On Thursday 12 May 2005 10:12, Daniel Drake wrote: > cfk wrote: > > I can do a "modprobe 3c95x" and lsmod shows it is loaded. I can then do > > an "ifconfig eth0 up" and the interface is up (ping www.yahoo.com works). > > > > The file /etc/conf.d/net has two uncommented lines: > > iface_eth0="dhcp" > > gateway="eth0/10.10.10.1" > > > > I am suspecting that the netmount is the source of my confusion. Since > > "modprobe 3c59x" allows the interface to then work just fine, there may > > be a needed alias to tell the init script the PCI card for the ethernet > > interface is a 3Com. If I recall, in some other distributions, there is > > an alias file for modules and perhaps Gentoo is a little different then > > my previous understanding. > > Is there any particular reason why you built 3c59x as a module as opposed > to in-kernel? If you had built it in-kernel, you would not be having these > problems - the kernel would just sort out the driver loading for you. > > Anyway, assuming you _do_ have a reason why you want it as a module, then > you should add it to /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 assuming you are > running a 2.6 kernel. > > > p.s Why would "emerge vi" say "no ebuilds". I have nano, but not vi yet. > > Try vim > > > p.p.s. After this step, the "emerge kde" tells me that libtool.m4 has the > > wrong version and I need to run "libtoolize --copy --force". I run that, > > and get the error "configure.ac does nto exist, run libtoolize --help. > > Invoking "libtoolize --help" tells me I need to run it from the toplevel > > directory, which I assume to be where the source for libtool.m4 would be. > > Where would the default location for libtool be so I could run libtoolize > > properly, or should I "emerge <something_else", or "emerge > > <the_same_thing_again>" > > Run emerge sync and try again. Which package is actually failing? I doubt > it is the "kde" package itself, it is probably one of its dependencies. > > You are not expected to run libtoolize yourself. The ebuild in question > should handle this, but you may be running into a bug. > > Daniel
Dear Daniel, Mark and others; After adding 3c59x to /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6, the partition boots fine with networking enabled. To answer the original question on modules, I just ran "genkernel" and took all the defaults as I am new to Gentoo. I did then "emerge --sync" followed by "emerge kde" and I still get the libtoolize version error. On this one, I am not sure which way to go next, perhaps a little more advice ifyou dont mind. Things are progressing, some knowledge is seeping into my little brain, and I appreciate all the help. Charles Krinke -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
