Network Card Not Detected after install

[shawl01]

Edit /etc/conf.d/net as I suggested

- Done

then do the modprobe

- modprobe e1000 does not work but modprobe e100 does work , if I use ctrl alt f12 (don't know what this does, saw it on a post somewhere) I can see that the driver loaded and then an IP address is obtained. This is confirmed by switching back ctrl alt f1 and using

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ifconfig

However, once I reboot I have to issue

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modprobe e100

again to get things working , what do I need to do to make it stick after reboot?

Thanks again
Luke

[terracotta_shore]

what do I need to do to make it stick after reboot?

I don't know why the appropriate module is not being loaded at boot. I've done several Gentoo installs over the last couple of years or so and I've never had this happen. However, except for the first time I've always compiled my own kernel, and chosen to have the ethernet driver compiled into the kernel rather than as a loadable module which rather guarantees it's going to be in memory. I guess this problem is something to do with the genkernel and the million and a half loadable modules it has to deal with. As I said earlier, the same has happened to my new install with a via ethernet chipset, and I had to modprobe the (via_rhine) driver in. I haven't rebooted yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if the driver doesn't load.

Long-term you need to compile your own kernel, but I think I have a short-term fix for you. No guarantees, for I've never had to do this for myself, at least not in Gentoo, and the file you have to edit is different in other distros. Edit /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 and add the name of your ethernet driver - one line, no hash sign. There are some brief notes in that file to read. As far as I can see that's the file to ensure the module is loaded on boot.

Anyway, this is the last post you'll get out of me today. I don't know where you are but it's getting late here in Blighty.

Good luck!

[shawl01]

Hay that worked

Thanks so much for all your help and being patient with me, I feel I have learnt so much today

Lets see what tomorrow brings

Many thanks again
Luke

incidentally it was loading the e1000 module and still is I can't find any file that calls it - strange

[terracotta_shore]

I'm glad it worked. I tried adding the kernel module for my ethernet card to /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 and that worked for me too. Must be a genkernel issue, because:

incidentally it was loading the e1000 module and still is I can't find any file that calls it - strange

happens to me too. The e1000 module is the driver for Intel Gigabit ethernet (e100 is for Intel pro100) but I don't have a sniff or whiff of Intel about this particular machine - AMD processor, VIA chipset motherboard and Nvidia graphics card. Ho hum.

Since you're new to Gentoo can I suggest two things? I learnt these the hard way. They make the steep learning curve slightly less daunting.

1 Emerge gentoolkit. The tool you'll need most (and sooner rather than later) is revdep-rebuild. Goodness knows why they don't include gentoolkit in a default install of Gentoo. It's a must.

2 Enable elogs. You'll need 'em. Have a read of /etc/make.conf.example. Fwiw, here's the appropriate bit of my /etc/make.conf:

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PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="info warn error log"
PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save"

And then emerge elogviewer. Makes it so much easier to read the elogs.