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Bug 65792 - Unable to get networking running with via-velocity ethernet
Summary: Unable to get networking running with via-velocity ethernet
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Release Media
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Everything (show other bugs)
Hardware: AMD64 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo LiveCD Package Maintainers
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: 66564 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2004-09-29 04:05 UTC by Tom Lianza
Modified: 2004-10-15 23:57 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description Tom Lianza 2004-09-29 04:05:00 UTC 
I don't believe the via-velocity ethernet driver is included with the latest version of Gentoo, so my LiveCD doesn't give me any networking.  I believe the driver is called via-velocity.o (not via-rhine).  It is included in the latest Fedora, but I don't see it in the latest Gentoo.  If there was some documentation that showed how to load up a driver that doesn't come with Gentoo, that would be helpful too, but I couldn't find any.  I happen to be running AMD64, but I'd imagine this is also a problem with the x86 flavors.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Try to run gentoo on a machine based on an Abit kv8 pro motherboard
2. 
3.

Actual Results:  
Unable to get online.  net-setup failed to do anything with eth0

Expected Results:  
Should have provided and loaded the correct driver for the NIC.
Comment 1 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-10-06 15:31:46 UTC 
*** Bug 66564 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-10-15 23:57:23 UTC 
Have you tried the new amd64 test CD?

http://tinyurl.com/6okec

It should include the proper driver.  If not, please REOPEN this bug.