[huskerlug] Re: Gentoo Network Help

Are you sure you compiled the correct driver? I did a search on google, 
and according to this page:
http://etherboot.sourceforge.net/db/nics.php?show=tech_data&vendor=D-Link
The 550TX is a Sundance Alta based NIC

Cesar Delgado wrote:

>Did you edit the net.eth0 file?
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: huskerlug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:huskerlug-
>>bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Anthony
>>Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 2:27 PM
>>To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [huskerlug] Gentoo Network Help
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>>I'm a very new user of Linux, and decided to switch from Redhat to
>>Gentoo, mainly to experience a different distro.  I have run into
>>problems accessing my network however.  I managed to compile and
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>install
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>>the kernel, however when I first booted it up I got the error:
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>>SIOCSIFNETMASK: No Such Device
>>Failed to bring eth0 up
>>Netmount was not started
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>>I have been to the Gentoo forums, and can't seem to find a
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>satisfactory
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>>solution.  My installation process after the preliminary steps went
>>something like this:
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>>I ran make menuconfig, and under the network devices, I added support
>>for PCI/ISA/Onboard devices, 10/100 support, and then checked the
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>option
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>>for Realtek 8139 support.  I have a D-Link 550TX network card.
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>>After finishing the configuration I ran
>>make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install
>>cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot
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>>emerge app-admin/metalog
>>rc-update add metalog default
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>>emerge sys-apps/vcron
>>rc-update add vcron default
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>>emerge sys-apps/reiserfsprogs
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>>Modified fstab, change root password, /etc/conf.d/net, etc.
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>>rc-update add net.eth0 default
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>>At this point I rebooted and got the errors.  If anyone has any
>>suggestions, I would really appreciate them.  This is frustrating me a
>>lot.
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>>Dave Anthony
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