try and find out if the proper modules are loaded by doing a "lsmod". if the 3 com module is not loaded, the try loading it manually. nic modules are present in /lib/modules/2.4.x.x/kernel/drivers/net/. do "insmod module_file_name" from there. or better still do a "modprobe module_name". modprobe will automatically load the needed dependencies as well. module name is usually the module filename without the trailing ".o". to automtically load modules at startup, add the module names you want to load in the file /etc/autoload.modules/kernel-2.4. the syntax is just one module name per line...
after you make sure the module(s) are loaded, you can always restart eth0 by doing "/etc/init.d/net/eth0 restart" if you know you are gonna use the network all the while then why compile it as a module dude? compile it in and all the headaches must be gone ;) -Shuveb Hussain On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 05:46:29 -0800 (PST), bogdan romocea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you Bob, > > I followed all steps up to rebuilding the kernel, however I got stuck > at > # emerge sync > temporary failure in name resolution; rsync error: error in socket IO > (code 10) at clientserver.c (88) > # emerge-webrsync > attempting to fetch file dated... (a bunch of them); no md5 sum present > on the mirror > > I have a 3Com 3c905C-TX/TX-M Tornado Ethernet card; when I compiled the > kernel (2.4), to make sure, I added all 3Com cards as modules. Now when > I boot from hda1 I get the same error message (problem starting needed > services; "netmount" was not started), however # ifconfig, unlike > before, produces some output. > > I'm still missing something - but what? Please advise. > > Thank you, > b. > > --- Bob Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Is there a way I can fix this without starting the installation > > from > > > scratch? Since when I boot up from the Universal CD I do have > > Internet > > > access, I'd expect this to be a very simple problem (install a > > package, > > > change some settings) - but can't figure out how to solve it. > > > > > > > Boot the LiveCD, setup the network, root password, sshd, mount the > > partitions > > and proc (per the install guide), cd /mnt/gentoo, chroot /mnt/gentoo > > /bin/bash, > > env-update, source /etc/profile, and rebuild the kernel, emerge sync, > > emerge coldplug, > > emerge hotplug, rc-update add coldplug boot, rc-update add hotplug > > default, exit, > > cd $HOME, unmount and reboot. > > > > Bob > > - > > > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
