eth0

[Alexander Raab]

Scot L. Harris wrote:

>On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 13:53, Matt Morgan wrote:
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>>On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 02:17:51 +0900, naxis <naxis at valiansys.com> wrote:
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>>>I need your help.
>>>I have a problem with my ethernet pcmcia card.
>>>I get this message on boot:
>>>Bringing up interface eth0: xirc2ps_cs does not seem to be present.Delaying
>>>eth0 initialization
>>>
>>>And I cannot activate the card.
>>>When the system shuts down I get this message:
>>>Shutting down eth0
>>>
>>>What is my problem?
>>>      
>>>
>>Sounds like a common problem where the ethernet card is trying to
>>start before pcmcia has started (that's a Xircom PCMCIA card, right?).
>>I don't know how to fix this myself, but I know it's been answered on
>>this list before. Try searching the list archives for "pcmcia" or
>>"card services" at
>>
>>http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&r=1&w=2
>>
>>And I bet you'll find some useful tips.
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>If that is the problem then in the Network GUI mark that card NOT to
>start at boot time.
>
><insert rant #36 here>
>
>Under FC2 this was a real problem.  When the system boots any pcmcia
>network card will be started when pcmcia services start up even if it is
>marked NOT to start at boot time.  
>
>If you do have it marked to start at boot time it won't start.  It will
>get all confused because network services tries to start it but the
>underlying pcmcia service is not up yet.  So it fails and usually hangs
>itself.
>  
>
Hi,

I had the same problems with my dns-server on rh8.
The pcmcia was started but didn`t finished.
All other services and the network started without problems.
The solution was to but between the pcmcia and the dns-server all other 
services that didn`t need a network.

bye
Alex