Error on eth0 after kernel update
Maciek R.
m.mail at vp.pl
Mon Dec 20 22:44:45 UTC 2004
What I wanted to add:
Even under the old kernel, getting IP via DHCP on booting the system
became very slow. I have no idea why, because after installing a fresh
copy of Fedora Core 3 it was as fast as the wind behind my window ;-)
On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 23:26 +0100, Maciek R. wrote:
> So I am posting my configuration now:
>
> The Card is ->
> Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet
>
> ifconfig command output:
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> RX packets:3343 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:3343 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:4174142 (3.9 MiB) TX bytes:4174142 (3.9 MiB)
>
> route command output:
>
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
> Iface
> 169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0
> lo
>
>
> ifcfg-eth0 file output:
>
> # Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
> # for the documentation of these parameters.
> IPV6INIT=no
> ONBOOT=yes
> USERCTL=no
> PEERDNS=yes
> TYPE=Ethernet
> DEVICE=eth0
> HWADDR=00:c0:9f:42:33:e6
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
>
> On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 16:56 -0500, William Hooper wrote:
> > Maciek R. said:
> > > What I want to know either is: Is it important to keep your system up to
> > > date?
> >
> > It depends if the update is just a feature update or a security update.
> >
> > > Is it important to update my kernel - even if my hardware will not
> > > work after it?
> >
> > Kernel updates are generally to fix security issues (important to update)
> > or to fix specific problems (not as important if it doesn't effect you).
> >
> > Perhaps you can give us enough information on your issue that we can help.
> > Start with what kind of network card you have. Possibly the output of
> > some basic network commands:
> >
> > ifconfig
> > route
> >
> > The contents of /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 would
> > probably help, too.
> >
> > --
> > William Hooper
> >
> --
> Maciek R. <m.mail at vp.pl>
>
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Maciek R. <m.mail at vp.pl>
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