Dan McGhee wrote: > Please excuse the "top post." I've done it for a reason. > > Alan, you have gotten a number of great suggestions from some really > helpful people. I think, however, that the waters are very muddy right > now. The main problem is that your system can't find your ethernet > card--eth0. That's the first goal. After your system sees and > acknowledges it's existence, then troubleshoot connecting if any > problems persist. > > On 11/25/2013 08:59 AM, Alan Feuerbacher wrote: >> On 11/24/2013 2:33 PM, Pierre Labastie wrote: >>>>> lsmod >>>>> ###### >>>>> Module Size Used by >>>>> x86_pkg_temp_thermal 4511 0 >>>>> ###### > This shows that either the module is not loaded or that it's configured > into your kernel.
No. It just means that no other module depends on x86_pkg_temp_thermal. >>> I think Bruce was talking about a working distribution (the one you used to >>> build LFS for example). Boot it and run lsmod. >>> The information you get there could indicate the right driver for the >>> kernel. >> Ah! Here's the output from the Fedora host with lsmod : >> >> ####### >> Module Size Used by >> <snipped irrelevant stuff> >> >> >> >> mac80211 564847 1 b43 >> cfg80211 460310 2 b43,mac80211 b43 is Broadcom 43xx wireless support *80211 are for wireless 802.11 and not needed at this point >> rfkill 21694 5 cfg80211,bluetooth,asus_wmi RF switch subsystem support -- not needed now b43 is Broadcom 43xx wireless support *80211 are for wireless 802.11 and not needed at this point >> >> r8169 71677 0 >> mii 13527 1 r8169 Looking at the help in the kernel for CONFIG_R8169: Selects: FW_LOADER [=y] && CRC32 [=y] && MII [=y] so mii is probably selected automatically. The question the above line gives me is whether there is a firmware blob for this card. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
