eth0 problems at boot time !!!

[Jim Cornette]

George wrote:
>  i ve just installed(upgrate from fc1 )  fc2 test3 relleased  and i have 
> the following problem .
> 
> My eth0 was configured  as  well , but  during initialization i received 
> the following message
> 
> " Determinign IP information for ...eth0 ... failed  . No link presented 
> , Check cable ?
> thats all
> and of course i can't connect to my lan and to the internet as you 
> imagined ...
> the worst is that i cant even  configure  my card  manualy  , i took the 
> same  message ....
> Please help.
> 

This might sound like a silly solution. When I was checking out the 2.5 
kernels on one of my computers, kudzu would recognize my cards 
differently between 2.4 and the then 2.5 kernel versions. When kudzu 
would ask to remove my ethernet driver configuration, I would say no.
It then wanted to add another network card driver for the 2.6 ish kernel.

The driver selection that was correct for the 2.4 kernel was correct and 
worked for the 2.6ish kernel also. The new kudzu selection that was 
picked with the 2.6 kernel didn't work.

Anyway, try installing a 2.4 kernel with the options below. Let kudzu 
configure the new drivr for the nic. Then Reboot into the 2.6 kernel and 
see if your NIC works.

To install the 2.4 kernel, you have to download the rpm. Then run the 
below lines to install an "older" version kernel.

rpm -ivh kernel-2.4-whatever.rpm --oldpackage

This may not work for you. It did for my computer setup though.

For the check cable problem. I have had that problem back when "Fedora 
Core 1 beta1" first came out. My NIC was an older 3com vortex boomerang 
card. I dumped the NIC and filed several bug reports. It might still be 
broken for these NICs.

Jim