Re: Small Problems

[Devon <devon tuxfan homeip net>]

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On Monday 01 October 2001 08:48 pm, Ben Ocean wrote:
> >>I also had an error during the install with regard to the ethernet
> >>connection (eth0). The box does have an ethernet card.
> >
> >Which error?
>
> It couldn't configure it and timed out.
>
> >Heck, which card?
>
> Do I need to open the box for this? Or is there an easier way.

You may find some info in the message logs relating to the type of 
network card installed. Something like:
Sep 16 16:48:41 roswell kernel: 00:05.0: 3Com PCI 3c905B Cyclone 
100baseTx at 0x1000. Vers LK1.1.16

What does /etc/modules.conf look like?

Failing that, open the box and have a look.

> Link encap: Local Loopback
> ined addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric 1
> RX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

The interface timed out and isn't running, this is just the loopback 
device.

> >Contents of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0?
>
> DEVICE=eth0
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> ONBOOT=yes

If you want to make life easier on yourself, set ONBOOT to no, until you 
get the card working. It won't wait for a timeout during bootup that way.
The card is connected so that it can obtain it's configuration 
information from a dhcp server? Silly question, just making sure.

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