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Am trying to get Gentoo installed on an IBM Thinkpad T23. The Gentoo
1.4 disks I have are a bootable DVD from Linux Format and a CD
downloaded from the Gentoo web site.
Every time I have tried to install Gentoo, the system stops when
trying to configure the eth0 card (eepro100). I have tried booting
with the nonet option and then
modprobe eepro100
dhcpcd eth0
....but this still gives me a new line, no prompt and I have to switch
to another console. A 'ps aux' shows the dchp process and if I 'kill
-9' the process, it sits there with 'D' next to it but remains.
Booting normally and then 'net-setup eth0' has the same results. As
does even just 'ifconfig' to see what is there.
Has anyone seen this sort of thing before or knowhow I can get beyond
this??
Many thanks.
Iain.
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mrhotpants@hotmail.com (Iain) writes:
Am trying to get Gentoo installed on an IBM Thinkpad T23. The Gentoo
1.4 disks I have are a bootable DVD from Linux Format and a CD
downloaded from the Gentoo web site.
Every time I have tried to install Gentoo, the system stops when
trying to configure the eth0 card (eepro100). I have tried booting
with the nonet option and then
modprobe eepro100
dhcpcd eth0
...but this still gives me a new line, no prompt and I have to switch
to another console. A 'ps aux' shows the dchp process and if I 'kill
-9' the process, it sits there with 'D' next to it but remains.
Booting normally and then 'net-setup eth0' has the same results. As
does even just 'ifconfig' to see what is there.
Has anyone seen this sort of thing before or knowhow I can get beyond
this??
Google turned up this site: http://www.rithvik.com/rh72.htm which
recommends a new driver from Intel. OTOH I also found another web
site which says the eepro100 driver works.
Perhaps there are minor variations in the chips that are used in
these machines and some need a different driver -- I dunno.
Dumb questions: You do have a dhcp server on your network, right?
Any messages after the modprobe? lsmod shows the driver is loaded?
Does ifconfig hang if you try it before running dhcpcd?
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Dumb questions: You do have a dhcp server on your network, right?
Any messages after the modprobe? lsmod shows the driver is loaded?
Does ifconfig hang if you try it before running dhcpcd?
Not such a dumb question! But yes, there is a dhcp server (another
Linux box) which is supplying the subnet.
Performing an 'lsmod' shows the driver loaded as such:
Module Size Used by Tainted: GF
.
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eepro100 18420 0 [i810_audio]
mii 2192 0 [eepro100]
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From here, ifconfig will cause the prompt to hang. Switching to
another console, output of ps shows:
USER PID %CPU %MEM VS2 RSS TTY STAT START TIME
COMMAND
root 1764 0.0 0.1 1368 400 vc/1 D 22:04 0:00
ifconfig eth0
172.16.1.50 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
Regs.
Iain.
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Google turned up this site: http://www.rithvik.com/rh72.htm which recommends a new driver from Intel. OTOH I also found another web site which says the eepro100 driver works.
BTW, the driver can be a pain at times. Debian boots fine during
install and detects the NIC, but a kernel built from stock always
seems to require the Intel driver. Still, the only thing that happens
with this is that the driver refuses to load as the h/w cannot be
found.
Regs.
Iain.
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Iain wrote:
Am trying to get Gentoo installed on an IBM Thinkpad T23. The Gentoo
1.4 disks I have are a bootable DVD from Linux Format and a CD
downloaded from the Gentoo web site.
Every time I have tried to install Gentoo, the system stops when
trying to configure the eth0 card (eepro100). I have tried booting
with the nonet option and then
modprobe eepro100
dhcpcd eth0
Bear with me on this I'm not so familar with linux really...
I had a similar problem with my latop which is using the:
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM)
Ethernet Controller (rev 42)
The problem was the e100 module was being loaded by hotplug first stopping
the eepro100 module from loading so I added e100 to /etc/hotplug/blacklist
which cured my problem.
However you might find that the e100 would work instead.
Hope this of some if little help to you.
Cheers,
Al
--
news at prbox dot con
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Bear with me on this I'm not so familar with linux really...
I had a similar problem with my latop which is using the:
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM)
Ethernet Controller (rev 42)
The problem was the e100 module was being loaded by hotplug first stopping
the eepro100 module from loading so I added e100 to /etc/hotplug/blacklist
which cured my problem.
However you might find that the e100 would work instead.
Well, I booted again without dhcp and 'rmmod eepro100' which all went
fine. Then I did a 'modprobe e100', as that's the module which works
with Debian.
Guess what...same thing happens, new line and no prompt back! Checking
the processes on a different console shows that the modprobe process
is dead. Rats.
Cheers.
Iain.
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mrhotpants@hotmail.com (Iain) writes:
Performing an 'lsmod' shows the driver loaded as such:
Module Size Used by Tainted: GF
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eepro100 18420 0 [i810_audio]
I'm not familiar with the hardware, but I'm puzzled why the audio
driver should be using the ethernet module for anything. Is the
i810_audio module loaded? You might try unloading that driver
before proceeding.
From here, ifconfig will cause the prompt to hang. Switching to
another console, output of ps shows:
USER PID %CPU %MEM VS2 RSS TTY STAT START TIME
COMMAND
root 1764 0.0 0.1 1368 400 vc/1 D 22:04 0:00
ifconfig eth0 172.16.1.50 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
So, you mean the ifconfig command is trying to configure the chip,
right? I meant just plain 'ifconfig' with no arguments to see if
the eth0 device shows up as existing after loading the driver.
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Performing an 'lsmod' shows the driver loaded as such:
Module Size Used by Tainted: GF
.
eepro100 18420 0 [i810_audio]
I'm not familiar with the hardware, but I'm puzzled why the audio
driver should be using the ethernet module for anything. Is the
i810_audio module loaded? You might try unloading that driver
before proceeding.
Oh dear. Too much to drink. That line is as follows:
Module Size Used by Tainted: GF
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eepro100 18420 0 (unused)
So, you mean the ifconfig command is trying to configure the chip,
right? I meant just plain 'ifconfig' with no arguments to see if
the eth0 device shows up as existing after loading the driver.
Just plain 'ifconfig' hangs also. On a different console the process
is shown as stat 'D'.
Regs.
Iain.
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mrhotpants@hotmail.com (Iain) writes:
So, you mean the ifconfig command is trying to configure the chip,
right? I meant just plain 'ifconfig' with no arguments to see if
the eth0 device shows up as existing after loading the driver.
Just plain 'ifconfig' hangs also. On a different console the process
is shown as stat 'D'.
I also had some problems with the eepro100 driver, so I switched to
the e100 instead which works fine.
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Richard Watson
http://www.opencolo.com/
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