Am 16.10.2011 01:05, schrieb CJoeB: > Hi everyone, > > Well, thanks to the help I got from the list, I finally have Gentoo > installed on my new desktop and booting to a command prompt. > > However, now I have a networking issue. > > In past, when I booted to the install CD and my ethernet connection was > not active, I typed net-setup eth0 and was able to set it up. This > time, when I booted to the install CD and typed net-setup eth0, the > network card was not recognized. I googled and found a post where > someone said that they had to 'modprobe -r broadcom' and 'modprobe -r > tg3' and then 'modprobe broadcom' and 'modprobe tg3' and then, run > net-setup. I did this and then ifconfig returned my eth0 connection. > > Of course, later you have to do the cp -L /etc/resolv.conf > /mnt/gentoo/etc/ .... which I did and dhcpcd has been added to my > default runlevel. > > However, when I boot, eth0 does not start. I can start it manually by > doing 'modprobe -r broadcom' and 'modprobe -r tg3' and then 'modprobe > broadcom' and 'modprobe tg3' > > However, I would like to have my network started automatically. > > I do have config_eth0="dhcp" in my /etc/conf.d/net file > > Any suggestions? > > Colleen >
Hmm, a workaround would be a custom init script. Copy the following code
into a new file in /etc/init.d (let's say /etc/init.d/broadcom-fix):
#!/sbin/runscript
description="Reload broadcom and tg3 modules to work around kernel bug"
depend() {
before net
after modules
}
start()
{
ebegin "Reloading broadcom and tg3 modules"
modprobe -r broadcom tg3 &&
modprobe broadcom &&
modprobe tg3
eend $? "Failed to reload modules"
}
Make it executable (chmod 755) and add it to the default run level
(rc-update add broadcom-fix default).
Better try to start it manually before rebooting so you can be sure it
works as expected.
Hope this helps,
Florian Philipp
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