eth0 problems

[Paul Howarth]

Maciek R. wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 14:07 +0000, Paul Howarth wrote:
> 
> 
>>What's the output of:
>>
>># grep eth0 /etc/modprobe.conf
>># cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> 
> 
> ifconfig command output is ...
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> 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
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Your eth0 driver is not loaded so it's not surprising that these aren't 
showing it.

> ifcfg-eth0 file output ...
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> # Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
> # for the documentation of these parameters.
> IPV6INIT=no
> onBOOT=yes

Try changing "onBOOT" to "ONBOOT".

> USERCTL=no
> PEERDNS=yes
> TYPE=Ethernet
> DEVICE=eth0
> HWADDR=00:c0:9f:42:33:e6
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> I must boot my new kernel to get /etc/modprobe.conf.

Why? /etc/modprobe.conf is a regular file and not part of the kernel itself.

Which kernel driver does your card use?

Paul.