onboard eth0 probs with nForce2 motherboard

Guyver · n00b Joined: 30 Jun 2003 Posts: 8

I recently bought and built a new computer and then installed gentoo on it.. Everything went fine during the install.. I had a working eth0 connection on it.. Then after the install I go to reboot and during the boot when it goes to bring up the eth0 I get this msg from it:

SIOCSIFADDR: No sucj device
eth0: unkown interface: No such device
-- repeat once more --
SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device

Then of course it fails. The onboard eth0 is Realtek RTL8201 PHY. So after looking on google and here I found out the sis900.c was what I needed in my kernal.. So I compile it in there and test it.. still doesn't detect it.. Does anyone have any idea how I can get gentoo to see my eth0?
Motherboard is an Epox EP-8RGA+.

Ethernal · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2003 7:15 am Post subject:

The card might need another kernel module. One simple way of finding out is compiling *all* cards as modules and then try to insmod every single one of them. One'll work for sure :wink:

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seltrus · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 24 Oct 2002 Posts: 102

My MSI board uses the proprietary net-misc/nforce-net drivers that have the module name of nvnet.

Also, you can boot the install CD and check what module it used by issuing an

Guyver · n00b Joined: 30 Jun 2003 Posts: 8

Thanks for the help. I am gonna try out those ideas and see if it will work.