Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-18 Thread Colleen Beamer
On 10/16/11 18:23, Mick wrote: On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 23:04:00 CJoeB wrote: On 10/16/11 17:24, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:02:08 +0100, Mick wrote: As I said above the kernel ought to manage the order in which the modules and dependencies are loaded. Would building one modules

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-18 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 18 Oct 2011 19:31:25 Colleen Beamer wrote: On 10/16/11 18:23, Mick wrote: On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 23:04:00 CJoeB wrote: Tried building tg3 directly into the kernel. It didn't help. :-( Try building both broadcom and tg3 directly into the kernel. [snip ] Woo hoo! I did

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-17 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 17.10.2011 00:46, schrieb Alex Schuster: Florian Philipp is not up to date yet: I agree that the problem should be solved but just in case Colleen wants to continue with his installation (I know, he is installing Gentoo for ~~~ ~~

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:35:35 +0200, Florian Philipp wrote: preup() { if [ $IFACE = eth0 ]; then ebegin Reloading broadcom and tg3 modules modprobe -r foo bar modprobe broadcom modprobe tg3 ewend $? Failed to reload modules fi return 0

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-17 Thread Mick
On 17 October 2011 09:15, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:35:35 +0200, Florian Philipp wrote: preup() {     if [ $IFACE = eth0 ]; then         ebegin Reloading broadcom and tg3 modules         modprobe -r foo bar         modprobe broadcom         modprobe

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:19:16 +0100, Mick wrote: This seems more elegant than a separate init script, but do you want it to return 0 unconditionally? If the modules fail to load, surely you want the attempt to bring the interface up to abort? In my head I find it less elegant to be

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-17 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 17.10.2011 13:30, schrieb Neil Bothwick: On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:19:16 +0100, Mick wrote: This seems more elegant than a separate init script, but do you want it to return 0 unconditionally? If the modules fail to load, surely you want the attempt to bring the interface up to abort? In

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-17 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Mon, October 17, 2011 12:35 am, Florian Philipp wrote: snipped I agree that the problem should be solved but just in case Colleen wants to continue with his installation (I know, he is installing Gentoo for the first time so I doubt he values his time very high ;-) ), I suggest he either

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:39:40 +0200, Florian Philipp wrote: Is it up to an init script to do that either? I'd say no. either way seems wrong, but having the network config check that the interface is available before trying to bring it up seems somewhat less wrong. Yes, I intended it to

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-17 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 17.10.2011 14:40, schrieb J. Roeleveld: On Mon, October 17, 2011 12:35 am, Florian Philipp wrote: snipped I agree that the problem should be solved but just in case Colleen wants to continue with his installation (I know, he is installing Gentoo for the first time so I doubt he values

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Stroller
On 16 October 2011, at 00:05, CJoeB wrote: ... 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. List

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Florian Philipp
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Mick
On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 11:05:55 Florian Philipp wrote: 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Florian Philipp
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread CJoeB
On 10/16/11 05:59, Stroller wrote: On 16 October 2011, at 00:05, CJoeB wrote: ... 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread CJoeB
On 10/16/11 06:43, Mick wrote: On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 00:05:01 CJoeB wrote: Hi everyone, 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread CJoeB
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Matthew Finkel
On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 11:05 AM, CJoeB colleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: 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'

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Mick
On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 15:52:51 CJoeB wrote: On 10/16/11 06:43, Mick wrote: On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 00:05:01 CJoeB wrote: Hi everyone, 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread CJoeB
On 10/16/11 11:29, Matthew Finkel wrote: On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 11:05 AM, CJoeB colleen.bea...@gmail.com mailto:colleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: Also: Are the modules actually loaded before you unload them? Use `modprobe -vr broadcom tg3`. If there is no output, the module was

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Mick
On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 17:08:45 CJoeB wrote: On 10/16/11 11:29, Matthew Finkel wrote: On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 11:05 AM, CJoeB colleen.bea...@gmail.com mailto:colleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: Also: Are the modules actually loaded before you unload them? Use `modprobe -vr

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread CJoeB
On 10/16/11 13:37, Mick wrote: On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 17:08:45 CJoeB wrote: On 10/16/11 11:29, Matthew Finkel wrote: On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 11:05 AM, CJoeB colleen.bea...@gmail.com mailto:colleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: Also: Are the modules actually loaded before you unload them? Use

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 16.10.2011 21:19, schrieb CJoeB: On 10/16/11 13:37, Mick wrote: On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 17:08:45 CJoeB wrote: On 10/16/11 11:29, Matthew Finkel wrote: On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 11:05 AM, CJoeB colleen.bea...@gmail.com mailto:colleen.bea...@gmail.com wrote: Also: Are the modules actually

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 10:52:51 -0400, CJoeB wrote: I couldn't do lshw because I had to install it and there was an error during the build. Something about a gui and I don't have x installed yet. USE=-gtk emerge -1 lshw -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 32: Living dead signature.asc

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:02:08 +0100, Mick wrote: As I said above the kernel ought to manage the order in which the modules and dependencies are loaded. Would building one modules into the kernel and the other as a module solve (well, kludge) the loading order problem? -- Neil Bothwick Every

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread CJoeB
On 10/16/11 17:24, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:02:08 +0100, Mick wrote: As I said above the kernel ought to manage the order in which the modules and dependencies are loaded. Would building one modules into the kernel and the other as a module solve (well, kludge) the loading

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Mick
On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 22:24:17 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:02:08 +0100, Mick wrote: As I said above the kernel ought to manage the order in which the modules and dependencies are loaded. Would building one modules into the kernel and the other as a module solve (well,

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Mick
On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 23:04:00 CJoeB wrote: On 10/16/11 17:24, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:02:08 +0100, Mick wrote: As I said above the kernel ought to manage the order in which the modules and dependencies are loaded. Would building one modules into the kernel and the

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 16.10.2011 12:18, schrieb Mick: On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 11:05:55 Florian Philipp wrote: 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Alex Schuster
Florian Philipp is not up to date yet: I agree that the problem should be solved but just in case Colleen wants to continue with his installation (I know, he is installing Gentoo for ~~~ ~~~ the first time so I doubt he values

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread CJoeB
On 10/16/11 18:23, Mick wrote: On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 23:04:00 CJoeB wrote: On 10/16/11 17:24, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:02:08 +0100, Mick wrote: As I said above the kernel ought to manage the order in which the modules and dependencies are loaded. Would building one modules

[gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-15 Thread 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