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mattjones

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Registered: 2008-07-22

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Installing 2.6.26 (testing) kernel without network connection

I'm having problems getting my wired connection working on my Acer Aspire One netbook. I can see the eth0 interface using ifconfig and I've followed the instructions on the Wiki, however, the network won't come up. After reading up on this in the forums it looks like it's a problem with with the r8169 driver in the 2.6.25 kernel, and upgrading the kernel to 2.6.26 has fixed this for some people.

I need some guidance on how to upgrade the kernel without a network connection. Or is it better if I wait for the 2.6.26 kernel to be added to the Core repo and re-install Arch from scratch?

bangkok_manouel

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Registered: 2005-02-07

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Re: Installing 2.6.26 (testing) kernel without network connection

just download the package from any mirror from another box then use:
pacman -U package_full_name.pkg.tar.gz
done.

ozar

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Registered: 2005-02-18

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Re: Installing 2.6.26 (testing) kernel without network connection

Another option would be to drop a dedicated network card into an empty PCI slot, install the Arch base system and then upgrade to the 2.6.26 kernel, then you can remove the dedicated NIC and the motherboard (onboard) network controllers should work on reboot.

If you have the same issues I did with the r8169 drivers, I'm not too sure the new 2.6.26 kernel going into 'core' will help you unless you already have a booting kernel on the installation disk that gives you a working network connection.

Let us know how it goes.

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teisler

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Registered: 2007-11-09

Posts: 4

Re: Installing 2.6.26 (testing) kernel without network connection

Thank-you for your comments.

I had problems with the r8169 driver with Kernel 2.6.25 and I have had no problems once I upgraded to 2.6.26.

However, I don't seem to be able to find the kernel-headers for 2.6.26 and without them I am unable to compile any additional programs.

Could someone point me to where I can get the corresponding headers?

Thank-you,

Troi

Jack B

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Registered: 2006-06-27

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Re: Installing 2.6.26 (testing) kernel without network connection

They are in the kernel-headers package.

pacman -S kernel-headers

edit: actually, that package currently contains the old headers.  It will probably be updated when kernel26 moves to core.

Last edited by Jack B (2008-07-23 10:09:41)

AndyRTR

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Registered: 2005-10-07

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Re: Installing 2.6.26 (testing) kernel without network connection

edit: actually, that package currently contains the old headers.  It will probably be updated when kernel26 moves to core.

no. as we need kernel-headers only to build the toolchain we usually update that pkg only then. kernel-headers pkg doesn't have to match the installed kernel26 pkg version. though you can always abs it and update it yourself.

Mr.Elendig

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Registered: 2004-11-07

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Re: Installing 2.6.26 (testing) kernel without network connection

However, I don't seem to be able to find the kernel-headers for 2.6.26 and without them I am unable to compile any additional programs.

Could someone point me to where I can get the corresponding headers?

1. As said, you don't need the headers to build most other apps.
2. The kernel headers should be the same version as glibc and the rest of the toolchain, not the same version as the kernel.

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