Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-18 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 18 Oct 2011 19:31:25 Colleen Beamer wrote: > On 10/16/11 18:23, Mick wrote: > > On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 23:04:00 CJoeB wrote: > >> Tried building tg3 directly into the kernel. It didn't help. :-( > > > > Try building both broadcom and tg3 directly into the kernel. [snip ] > Woo ho

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-18 Thread Colleen Beamer
On 10/16/11 18:23, Mick wrote: > On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 23:04:00 CJoeB wrote: >> On 10/16/11 17:24, Neil Bothwick wrote: >>> On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:02:08 +0100, Mick wrote: As I said above the kernel ought to manage the order in which the modules and dependencies are loaded. >>> Would buil

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-17 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 17.10.2011 14:40, schrieb J. Roeleveld: > On Mon, October 17, 2011 12:35 am, Florian Philipp wrote: > > > >> >> I agree that the problem should be solved but just in case Colleen wants >> to continue with his installation (I know, he is installing Gentoo for >> the first time so I doubt he va

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:39:40 +0200, Florian Philipp wrote: > > Is it up to an init script to do that either? I'd say no. either way > > seems wrong, but having the network config check that the interface is > > available before trying to bring it up seems somewhat less wrong. > Yes, I intended it

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-17 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Mon, October 17, 2011 12:35 am, Florian Philipp wrote: > > I agree that the problem should be solved but just in case Colleen wants > to continue with his installation (I know, he is installing Gentoo for > the first time so I doubt he values his time very high ;-) ), I suggest > he either im

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-17 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 17.10.2011 13:30, schrieb Neil Bothwick: > On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:19:16 +0100, Mick wrote: > >>> This seems more elegant than a separate init script, but do you want >>> it to return 0 unconditionally? If the modules fail to load, surely >>> you want the attempt to bring the interface up to abo

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:19:16 +0100, Mick wrote: > > This seems more elegant than a separate init script, but do you want > > it to return 0 unconditionally? If the modules fail to load, surely > > you want the attempt to bring the interface up to abort? > > In my head I find it less elegant to

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-17 Thread Mick
On 17 October 2011 09:15, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:35:35 +0200, Florian Philipp wrote: > >> preup() { >>     if [ "$IFACE" = eth0 ]; then >>         ebegin "Reloading broadcom and tg3 modules" >>         modprobe -r foo bar && >>         modprobe broadcom && >>         modprob

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-17 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:35:35 +0200, Florian Philipp wrote: > preup() { > if [ "$IFACE" = eth0 ]; then > ebegin "Reloading broadcom and tg3 modules" > modprobe -r foo bar && > modprobe broadcom && > modprobe tg3 > ewend $? "Failed to reload modules" >

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 17.10.2011 00:46, schrieb Alex Schuster: > Florian Philipp is not up to date yet: > >> I agree that the problem should be solved but just in case Colleen wants >> to continue with his installation (I know, he is installing Gentoo for >~~~ ~~

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread CJoeB
On 10/16/11 18:23, Mick wrote: > On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 23:04:00 CJoeB wrote: >> On 10/16/11 17:24, Neil Bothwick wrote: >>> On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:02:08 +0100, Mick wrote: As I said above the kernel ought to manage the order in which the modules and dependencies are loaded. >>> Would buil

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Alex Schuster
Florian Philipp is not up to date yet: > I agree that the problem should be solved but just in case Colleen wants > to continue with his installation (I know, he is installing Gentoo for ~~~ ~~~ > the first time so I doubt he values

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 16.10.2011 12:18, schrieb Mick: > On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 11:05:55 Florian Philipp wrote: >> Am 16.10.2011 01:05, schrieb CJoeB: >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> Well, thanks to the help I got from the list, I finally have Gentoo >>> installed on my new desktop and booting to a command prompt. >>> >>> How

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Mick
On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 23:04:00 CJoeB wrote: > On 10/16/11 17:24, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:02:08 +0100, Mick wrote: > >> As I said above the kernel ought to manage the order in which the > >> modules and dependencies are loaded. > > > > Would building one modules into the ker

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Mick
On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 22:24:17 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:02:08 +0100, Mick wrote: > > As I said above the kernel ought to manage the order in which the > > modules and dependencies are loaded. > > Would building one modules into the kernel and the other as a module > solve (wel

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread CJoeB
On 10/16/11 17:24, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:02:08 +0100, Mick wrote: > >> As I said above the kernel ought to manage the order in which the >> modules and dependencies are loaded. > Would building one modules into the kernel and the other as a module > solve (well, kludge) the

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:02:08 +0100, Mick wrote: > As I said above the kernel ought to manage the order in which the > modules and dependencies are loaded. Would building one modules into the kernel and the other as a module solve (well, kludge) the loading order problem? -- Neil Bothwick Ever

