[solved] eth0 does not exist - netmount - Realtek 8139

[simulacra]

Greetings,

I spent about 3 hours attempting to get my Realtek 8139 to work, ultimately adding it to automount. I would get 'eth0 does not exist' and 'netmount failed'. I could not manually start the device with /etc/init.d/net.eth0 either. For some reason, although the driver was compiled into the kernel, it refused to load.

[UPDATE] The driver was not compiled into the kernel properly. I forgot to 'make && make modules_install' when I added the driver. That solved the issue without adding to the autoload script.

The magic happened when I realized that doing a 'modprobe 8139too' (which is the driver name) I was able to then manually start the device with /etc/init.d/net.eth0. That could only mean that the module wasn't loading during boot. A few gentoo quick searches later I found this page:

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-41 ... probe.html

Thank you so much to 'NeddySeagoon' for instruction on how to autoload the driver. Simply:

nano -w /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
then add a line that says: 8139too
ctrl-X and y and you should be good to go.

If you're still having trouble with dhcp, which I did. You have probably forgotten to emerge dhcpcd. Reboot with the liveCD, remount the /mnt/gentoo partition and do an 'emerge dhcpcd'

I pray this help all who journey through Gentoo

Simulacra