No network connection after upgrade (via 'yum')

[Jon D. Slater]

I just went back and tried kernel-2.6.13-1.1526_FC4 and the network is 
broken there too...

Jon D. Slater wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I just recently did a 'yum' update to my existing FC4 install, and 
> re-booted.  The 'yum update' updated my kernel.
> kernel-2.6.12-1.1456_FC4    -->   kernel-2.6.13-1.1532_FC4
>
> My network connection stopped.
>
> If I look at the network support tools, it looks like everything is 
> working.
>
> During boot, I see the network service start (appears fine), and the a 
> long pause when trying to connect to the nntp "Time Server" (which 
> Fails).
>
> If I reboot using the old (2.6.12-1.1456) kernel, everything works fine.
>
> Typically when I've yum-updated before, everything that's needed to 
> support the kernel "comes with it".
>
> I'm running FC4 on an HP Pavilion 8150, with a Linksys NC100 (Network 
> Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 [rev 11]) card.  And I've never had 
> any problems, until now.
>
> Obviously, this isn't an urgent issue, because I can boot using the 
> old kernel, but does anyone know of something I should have done?
>
> My first thought when this happened was that my network card had died, 
> so I replaced it with a 3 Com 3c905, and got exactly the same 
> problem.  (That's when I tried putting the old card back in and 
> booting using the old kernel.)
>
> Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.
>
> Jon
>
>