On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 18:06:58 -0500, "Peter Wu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 05:27:46PM -0500, Jason Rogers wrote: > > > I am running into a strange problem and don't know much about networking, > > so I don't know how to fix it or how to go about finding out what's > > wrong. > > > > I have installed Gentoo on a x86 desktop with a LinkSYS network card. > > When running from the bootable CDROM, the network card works, I can get > > in and out of the box via the internet. When I boot from the harddisk > > the network becomes "not work". ;) > > > > I get errors in /var/log/syslog saying the eth0 could not be brought up > > and that it timed out waiting for a valid DHCP response. As far as I can > > tell the DHCP setup is the same as when I am booting from CD -- it points > > to my router at 192.168.2.1 in both cases. > > Post your /etc/conf.d/net.
At the bottom of this response are the relevant parts of files I believe folks have asked for. > Did you enable DHCP? Yes. I have tried setting this manually as well (as you can see from the commented out line), but to no avail. > How many NIC's do you have on the box? 1, for now. --------------- Relevant files: --------------- < '/etc/conf.d/net' > #iface_eth0="192.168.2.32 broadcast 192.168.2.255 netmask 255.255.255.0" iface_eth0="dhcp" # For setting the default gateway # #gateway="eth0/192.168.0.1" </ '/etc/conf.d/net' > ----------------------- < '/var/log/syslog' > Jan 29 00:08:01 localhost kernel: eth0: Setting 100mbps full-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner ability 45e1. Jan 29 00:08:12 localhost kernel: eth0: no IPv6 routers present Jan 29 00:08:13 localhost kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Jan 29 00:08:13 localhost kernel: eth0: Tx queue start entry 4 dirty entry 0. Jan 29 00:08:13 localhost kernel: eth0: Tx descriptor 0 is 00002000. (queue head) Jan 29 00:08:13 localhost kernel: eth0: Tx descriptor 1 is 00002000. Jan 29 00:08:13 localhost kernel: eth0: Tx descriptor 2 is 00002000. Jan 29 00:08:13 localhost kernel: eth0: Tx descriptor 3 is 00002000. Jan 29 00:08:13 localhost kernel: eth0: Setting 100mbps full-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner ability 45e1. Jan 29 00:08:37 localhost kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Jan 29 00:08:37 localhost kernel: eth0: Tx queue start entry 4 dirty entry 0. Jan 29 00:08:37 localhost kernel: eth0: Tx descriptor 0 is 00002000. (queue head) Jan 29 00:08:37 localhost kernel: eth0: Tx descriptor 1 is 00002000. Jan 29 00:08:37 localhost kernel: eth0: Tx descriptor 2 is 00002000. Jan 29 00:08:37 localhost kernel: eth0: Tx descriptor 3 is 00002000. Jan 29 00:08:37 localhost kernel: eth0: Setting 100mbps full-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner ability 45e1. Jan 29 00:09:01 localhost dhcpcd[16567]: timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response </ '/var/log/syslog' > ----------------------- < resolv.conf > nameserver 192.168.2.1 search sanarb01.mi.comcast.net </ '/etc/resolv.conf' > ----------------------- Thanks again for all of the help! -- Jason Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] [:everyQuestion | ^ Jesus] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Email service worth paying for. Try it for free -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