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 10:52:51 -0400, CJoeB wrote: > I couldn't do lshw because I had to install it and there was an error > during the build. Something about a "gui" and I don't have x installed > yet. USE="-gtk" emerge -1 lshw -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 32: Living dead signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 16.10.2011 21:19, schrieb CJoeB: > On 10/16/11 13:37, Mick wrote: >> On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 17:08:45 CJoeB wrote: >>> On 10/16/11 11:29, Matthew Finkel wrote: On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 11:05 AM, CJoeB >>> > wrote: > Also: Are the modules actually

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread CJoeB
On 10/16/11 13:37, Mick wrote: > On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 17:08:45 CJoeB wrote: >> On 10/16/11 11:29, Matthew Finkel wrote: >>> On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 11:05 AM, CJoeB >> >>> > wrote: >>> > Also: Are the modules actually loaded before you unload them? Use >>> >

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Mick
On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 17:08:45 CJoeB wrote: > On 10/16/11 11:29, Matthew Finkel wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 11:05 AM, CJoeB > > > > wrote: > > > Also: Are the modules actually loaded before you unload them? Use > > > `modprobe -vr broadcom tg3`. If

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread CJoeB
On 10/16/11 11:29, Matthew Finkel wrote: > On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 11:05 AM, CJoeB > wrote: > > > Also: Are the modules actually loaded before you unload them? Use > > `modprobe -vr broadcom tg3`. If there is no output, the module > was not > > load

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Mick
On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 15:52:51 CJoeB wrote: > On 10/16/11 06:43, Mick wrote: > > On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 00:05:01 CJoeB wrote: > >> Hi everyone, > >> > >> > >> However, now I have a networking issue. > >> > >> In past, when I booted to the install CD and my ethernet connection was > >> not active,

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Matthew Finkel
On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 11:05 AM, CJoeB wrote: > > Also: Are the modules actually loaded before you unload them? Use > > `modprobe -vr broadcom tg3`. If there is no output, the module was not > > loaded. > Prior to unloading the modules, output from 'modprobe -vr broadcom tg3' is > > rmmod /lib/m

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread CJoeB
On 10/16/11 08:59, Florian Philipp wrote: > Am 16.10.2011 12:43, schrieb Mick: >> On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 00:05:01 CJoeB wrote: >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> Well, thanks to the help I got from the list, I finally have Gentoo >>> installed on my new desktop and booting to a command prompt. >>> >>> However

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread CJoeB
On 10/16/11 06:43, Mick wrote: > On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 00:05:01 CJoeB wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> >> However, now I have a networking issue. >> >> In past, when I booted to the install CD and my ethernet connection was >> not active, I typed net-setup eth0 and was able to set it up. This >> time,

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread CJoeB
On 10/16/11 05:59, Stroller wrote: > On 16 October 2011, at 00:05, CJoeB wrote: >> ... >> However, when I boot, eth0 does not start. I can start it manually by >> doing 'modprobe -r broadcom' and 'modprobe -r tg3' and then 'modprobe >> broadcom' and 'modprobe tg3' >> >> However, I would like to ha

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 16.10.2011 12:43, schrieb Mick: > On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 00:05:01 CJoeB wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> Well, thanks to the help I got from the list, I finally have Gentoo >> installed on my new desktop and booting to a command prompt. >> >> However, now I have a networking issue. >> >> In past, whe

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Mick
On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 00:05:01 CJoeB wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Well, thanks to the help I got from the list, I finally have Gentoo > installed on my new desktop and booting to a command prompt. > > However, now I have a networking issue. > > In past, when I booted to the install CD and my ethern

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Mick
On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 11:05:55 Florian Philipp wrote: > Am 16.10.2011 01:05, schrieb CJoeB: > > Hi everyone, > > > > Well, thanks to the help I got from the list, I finally have Gentoo > > installed on my new desktop and booting to a command prompt. > > > > However, now I have a networking issue.

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 16.10.2011 01:05, schrieb CJoeB: > Hi everyone, > > Well, thanks to the help I got from the list, I finally have Gentoo > installed on my new desktop and booting to a command prompt. > > However, now I have a networking issue. > > In past, when I booted to the install CD and my ethernet conne

Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-16 Thread Stroller
On 16 October 2011, at 00:05, CJoeB wrote: > ... > However, when I boot, eth0 does not start. I can start it manually by > doing 'modprobe -r broadcom' and 'modprobe -r tg3' and then 'modprobe > broadcom' and 'modprobe tg3' > > However, I would like to have my network started automatically. Lis

[gentoo-user] Another Install Issue

2011-10-15 Thread CJoeB
Hi everyone, Well, thanks to the help I got from the list, I finally have Gentoo installed on my new desktop and booting to a command prompt. However, now I have a networking issue. In past, when I booted to the install CD and my ethernet connection was not active, I typed net-setup eth0 and was