Re: Gentoo on Thinkpad A20m

Try typing:

dmesg | grep eth0

once you've booted off the 1.4 install CD.

That should show you which driver the kernel used, (if it is not a module).

MAL


Rajesh Shah wrote:
> I had a look at the kernel config from all these sites. It says that I
> should be using the eepro100 driver for the built in ethernet card.
> However whenever I modprobe using this module it just says that it cannot
> find the device. There are no messages in dmesg. The ethernet card does
> work using the 1.4 install CD. How can I tell which driver it is using? I
> did an lsmod but it didn't list any ethernet modules that were loaded.
> 
> BTW - I did try using the kernel config file available from:
> http://dag.wieers.com/howto/thinkpad/a20m/.config-tp-a20m-2.4.9
> but that didn't help either :(
> 
> 
>>Rajesh Shah wrote:
>>
>>>Has anyone managed to install Gentoo 1.4 on a Thinkpad A20m. I
>>>followed the instructions in the install but cannot get the eth0
>>>interface up. My IPs are allocated using DHCP.
>>
>>check out the networking comments for your model here:
>>
>>http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ibm.html
>>
>>if you are using the built-in ethernet pro/100+ mini-pci nic.
>>
>>regards,
>>
>>chris calloway
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