eth0 not working [Resent after 8hrs]

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Sun, 6 Apr 2003 23:51:38 -0400


I do not have any usb networking devices and the kernel does not recognize any
as a network device. All that's there is eth0, lo, and sit0.

Quoting Kevin Brown <kevin_brown@qwest.net>:

>  From reading your Dmesg output it looks like the kernel is finding two eth 
> devices.  Eth0 is going to the realtek driver and eth1 is used by a dlink
> pocket 
> device (USB?).
> 
> what happens if you do 'ifconfig -a'?
> 
> > I've tried another card with a different chip and it still does it so I'm
> > positive it's the software side of things. More specifically, the kernel. 
> > Attached (hopefully) is my dmesg output from the livecd's boot and my
> current
> > kernel config, after many things being removed and it still doesn't work.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Quoting "Bryce C." <Plug@BryceCo.Net>:
> > 
> > 
> >>It's a Netgear FA310TX that's using the tulip module compiled-in to the
> >>kernel.
> >> I don't htink it's going to work but I'm going to try taking iptables out
> >>of
> >>the kernel entirely.
> >>
> >>Quoting Kevin Brown <kevin_brown@qwest.net>:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Bryce C. wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>It may be because it's late but I can not for the life of me get eth0 
> >>>>talking to
> >>>>anything.  It works under gentoo's livecd and it worked before then in 
> >>>>all the
> >>>>other distros I ran.  I can even restart to the livecd and it works. In 
> >>>>dmesg, I
> >>>>get alot of net watchdog: eth0 transmit timeout but also mii-tool does 
> >>>>negotiate
> >>>>(successfully) with the switch.
> >>>
> >>>What module is the Gentoo LiveCD loading to work with that card?  I had
> >>
> >>this
> >>
> >>>issue with an Intel 10/100/1000 card that I had to download the driver
> from
> >>
> >>>Intel's site and then after completing the step to build the kernel,
> built
> >>>the 
> >>>driver and then it would work.
> >>>
> >>>
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