On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Valmor de Almeida <val.gen...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 6/24/12 7:24 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:04:25 -0400 >> Valmor de Almeida <val.gen...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am having a hard time getting wicd to work on gentoo guest. Thought >>> that it was a simple matter of emerge and run wicd-client -n to >>> configure. I have compiled the correct ethernet driver in the kernel >>> (at least I think so). >> >> What driver is that? > > The vbox emulates this adapter > Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop (8254OEM) > > In the kernel 3.3.8-gentoo I compiled the > > Intel(R) PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Support > > I compiled directly into the kernel. If I had used a module the module > name would have been e1000. > >> >>> Does anyone have some experience with this or >>> could point me to diagnostic approaches? >> >> What have you already tried (so we don't waste our time trying the same >> thing) >> >>> The output of ifconfig -a >>> follows below. >> >> dmesg? /var/log/messages? > > dmesg shows > > [ 0.576506] e1000: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version > 7.3.21-k8-NAPI > [ 0.577602] e1000: Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation. > [ 0.579200] e1000 0000:00:03.0: setting latency timer to 64 > > [ 1.071183] e1000 0000:00:03.0: eth0: (PCI:33MHz:32-bit) > 08:00:27:96:75:25 > [ 1.071949] e1000 0000:00:03.0: eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network > Connection > > and there is nothing helpful in /var/log/messages > >> >>> Don't know why eth1 and not eth0 is there. >> >> udev persistent rules strike again > > The contents of /var/log/wicd/wicd.log below do indicate a mess up > with eth1 and eth0. Any idea on how to fix this?
Yep. All I needed to do was to change the wired interface from eth0 to eth1 in the preferences of wicd-client -n and it works. So the question is, why do I have eth1 and not eth0 and how do I set up eth0 instead? Is dhcpcd involved in this? Thanks, -- Valmor > > Thanks, > > -- > Valmor > > /var/log/wicd/wicd.log > > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: --------------------------- > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: wicd initializing... > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: --------------------------- > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: wicd is version 1.7.2.1 755 > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: setting backend to external > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: trying to load backend external > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: successfully loaded backend external > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: trying to load backend external > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: successfully loaded backend external > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: Couldn't detect a wireless interface. > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: setting wireless interface wlan0 > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: automatically detected wired interface eth1 > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: setting wired interface eth0 > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: setting wpa driver wext > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: setting use global dns to False > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: setting global dns > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: global dns servers are None None None > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: domain is None > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: search domain is None > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: setting automatically reconnect when connection > drops True > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: Setting dhcp client to 0 > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: Wireless configuration file found... > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: Wired configuration file found... > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: chmoding configuration files 0600... > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: chowning configuration files root:root... > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: Using wireless interface...wlan0 > 2012/06/25 14:15:06 :: Using wired interface...eth0 > 2012/06/25 10:15:13 :: Autoconnecting... > 2012/06/25 10:15:13 :: No wired connection present, attempting to > autoconnect to wireless network > 2012/06/25 10:15:13 :: Unable to autoconnect, you'll have to manually connect > 2012/06/25 10:15:18 :: Autoconnecting... > [snip] > > >> >>> The HWaddr >>> is correctly obtained from the vbox. >> >> Your information supplied is not enough to really help you solve this >> problem. >> >> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> -- >>> Valmor >>> >>> ifconfig -a >>> >>> eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:96:75:25 >>> BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 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:1000 >>> RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) >>> >>> lo Link encap:Local Loopback >>> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 >>> inet6 addr: ::1/128 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 (0.0 B) >>> >>> 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 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) >>> >>> >> >> >>
