Hi Everyone,
I am having problems booting with the e1000 module, or at least I think that is the problem. It boots fine until it gets to "configuring network interfaces" then it hangs. I have tried it on several machines successfully, but they don't use that module. I tried a couple of different e1000 modules but with same result. I renamed the module and it booted, so I think that's the problem. I got the module from the modules.tar file which I think is the latest. I am currently running Bering on the PC that doesn't boot, and it works fine, so I don't think it is a hardware issue. Has anyone had this problem and how do I solve it?
Your description is, I think, too hard to follow. Certainly too hard for me, and I suspect for others as well. Please try again, and be more exact about ...
1. What version of Bering you are using.
2. What version of the e1000 module you are using. (One from"the" modules.tar file which you "think is the latest" is too vague.) Why do you think it is the correct version for the kernel you are booting?
3. What NIC you are attempting to use the module with. And does this NIC work in some other context (under Windows, or with a different Linux distro)?
4. If you do not use /etc/modules to load the module, but instead wait until boot/init is finished, then insmod it from the command line, what the result is. Do you get any error message back to the console?
5. The meaning of "hangs". How long do you wait before giving up? Does CTRL-C not work? Does CTRL-ALT-DEL not work?
6. Nouns in many places where you use "it". For example, when you write, "I have tried it on several machines successfully, but they don't use that module" ... is "it" e1000.o, an unspecified version of Bering, or something else? And if "it" does mean the module, in what sense is it "successful" in these tries? Other examples are "It boots fine until it gets to 'configuring network interfaces' then it hangs" and "I am currently running Bering on the PC that doesn't boot, and it
works fine" (also, what does "works fine" mean?).
7. What "I renamed the module and it booted" means. What did you change the name from, and to? Is the "it" that booted the Bering kernel (with or without an interface for the NIC in question), or do you mean that the renamed e1000 module in this instance successfully created an eth0 (or whatever) interface? (Normal rules of English diction say that "it" refers to a module here ... but modules don't "boot", kernels do. So I'm unclear what you mean by "boot" if it applies to the module, not the kernel.)
You *probably have a simple problem, easy to correct. But without a clear description, I ... and others, probably ... will find it difficult to help you spot it.
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