Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade

2009-02-18 Thread daid kahl
Also, you should avoid using oldconfig except for really minor kernel upgrades. I know this is mentioned in documentation elsewhere, but just a useful reminder. ~daid This has been discussed on this list before. Running make oldconfig works fine. I, and a lot of others, have said

Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade

2009-02-18 Thread daid kahl
I'm inclined to sumbit to the expertise of others when choosing kernel compilation options, and so I generally boot a recent liveCD and take a copy of the kernel .config from there (`zcat /proc/config.gz`) System Rescue CD uses a kernel of about the same vintage as the one you're trying to

Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade

2009-02-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:59:38 +0900, daid kahl wrote: I'm pretty sure the kernels used for LiveCDs are absolutely huge because they just assume you have basically every piece of hardware available, and thus take much longer to boot (comparing a LiveCD on my machine to my kernel, maybe 4 to 5

Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade

2009-02-18 Thread Evgeniy Bushkov
daid kahl пишет: Also, you should avoid using oldconfig except for really minor kernel upgrades. I know this is mentioned in documentation elsewhere, but just a useful reminder. ~daid This has been discussed on this list before. Running make oldconfig works

Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade

2009-02-17 Thread daid kahl
2009/2/16 Guillermo Garron guillermo.fed...@gmail.com Hi, I am new to Gentoo, and yes I am also new to compiling kernels. I recently got in to configuring my own kernel (I'm not sure if you're at this level or using other people's .config files); it's a bit lazy and maybe risky not to

Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade

2009-02-17 Thread Guillermo Garron
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:37 AM, daid kahl daid...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/2/16 Guillermo Garron guillermo.fed...@gmail.com Hi, I am new to Gentoo, and yes I am also new to compiling kernels. I recently got in to configuring my own kernel (I'm not sure if you're at this level or using

Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade

2009-02-17 Thread Guillermo Garron
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Dirk Heinrichs dirk.heinri...@online.de wrote: Am Sonntag, 15. Februar 2009 22:52:42 schrieb Guillermo Garron: sudo lspci -v | grep Ether 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566DC Gigabit Network Connection (rev 02) Where did I write |grep

Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade

2009-02-17 Thread Guillermo Garron
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Dirk Heinrichs dirk.heinri...@online.de wrote: Am Montag, 16. Februar 2009 02:17:36 schrieb Stroller: System Rescue CD uses a kernel of about the same vintage as the one you're trying to upgrade to. I suggest you boot with it see if your NIC works. If so,

Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade

2009-02-17 Thread Guillermo Garron
Hi, I am top posting because it is solved. I want to help you all for your help, I am not sure about the problem but here are some hints, you will realize what it was. As I said before, I used this info for the new configuration. 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566DC Gigabit

Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade

2009-02-17 Thread Dale
daid kahl wrote: Also, you should avoid using oldconfig except for really minor kernel upgrades. I know this is mentioned in documentation elsewhere, but just a useful reminder. ~daid This has been discussed on this list before. Running make oldconfig works fine. I, and a lot of others,

Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade

2009-02-16 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Sonntag, 15. Februar 2009 22:52:42 schrieb Guillermo Garron: sudo lspci -v | grep Ether 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566DC Gigabit Network Connection (rev 02) Where did I write |grep Ether? That's pretty much useless as there is nothing new in it. Bye...

Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade

2009-02-16 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Montag, 16. Februar 2009 02:17:36 schrieb Stroller: System Rescue CD uses a kernel of about the same vintage as the one   you're trying to upgrade to. I suggest you boot with it see if your   NIC works. If so, copy the kernel config `make oldconfig`. Or even better: use lspci -v while

[gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade

2009-02-15 Thread Guillermo Garron
Hi, I am new to Gentoo, and yes I am also new to compiling kernels. Well after that introduction, I will give you the details. I am running now uname -a Linux gentoo 2.6.25-gentoo-r8 #7 SMP Sun Nov 16 16:29:29 BOT 2008 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6550 @ 2.33GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade

2009-02-15 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Sonntag, 15. Februar 2009 22:31:40 schrieb Guillermo Garron: Here you can find the config file for my current kernel. This has CONFIG_E1000=y And the used to generate the new kernel (where NIC is not detected) This has both CONFIG_E1000=y and CONFIG_E1000E=y, maybe that's the problem.

Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade

2009-02-15 Thread Kenneth Prugh
I think you need just E1000E for your NIC. I use E1000E * for my intel: 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03) signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade

2009-02-15 Thread Guillermo Garron
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Dirk Heinrichs dirk.heinri...@online.de wrote: Am Sonntag, 15. Februar 2009 22:31:40 schrieb Guillermo Garron: Here you can find the config file for my current kernel. This has CONFIG_E1000=y And the used to generate the new kernel (where NIC is not

Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade

2009-02-15 Thread Guillermo Garron
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Kenneth Prugh ken69...@gmail.com wrote: I think you need just E1000E for your NIC. I use E1000E * for my intel: 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03) Hi, I think that is the one I should use! cause it

Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade

2009-02-15 Thread Guillermo Garron
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Guillermo Garron guillermo.fed...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Kenneth Prugh ken69...@gmail.com wrote: I think you need just E1000E for your NIC. I use E1000E * for my intel: 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit

Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade

2009-02-15 Thread Stroller
On 15 Feb 2009, at 21:31, Guillermo Garron wrote: ... I am running now uname -a Linux gentoo 2.6.25-gentoo-r8 #7 SMP Sun Nov 16 16:29:29 BOT 2008 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6550 @ 2.33GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux ... And the used to generate the new kernel (where NIC is not detected)

Re: [gentoo-user] NIC not detected after Kernel upgrade

2009-02-15 Thread Guillermo Garron
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Stroller strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk wrote: On 15 Feb 2009, at 21:31, Guillermo Garron wrote: ... I am running now uname -a Linux gentoo 2.6.25-gentoo-r8 #7 SMP Sun Nov 16 16:29:29 BOT 2008 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6550 @ 2.33GHz GenuineIntel