Gentoo networking

[Chad]

On 5/2/07, Russel Caldwell <caldr704 at gmail.com> wrote:
> What output am I looking for with lsmod? I'll apparently have to emerge
> pciutils to do lspci.

lsmod you are looking for *something* related to your NIC.  To find
out what that something is, lspci will tell you which card you have.
If it's not obvious at that point, you can reply back here or google
for your card as reported by lspci.

Totally different idea:

Assuming you installed using the 'net and not one of the other offline
options, then your LiveCD apparently has the right modules for your
system.  If you did a genkernel instead of custom kernel build, then
you are likely to have the module built you just need to figure out
which one is needed.
Boot up with your LiveCD and then check lsmod.  You can compare the 2
lsmod outputs:
lsmod > lsmod-LiveCD (with LiveCD booted)
lsmod > lsmod-custom-kernel (with installed system booted)
You will of course need to redirect those somewhere stable (such as
/mnt/gentoo/home/user/) otherwise after you reboot to boot your kernel
you will lose your lsmod output :)
and then compare them.  See if something obvious pokes out.

Good luck.

-Chad