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   From: unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca   
      
   aambience06@yahoo.com writes:   
      
   > Ok well I just installed linux gentoo from a livecd a couple days ago   
   >and I've been trying to fix my network settings ever since. The only   
   >way I can get online is if i boot up the cd but otherwise I keep   
   >getting this. .   
      
   > ERROR network interface eth0 does not exist   
   >  Please verify hardware or kernel module (drivers)   
      
   Well, you need to do what it says.   
      
   First run   
   ifconfig   
   and show us everything that is listed. Not what you think is relevant,   
   since by your admission you do not know what is relevant, -- everything.   
      
   Then do   
   dmesg|grep eth   
   and show us what is listed.   
      
      
      
   >Now I'm not lazy, I looked up the subject to try and fix it and this   
   >is what I've done so far, I setup the network by making a symbolic   
   >link between net.lo and net.eth0   
      
   No idea what you are talking about, and that is certainly wrong anyway.   
   eth0 has nothing to do with lo, and trying to force it is certain to mess   
   up everything.   
      
      
   >I configured the network interface by going to /etc/conf.d/net which   
   >looks like   
      
   >config_eth0=("192.168.0.7 netmask 255.255.255.0")   
   >routes_eth0=("default via 192.168.0.1")   
      
   It looks like you are using dhcp-- or if not tell us. If you are then those   
   are almost certainly wrong.   
      
      
   >And I've tried to start it with # /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start   
      
   Since you linked net.eth0 to net.lo this will NOT give you eth0 starting   
   up.   
   Does your distro really stuff net.* into /etc/init.d?   
      
      
   >but it still says eth0 doesn't exist. I also tried erasing /etc/udev/   
   >rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and restarting but that didn't work so   
   >what else can i do?   
      
   >Heres some other details, I called my PC manufacturer (Gateway) to get   
   >my NIC info and they said I don't have one, its integrated with the   
   >motherboard or something like that and the maker is Foxcom  but when I   
   >put in ifconfig instead of seeing eth0 plus all the info I see dummy0   
   >so what does that mean?? Please help . .   
      
   NO idea. You certainly do have a nic, whether built in or not.   
   Are you sure it is not disabled in the bios?   
      
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