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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Jonathon</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think the network card is the problem - there
have been a few snafu's with the 3com ones.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bry</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jdaniel1@nyc.rr.com href="mailto:jdaniel1@nyc.rr.com">Jonathan
Alexander Daniel</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=fedora-list@redhat.com
href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 21, 2003 3:04
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> IP Configuration</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just installed Fedora as an upgrade to RedHat
9.0. I lost my internet connection. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Upon booting I get the following
information:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ipchains and ip tables can not be used together
[Warning]</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Determining IP information for eth1...failed; no
link present. Check cable?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But I know the cable is working.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When I look at the network information I get the
following for eth1 (the device I am using for the internet
connection):</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Device
Type
Device Status</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3c900B-TPO [Etherlink
XL] Ethernet Eth1
ok</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Active profile: common</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If I try to activate this (it is listed as
inactive) I get the following message:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>redhat-config-network: Error saving
configuration!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>[Errno 2] No such file or directory:
//etc/sysconfig/network-scripts//ifcfg-lo.rpmsave</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If I do cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and do
ls, what I can see is that file (ifcfg-lo.rpmsave) but it is surrounded by a
brownish-red background which is flashing. If I do "less
ifcfg-lo.rpmsave" I get the message, "No such file or directory."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can anyone tell me what is happening and how to
re-establish my network connection?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>TIA</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>