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4760/Gentoo Kernel Troubles

post #1 of 6
8/8/03 at 5:48pm
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I know I have mentioned it in other threads, but I thought it was time to start a new one for this topic. In my initial installation I used the /proc/config off of the Gentoo cd to build my linux-sources kernel. At the time I didn't modify the config, because I knew I could recompile later for more options. Now everytime I compile a kernel using with vanilla-sources, when it boots I get a "hda: interrupt lost" message and it just freezes. I have reinstalled the source serveral time for different attempts.
I believe this interrupt error is related to SMP, but I am not entirely sure how.

I can successfully compile the gentoo-sources and get the machine to boot ok. The only problem I have here is my 8139too does not seem to work. I can modprobe it and not get errors but it never sends or receives packets.

My most immediate goal would be to use the gentoo-sources if I can just figure out the network card issue? Anyone have anyideas? I know someone have had gentoo installed on this machine...if you have your .config still I would most appreciate it.


Thanks,
David
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post #2 of 6
8/8/03 at 6:31pm
If you are using DHCP.

Go into /etc/conf.d and edit "net". Make sure you have this line uncommented:

iface_eth0="dhcp"

That make the interface eth0 use dhcp. Next, after modprobing 8139too, execute this command:

/etc/init.d/net.eth0 start

That should start the eth0 interface and use dhcp to get an IP address.

To see if it worked, run ifconfig and see if eth0 has been given an IP address.
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post #3 of 6
8/9/03 at 12:15am
try compiling the realtek network driver right into the kernel. i've seen times where that will work when using it as a module won't.
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post #4 of 6
8/9/03 at 2:15am
That's what I did for my gentoo setup on my 5670. It works fine. I'm using the gaming sources.
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post #5 of 6
8/9/03 at 7:12am
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I still unfortunately have had no luck. Pinging an IP on my subdomain always yeilds a "Destination Host Unreachable" message. I brought down the interface and used /sbin/dhcpcd to try and pull an IP, but no packets sent so nothing. I did compile the 8139too into the kernel and I can see when my bootup modprobes fail, and since ifconfig shows up I assume it worked. But unfortunately still no packets being sent.

route -n displays:
10.1.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 255.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 lo


Any more ideas?

David Stanek
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post #6 of 6
8/9/03 at 1:11pm
I think I mentioned this in another thread, but I found that the 8139too driver requires one or both of the kernel sub-options "Support for uncommon RTL-8139 rev. K" and "Support for older RTL-8129/8130 boards". The first time I compiled for the 4760 I didn't include these and the networking behaved as you describe. When I added these sub-options, it immediately started working. (The config had been previously set up with a precompiled kernel that did have a working driver.) HTH.
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