Um, it seems like you have 2 network cards and eth0 is the one that isn't connected to a network. At least that's what I understand "check line state" to mean. The rtl8139 is eth1 on the other hand, so maybe try to set up the network on that interface instead.
> /sbin/ifconfig -a eth0 192.168.1.101 netmask 255.255.255.0 > /sbin/route add default gw 192.168.1.254 > > dmesg gave the following last lines of output: > > eth0: Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000-T Adapter > PrefPort:A Rlmtmode:Check Line State > 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.27 > eth1: Realtek RTL8139 at 0xffffff000007c000, 00:0b:2b:0d:d3:d9, IRQ 19 > eth1: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100b/8139D' > > Nothing works though... hope someone can help > > Keith > > > On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 12:36 +0100, Iain Sims wrote: > > > I've put together a 64-bit system (amd64) and am now trying to install > > > Gentoo on it. The probelem is that it isn't detecting my network card. > > > When I first boot (from the live CD) /sbin/ifconfig only shows lo, no > > > eth0. > > > > > > I have a Marvell 8001 on-board 10/100/1000 NIC. After searching the > > > Gentoo forum, I did modprobe sk98lin and that now shows me my NIC. I > > > configured all it's parameters through net-setup, but I still have no > > > networking. When I try pinging a host on my network or somewhere on the > > > Internet I always get a Destination Host Unreachable error. > > > > > > I installed a separate NIC in the system and rebooted. /sbin/ifconfig > > > again only showed lo. I then did modprobe 8139too and eth0 appeared. > > > Again, I configured it using net-setup but am still getting the > > > destination host unreachable error. > > > > > > I then tried booting with Knoppix. It detected both NICs, configured > > > them and everything worked perfectly including Internet. The performance > > > increase from 64-bit is amazing! > > > > > > So, this must be a Gentoo problem. I'm using the 2004.3 Universal AMD64 > > > Live CD. Can anyone offer a helping hand? > > > > Oncee you've booted up into Knoppix, do an 'lsmod' to see which drivers > > are loaded up. Reboot into Gentoo and modprobe those. Also check the > > boot options in case there's something in there. > > > > When configuring the network cards, I always try to do this via the > > command line. Check dmesg once you've done that and post all related > > info back here. > > > > Regs. > > > > Iain. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list -- Ramon Casha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Malta Linux User Group
