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sear

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Registered: 2004-04-24

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network card does not work

hi there

i just installed my arch linux!

well, i get an error loading the network card at boot (i can not read it, its to fast) and if i type ifconfig i dont see any network card. just lo and another one. but no network cards.

in the arch setup the card went after that i had configured the card with the automatic tool in the setup.

i have got a hp nx7000 notebook, and if a type

lspci

it returnes (i just write the ethernet here):

Ethernet Controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co. , LTD. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 20)
Network Controller: Intel Corp. : Unknow device 1034 (rev 04)

how can i get it working?

thanks!

sear

Mr Green

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From: U.K.

Registered: 2003-12-21

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Re: network card does not work

Try modprobe r8139

then set up ifconfig & then try pinging a URL...

If you get that working you can then set up rc.conf

HTH

Mr Green

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sear

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Registered: 2004-04-24

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Re: network card does not work

nope that didn't work.

can't find r8139!

aCoder

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From: Medina, OH

Registered: 2004-03-07

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Re: network card does not work

modprobe 8139cp

or, (usually for integrated chips)

modprobe 8139too

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Mr Green

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Re: network card does not work

Sorry thats the one.....mine is r8169...... :oops:

Mr Green

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sear

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Registered: 2004-04-24

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Re: network card does not work

hmm modprobe worked, thanks

after that i saw a eth0 in ifconfig

but how can i tell ifconfig to use dhcp for eth0 ?

thanks!

xerxes2

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From: Malmoe, Sweden

Registered: 2004-04-23

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Re: network card does not work

Edit your /etc/rc.conf.

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Mr Green

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Re: network card does not work

to look something like this

HOSTNAME="jester"
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0)
gateway="default gw 192.168.1.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
DAEMONS=(syslogd klogd !pcmcia network netfs crond)

HTH

Mr Green

note change above to suit your system.... :-)

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xerxes2

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From: Malmoe, Sweden

Registered: 2004-04-23

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Re: network card does not work

Hi Green!!

You are getting better and better on these ethernet drivers, thanks for fixing my laptop yesterday.

Now I got a "serial" mouse problem on my stationary, check out DE for more information!

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sear

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Registered: 2004-04-24

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Re: network card does not work

hmm that allready looks so, but it wont work

any other ideas?

morphus

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From: Braunschweig

Registered: 2003-08-06

Posts: 145

Re: network card does not work

You could do a

pacman -S dhcpcd

and then do a

dhcpcd eth0

that's all.