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  1. 12-25-2005 #1
    mr.popper
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    Unhappy Gentoo network card will not connect after kernel compile

    I have a VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 Rhine-II rev74, and I just did a Gentoo stage 3 minimal install. The ethernet would connect when I was booting from CD, but now that I have compiled a kernel, it won't connect. I have included a driver for Via Rhine ethernet cards. During boot, it says "bringing up eth0", then "Error: eth0 does not exist". I've tried setting the nic on static IP, but the same problem exists. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mr.popper
    I have a VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 Rhine-II rev74, and I just did a Gentoo stage 3 minimal install. The ethernet would connect when I was booting from CD, but now that I have compiled a kernel, it won't connect. I have included a driver for Via Rhine ethernet cards. During boot, it says "bringing up eth0", then "Error: eth0 does not exist". I've tried setting the nic on static IP, but the same problem exists. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

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    Did you build your network card in the kernel or as a module? If you build it in the kernel, are you sure you built in the correct one?

    If you build it as a module, you have to put the module name in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 to be loaded at boot.

    Or you can do it manually by doing thiis:
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    modprobe modulename
ifconfig eth0 up
dhcpcd eth0
    That will bring your eth0 up. Also, you may have to edit /etc/conf.d/net and make sure that you either use a static or dhcp at boot when you get your module loaded. That is the config file for your network devices.

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    I built it in the kernel, and I built in the Via Rhine one, I don't know if that's the right one or not. I seem to remember something about dhcpd not being installed, during my first boot. I"m not sure though, because I think I remember emerging dhcpd.
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    the errors appear right after I the computer starts entering runlevel 3.

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    Starting eth0
Bringing up eth0
192.168.1.14
eth0 does not exist

ERROR: Problem starting needed services.  "netmount" was not started
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    Did you emerge dhcpcd?
    You should also emerge the "livecd-tools".
    That will allow you to run "net-setup eth0"

    To emerge these, just chroot into your system from the livecd.
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    I have exactly the same problem, with the difference that eth0 worked perfectly till yesterday, when I recompiled my kernel with the same exact configuration as before. The strange thing is that in /dev there is no eth* device!

    What could the problem be???
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    When you updated your config files in /etc, it is possible that you overwrote an important one.

    Check
    /etc/conf.d/net
    /etc/resolv.conf
    resolv.conf-eth0.sv
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    Quote Originally Posted by mr.popper
    I have a VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 Rhine-II rev74, and I just did a Gentoo stage 3 minimal install. The ethernet would connect when I was booting from CD, but now that I have compiled a kernel, it won't connect. I have included a driver for Via Rhine ethernet cards. During boot, it says "bringing up eth0", then "Error: eth0 does not exist". I've tried setting the nic on static IP, but the same problem exists. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

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    Perhaps this page may help you Mr. popper:

    http://www.scyld.com/ethercard_drivers.html
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