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Here's the story. I have Gentoo and Mandrake. I leave my computer on 24/7.
A few days ago, I came home from work and eth0 was down. I thought it
might be a problem with Gentoo, so I booted into Mandrake. Same deal. So I
booted back into Gentoo, and suddenly Gentoo boot says "snd-card-0 not
found", and there's no sound. I boot back into Mandrake, and Mandrake has
sound. Taking one problem at a time, I put a spare ethernet card in, and
try eth1 in Mandrake, and then Gentoo, and that doesn't work either. I try
a Gentoo Live-CD, and that doesn't accept either ethernet card. Thinking
it might be a problem with the whole motherboard or something (I'm not too
hardware savvy), I try a different computer. I used it last month, so I
know its ethernet card works. Same deal. So I call my ISP and they say it
might be a problem with the modem/splitter, so I get a new set. Still no
connection in Gentoo. So I use eth1 (which I'm assuming means ethernet
card #2), and that's a no-go in Gentoo (which still has no sound), but
Gentoo LIVE-cd, and Mandrake can now connect through the new ethernet card
I installed (and both claim it's called eth0, which pretty much ruins my
idea of hardware/device handling in Linux, which dictates it should be
called eth1). Still no sound/connection in Gentoo with either card.
Tomorrow I'm going to see if Mandrake can connect through eth0 (first
ethernet card), and if a reinstall of ALSA in Gentoo will help get sound
back. Now I just want to whine and ask if anyone has any idea how to get
Gentoo to connect and what could have caused this. If it was the modem,
why won't Gentoo connect now? If it was the ethernet card or modem, why
did sound break in Gentoo? If it was the motherboard (or whatever handles
cards), why didn't sound break in Mandrake? No matter how I turn it in my
head, I can't get this to make sense. Any wise guru care to take a shot at
this?

Noseknows <fake@fake.fake> writes:

]sound. Taking one problem at a time, I put a spare ethernet card in, and
]try eth1 in Mandrake, and then Gentoo, and that doesn't work either. I try

No idea what it is that does not work. And why "try" eth1? it is the only
card on your system and unless you tell it explicitly, it will use eth0.
Why would it thing that you want want a non-functional ethernet card to be
eth0 and a functioning one to be eth1?


]a Gentoo Live-CD, and that doesn't accept either ethernet card. Thinking
]it might be a problem with the whole motherboard or something (I'm not too
]hardware savvy), I try a different computer. I used it last month, so I
]know its ethernet card works. Same deal. So I call my ISP and they say it
]might be a problem with the modem/splitter, so I get a new set. Still no

So what is your system and what is your evidence that the ethernet card
does not work? It might be working fine.
I assume you are connecting via dhcp with your IPS through and ADSL modem?


]connection in Gentoo. So I use eth1 (which I'm assuming means ethernet
]card #2), and that's a no-go in Gentoo (which still has no sound), but

No. It means the second ethernet card which is set up on your system. There
is no numbering of ethernet cards.

]Gentoo LIVE-cd, and Mandrake can now connect through the new ethernet card
]I installed (and both claim it's called eth0, which pretty much ruins my
]idea of hardware/device handling in Linux, which dictates it should be
]called eth1). Still no sound/connection in Gentoo with either card.

Why should it be called eth1? It is according to your the only working
card in the system.


]Tomorrow I'm going to see if Mandrake can connect through eth0 (first
]ethernet card), and if a reinstall of ALSA in Gentoo will help get sound
]back. Now I just want to whine and ask if anyone has any idea how to get
]Gentoo to connect and what could have caused this. If it was the modem,
]why won't Gentoo connect now? If it was the ethernet card or modem, why
]did sound break in Gentoo? If it was the motherboard (or whatever handles
]cards), why didn't sound break in Mandrake? No matter how I turn it in my
]head, I can't get this to make sense. Any wise guru care to take a shot at
]this?

Misconfiguration?

This is a known problem/bug in the latest release of the Gentoo Install CD.

I had the same problem and this is my solution:

Download an older install release and install Gentoo with it. Do it on so
that Gentoo downloads the latest source's live from the Internet, so
you've the newest release of Gentoo.

If it won't work after intall check your kernel configuration.

Succes


On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 19:27:54 +0000, Bill Unruh wrote:

> Noseknows <fake@fake.fake> writes:
>
> ]sound. Taking one problem at a time, I put a spare ethernet card in, and
> ]try eth1 in Mandrake, and then Gentoo, and that doesn't work either. I try
>
> No idea what it is that does not work. And why "try" eth1? it is the only
> card on your system and unless you tell it explicitly, it will use eth0.
> Why would it thing that you want want a non-functional ethernet card to be
> eth0 and a functioning one to be eth1?
>
>
> ]a Gentoo Live-CD, and that doesn't accept either ethernet card. Thinking
> ]it might be a problem with the whole motherboard or something (I'm not too
> ]hardware savvy), I try a different computer. I used it last month, so I
> ]know its ethernet card works. Same deal. So I call my ISP and they say it
> ]might be a problem with the modem/splitter, so I get a new set. Still no
>
> So what is your system and what is your evidence that the ethernet card
> does not work? It might be working fine.
> I assume you are connecting via dhcp with your IPS through and ADSL modem?
>
>
> ]connection in Gentoo. So I use eth1 (which I'm assuming means ethernet
> ]card #2), and that's a no-go in Gentoo (which still has no sound), but
>
> No. It means the second ethernet card which is set up on your system. There
> is no numbering of ethernet cards.
>
> ]Gentoo LIVE-cd, and Mandrake can now connect through the new ethernet card
> ]I installed (and both claim it's called eth0, which pretty much ruins my
> ]idea of hardware/device handling in Linux, which dictates it should be
> ]called eth1). Still no sound/connection in Gentoo with either card.
>
> Why should it be called eth1? It is according to your the only working
> card in the system.
>
>
> ]Tomorrow I'm going to see if Mandrake can connect through eth0 (first
> ]ethernet card), and if a reinstall of ALSA in Gentoo will help get sound
> ]back. Now I just want to whine and ask if anyone has any idea how to get
> ]Gentoo to connect and what could have caused this. If it was the modem,
> ]why won't Gentoo connect now? If it was the ethernet card or modem, why
> ]did sound break in Gentoo? If it was the motherboard (or whatever handles
> ]cards), why didn't sound break in Mandrake? No matter how I turn it in my
> ]head, I can't get this to make sense. Any wise guru care to take a shot at
> ]this?
>
> Misconfiguration?

On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 16:52:21 +0000, Noseknows wrote:

> No matter how I turn it in my
> head, I can't get this to make sense. Any wise guru care to take a shot at
> this?

do lspci (emerge pciutils, it's also on the packages cd)

Is there an ethernet controller listed?