Arch Linux

Gralha

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2008-09-20

Posts: 7

2.2009 instalations problems

Hi guys,

I'm got a problem when installing arch in my new hard disk. I have done arch installation on the same machine (besides de new hd) 3 times and never got a problem.

Once I'm not a very experient user I follow Beginners guide . Boot the live cd and install the base system (until step 2.11) and reboot. When the machine restarts I got a fail in boot when the kernel tries to update modules. I check my network and it is not working.

 
#ifconfig -a

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU: 16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0

With no eth0.

#lspci | grep Ethernet
00:14.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet controller (rev a3)
04:09.0 Ethernet controller: Via technologies, Inc. VT6105/VT6106S [Rhine-III] (rev 8b)

I remember that nVidia needs forcedeth module up to work. So I do:

modproble forcedeth
FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.27-ARCH/modules.dep: No such files or directory

That was weird once the live cd kernel is 2.6.28 and the instaled kernel is 2.6.29 why modproble is point to 2.6.27?!?! Once the dep is at /lib/modules/2.6.29-ARCH/ !  I try:

#modproble --set-version="2.6.29-ARCH" forcedeth
FATAL: Error inserting forcedeth module (/lib/modules/2.6.29-ARCH/kernel/drivers/net/forcedeth.ko): Invalid module format

I reinstall by a net install and got stucked at the same problems.
What should I do?

Gralha

Member

From: Brazil

Registered: 2008-09-20

Posts: 7

Re: 2.2009 instalations problems

I get it!

Because the other HD with archlinux modprobe gets grazy and points to wrong directory. I just take off the sata cable, reboot and everything get fine.

Now I'm stucked at the xorg 1.6 config

demian

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From: Frankfurt, Germany

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 709

Re: 2.2009 instalations problems

I get it!

Because the other HD with archlinux modprobe gets grazy and points to wrong directory. I just take off the sata cable, reboot and everything get fine.

Now I'm stucked at the xorg 1.6 config

Why don't you use xf86-input-evdev? Should work without further configuration.

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