Fw: Network configuration probelms (still)
Kellie Blackwell
kb4fsu at cfl.rr.com
Sun Aug 22 22:22:03 UTC 2004
Hmm, I sent this a while ago but it hasn't show up on the list. Apologies if
it ends up being a double post.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kellie Blackwell" <kb4fsu at cfl.rr.com>
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: Network configuration probelms (still)
> >Am So, den 22.08.2004 schrieb Kellie Blackwell um 22:55:
> >
> >> >cat /proc/interrupts
> >>
> >> CPU0
> >> 0: 4692579: XT-PIC timer
> >> 1: 2881: XT-PIC i8042
> >> 2: 0: XT-PIC cascade
> >> 5: 95: XT-PIC uhci_hcd
> >> 8: 1: XT-PIC rtc
> >> 10: 1: XT-PIC EMU10K1
> >> 12: 74970: XT-PIC i8042
> >> 14: 17812: XT-PIC ide0
> >> 15: 42972: XT-PIC ide1
> >> NMI: 0:
> >> ERR: 0:
> >>
> >> Interesting! Where did IRQ 11 go that was mentioned in the messages
file?
> >
> >I do not see the "natsemi" module loaded there. Make sure
> >/etc/modprobe.conf has following line
> >
> >alias eth0 natsemi
>
> Ah-ha!!! This line was not in the /etc/modprobe.conf file. I added it,
> rebooted and voila! Now I have an eth0 reported by ifconfig, IRQ 11 shows
up
> in /proc/interrupts and I can get to the internet The ERR line in
> /proc/interrupts now shows 1. I'm guessing that means I still have an
error
> of some kind? Also there are a few extra lines in /var/log/messages on of
> which says "eth0: link up".
>
> Thank you Alexander!!!
>
> >> >cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> >>
> >> DEVICE=eth0
> >> ONBOOT=yes
> >> BOOTPROTO=none
> >> USERCTL=no
> >> NAME='ethernet LAN card"
> >
> >The quotes are unbalanced. Put a # in front of the NAME line.
>
> That's just my bad typing. Since I had no networking on my computer, I had
> to write all the file contents by hand.
>
> >> IPADDR=192.168.1.20
> >> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> >> BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
> >> NETWORK=192.168.1.0
> >> GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
> >> PEERDNS=yes
> >>
> >> Steve.
> >
> >So what happens if running "modprobe -v natsemi" in the syslog? Run a
> >second terminal with "tail -f /var/log/messages" to see that in parallel
> >to loading the module. Does the eth0 then use an IRQ? "service network
> >restart" should activate eth0 and show it in "ifconfig" output.
> >
> >Alexander
>
> Steve
>
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