is a pci card right down what it says, we can figure it out.

Brnzwngs · 10-16-2005, 04:15 PM

It's an onboard card on the Asus P4C800-E Motherboard.

comprookie2000 · 10-16-2005, 04:35 PM

Looks like it is a Intel CSA 82547EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
so the module would be e1000
You may already have it if you used genkernel.
Do you use eth0? Do you have net.eth0 in the default runlevel?
rc-update show

Brnzwngs · 10-17-2005, 01:19 PM

Thanks for your help! I know can see the card in ifconfig but I still have some new problems....
The card still won't connect to the internet. I tried doing ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.103 (which is my internal ip) but the mac address is really messed up and it still won't ping anyone.
Also I am trying to install X server but when I run startx I get the error:

Code:

fatal IO error 104 (connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests with 0 events remaining

any suggestions on what to do? like the correct things to configure!
Thank you so much so far!

comprookie2000 · 10-17-2005, 03:52 PM

For the internet how do you connect? I know you want to use a static address but you can do that later if the install cd
worked you should be able to connect with dhcp and then chang it to static, its easy. try
dhcpcd eth0 if eth0 is what you use ...
What Happens?
We can do X next

Brnzwngs · 10-17-2005, 11:51 PM

dhcpcd eth0 just skips one line and goes back to the prompt, its like nothing ever happened

comprookie2000 · 10-18-2005, 03:40 AM

Then you may be connected try it then;
ping www.google.com -c 3
what happens?

Brnzwngs · 10-18-2005, 03:27 PM

Ok thank you all for your help on the getting eth0 to work. It now works! How can I make it so "ifconfig eth0 up" runs at boot before dhcpcd? Also, I am still having a lot of trouble getting Xorg-x11, gnome, or kde installed...any suggestions?

comprookie2000 · 10-18-2005, 03:38 PM

First add e1000 to /etc/modules_autoload.d/kernel-2.6
then rc-update add net.eth0 default
edit /etc/conf.d/net
uncomment the line iface_eth0="dhcp"
old #iface_eth0="dhcp"
new iface_eth0="dhcp"
make sure all others are commented
what happens when you try startx?
post the errors
look in /var/log/Xorg.0.log
also post this in a new thread in http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...p?s=&forumid=5