eth0 assistance

[AzazeL]

I run my adsl connection via a ethernet card connected to a router using dhcpcd and during my initial install I wasnt entirely sure if I had configured it correctly. Im not sure what type of ethernet card is installed in the computer either. When i booted for the first time the eth0 had an error saying 'netmount' wasnt booted or something along those lines. Any ideas which of the many conf files I need to look at?

[pilla]

First of all, you'll need to find out what card you have there. lspci (with -v option) may help you in this task

Then, you have to compile a kernel with support (either as a module or inside the kernel) for this card.

After that, the basic network configuration is in /etc/conf.d/net

The service you will need to start, basically, is /etc/init.d/net.eth0

[AzazeL]

Yeah i tried lspci -v but ahh... no command found apparently. Suggestions? Also during the init.d/net.eth0 start command is there any option to debug it? so i can see where ive gone wrong?

[pjp]

Does your NIC show up in the output of cat /proc/pci? If not, I'd take a look at it physically... most have the necessary info printed on them.
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[AzazeL]

Um... an ethernet controller appears in the list, is that what im looking for?

[pjp]

Should be... is there an identifiable make/model?
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[AzazeL]

AMD PCnet LANCE. So i re-compiled my kernel to add AMD PCnet support and still... errors whenever I boot. Could it be a problem with my /etc/conf.d/net file? because Im confused when it comes to that.

[pjp]

Did you compile it into the kernel, or as a module? Is it the same error? What do you have in your conf.d/net file?
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[AzazeL]

I compiled it into the kernel. But I'm thinking I may need to compile it as a module and then get the module to load on boot. And yes its the same error as before. As for my conf.d/net I've just altered it for my details. I've changed the first iface_eth0 line so it has the right IPs. I've uncommented iface_eth0="dhcp" as thats what im wanting to use and I've uncommented and changed my default gateway to 192.168.1.254

[rac]

[pjp]

Hrm... for dhcp, all you should need in the net file is

[AzazeL]

Commented everything but
iface_eth0="dhcp"

But still error remains.
I have a feeling I am gonna need to rip this ethernet card out and put in the type i have used in the past.

[pjp]

The netmount problem isn't uncommon. Here are some links found with a search: One, two, three, and four.

There are more, but I'm heading off to bed. Good luck, I'll check back in the morning.
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[AzazeL]

I changed iface_eth0="dhcpcd" and that seems to have helped a little. Now the only issue confronting me is that dhcpcd fails everytime it does a hostname look up on my computer. Hopefully this is a simple problem that anybody knows how to fix.

[rac]

[AzazeL]

the dhcpcd idea was suggested in one of those links given to me. Im not actually too sure if its assisted in any way. Even with both -D and -h i cant get the hostname lookup to work. What should i have my hostname as? I mean theres any number of possibilities and in the past the dhcp my router has configged hasnt required a hostname.

[rac]

[AzazeL]

No change.

[AzazeL]

I found the solution to my problem. I compiled my ethernet drivers as a module and yeah got the module to load on boot and its worked fine since then.

I really want to thank rac and kanuslupus for all your help. You guys are awesome

[pjp]

Glad it is working. One last question. Did you leave iface_eth0="dhcpcd" or change it back to just "dhcp"?
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[rac]

[AzazeL]

I did try leaving it as dhcpcd but that was just adding one further complication, the hostname look up. So i commented everything but the iface_eth0 line and changed it back to dhcp and that seems to have made it work fine.