Won't connect to Internet [SOLVED]

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n0xious · Post by **n0xious** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:37 am

So I've installed Gentoo through the minimal Instilation cd and during that process I was able to install Gentoo fine and I was able to use the internet to do so. But now I would like to intall an desktop enviorment like KDE or Gnome but my computer has lost it's ability to connect to the internet...

When I boot the system these two errors appear

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Network interface eth1 does not exist
please verify hardware or kernel modules (driver)

and

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Network interface ethO does not exist 
please verify harware or kernel module (driver)

when I type dhcp ethO it responds with

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ethO: dhcp 4.0.15 starting
ethO: read_interface: no such device

Please help me!

your_WooDness · Post by **your_WooDness** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 7:03 am

Hi,

can you post the output of "ifconfig -a", "lsmod" and "lspci -v"

WooD

n0xious · Post by **n0xious** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 7:34 am

ifconfig -a

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lo
link encap:local loopback
inet addr: 127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr:  ::1/28 scope:host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0B)

sit0
link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
RX bytes:0 (0.0B) TX bytes:0 (0.0B)

lsmod

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Module        Size    used by

lspci -v

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bash: lspci: command not found

Amity88 · Post by **Amity88** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 7:37 am

Based on your description, you most likely have not selected the right ethernet card drivers in the kernel. If you compiled them as modules, you need to load them.

edit1: use your live cd to run lspci.

Phancy Physicist · Post by **Phancy Physicist** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 3:24 pm

n0xious wrote: lspci -v
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bash: lspci: command not found

This happened because you don't have the package installed. You need to:

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 emerge sys-apps/pciutils

Also what type of system? Are we talking about a laptop with a wireless card or just ethernet?

If you boot from the minimal install CD and use

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ifconfig -a
lsmod
lspci -v

You can get the information needed.

Please repost the lspci -v once you install the package

n0xious · Post by **n0xious** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:16 pm

I used a ubuntu live cd and copied this from the terminal if that matters

lspci

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00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge Alternate
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (ext gfx port 0)
00:0a.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 5)
00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [IDE mode]
00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3c)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2 Controller
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Juniper [Radeon HD 5700 Series]
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Juniper HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5700 Series]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
03:08.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev c0)

Amity88 · Post by **Amity88** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 6:15 am

n0xious wrote:I used a ubuntu live cd and copied this from the terminal if that matters
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)

Now, check if you've enabled Device drivers>Network devices>Etherner 1000Mbit> Realtek .... enable it and recompile the kernel.

n0xious · Post by **n0xious** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 6:27 am

That worked thank you

Amity88 · Post by **Amity88** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 6:46 am

welcome

... please mark the topic as [solved]