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murderbymodem

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From: New Jersey

Registered: 2008-07-24

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[SOLVED] 8139cp 8139too mii

okay, I tried to install arch for the first time today, everything went smooth until I booted into it and tried to update pacman.
I have tried everything the beginner's guide says, so I moved on to the networking wiki and did

when I do

hwdetect --show-net

I get

8139cp 8139too mii

so I tried

# modprobe 8139cp

and

# modprobe 8139too

but, it didn't seem to work.:/
the computer is an old sony vaio, specs can be found here: http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/sony-v … 49333.html
it has a wireless PCI card, along with onboard ethernet, and I don't know which is which.

also: how do I edit .conf files after installing? the only way I know of to edit them is before install, when I type /etc/rc.conf as root it says access denied:(

Last edited by murderbymodem (2008-08-14 08:01:42)

wonder

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Re: [SOLVED] 8139cp 8139too mii

#<insert favorite editor> /etc/rc.conf

favorite editor: vi, nano, joe, emacs ...
not # in front. that means that you should edit as root

Last edited by wonder (2008-08-13 20:57:19)

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murderbymodem

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From: New Jersey

Registered: 2008-07-24

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Re: [SOLVED] 8139cp 8139too mii

#<insert favorite editor> /etc/rc.conf

favorite editor: vi, nano, joe, emacs ...
not # in front. that means that you should edit as root

thanks, now I can edit the files the beginner's guide says to.

oh and also, when I do

ifconfig -a

I see

"eth0"

and "lo"

Last edited by murderbymodem (2008-08-14 06:07:28)

murderbymodem

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From: New Jersey

Registered: 2008-07-24

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Re: [SOLVED] 8139cp 8139too mii

okay, I have tried

modprobe -r 8139cp

after reading about someone else who has the same 2 devices as me and fixed it this way.
then

modprobe 8139too

and then

dhcpcd eth0

but no luck, still get errors trying to pacman -Syu

Last edited by murderbymodem (2008-08-14 00:30:35)

murderbymodem

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Re: [SOLVED] 8139cp 8139too mii

okay here is my rc.conf

eth0"eth0 192.168.1.101 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"
interfaces=(eth0)

gateway="default gw 192.168.1.1"
routes=(gateway)

my resolv.conf

search hsd1.nj.comcast.net.
nameserver 192.168.1.101
nameserver 192.168.1.1

not sure what should go after nameserver so I just put random stuff =/ (192.168.1.101 is my computer's IP 192.168.1.1 is my router)
I can ping my router (192.168.1.1)
ping www.google.com gets unknown host, obviously pacman -Syy isn't working either.

Last edited by murderbymodem (2008-08-14 05:28:33)

murderbymodem

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Re: [SOLVED] 8139cp 8139too mii

tried a few changes according to advice from the irc.....

rc.conf

lo="127.0.0.1" eth0="dchp"
interfaces=(lo eth0)

gateway="default gw 192.168.1.1"
routes=(!gateway)

my resolv.conf

search hsd1.nj.comcast.net.
nameserver 192.168.1.100
nameserver 192.168.1.101
nameserver 192.168.1.102

(I left the resolv.conf blank when restarting to apply these changes and let it auto generate that file)

still getting unknown host pinging google and getting transient resolver failure from pacman -Syy.

I CAN ping my router and have been able to with a number of these configs.

EDIT: as pointed out by benny on IRC, I can ping google's IP (64.233.187.99)
<benny> so your problem is the DNS /etc/resolv.conf

any suggestions?

Last edited by murderbymodem (2008-08-14 06:27:57)

byte

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Re: [SOLVED] 8139cp 8139too mii

You have a normal cable or dsl router, right?

The normal config for such a setup is very simple:

eth0="dhcp"
interfaces=(eth0)

You don't need the gateway and routes entries, comment them out.

Ip adress, netmask, default gateway, nameservers -- that's all being handled by your router, via dhcp.
If it isn't, that would be a very unusual setup.

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murderbymodem

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Re: [SOLVED] 8139cp 8139too mii

works! thanks benny!:D

the problem was my resolv.conf
I entered a DNS besides my ISP's and it worked fine.
stupid comcast.

Last edited by murderbymodem (2008-08-14 08:02:30)