On 10/16/11 08:59, Florian Philipp wrote: > Am 16.10.2011 12:43, schrieb Mick: >> On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 00:05:01 CJoeB wrote: >>> 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. >> This means that your kernel is not configured with the corresponding modules >> for your network card, or that there is some other configuration problem >> with >> e.g. firmware loading (if such a thing is necessary for your card). >> > [...] > > Also: Are the modules actually loaded before you unload them? Use > `modprobe -vr broadcom tg3`. If there is no output, the module was not > loaded. Prior to unloading the modules, output from 'modprobe -vr broadcom tg3' is
rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.39-gentoo-r3/kernel/drivers/net/tg3.ko Regards, Colleen -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org
