jkroon

Thanks for the ideas. I do not have a firewall running in Mandrake. I appreciate your caveat on the second approach, and think that I will hold out to see if there are other thoughts as to what is happening. I have done some more exploring and find no interrupt conflicts (see below). Also, when booting Mandrake 9.2, when it tries to fire up eth0, after a long pause it instead launches dcip. This is then followed by several modprobe commands being issued, and finally an address (127.255.255.255) is "siezed", which is followed by the generation during startup of the eth0:9 lines below. It was after this that I tried 3 other NICs of different manufacture, eventually disabling the built-in NIC as well in various combinations. All efforts yielded the same result. Then I tried to assign a static address, which displays ok in the ifconfig output, but no communication is occuring with my router. I then created another partition on my hard drive and installed Knoppix to it, with precisely the same results. Then I loaded a gentoo rescue-type CD and that worked (from the CD, not loaded onto the hard drive). I can get online, ping the router, etc. Does anyone know what would launch dcip during startup? Is this a system function that runs if DHCP assignment fails? Are the modprobes a part of the dcip script somehow? And what is being "siezed"? Thanks, Joel [root@localhost mark]# lspcidrake -v unknown : VIA Technologies Inc|CPU to PCI Bridge [bRIDGE_HOST] (vendor:1106 device:3205 subv:1106 subd:0000) unknown : VIA Technologies Inc|PCI-to-PCI Bridge (AGP 2.0/3.0) [bRIDGE_PCI] (vendor:1106 device:b198) 8139too : Realtek|RTL-8139 [NETWORK_ETHERNET] (vendor:10ec device:8139) usb-uhci : VIA Technologies|VT82C586B USB [sERIAL_USB] (vendor:1106 device:3038) usb-uhci : VIA Technologies|VT82C586B USB [sERIAL_USB] (vendor:1106 device:3038) usb-uhci : VIA Technologies|VT82C586B USB [sERIAL_USB] (vendor:1106 device:3038) ehci-hcd : VIA Technologies Inc|VT8235 USB Enhanced Controller [sERIAL_USB] (vendor:1106 device:3104) unknown : VIA Technologies Inc|VT8233A PCI to ISA Bridge [bRIDGE_ISA] (vendor:1106 device:3177 subv:1106 subd:0000) unknown : VIA Technologies|VT82C586 IDE [Apollo] [sTORAGE_IDE] (vendor:1106 device:0571) snd-via82xx : VIA Technologies|VT8233 [AC97 Audio Controller] [MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO] (vendor:1106 device:3059 subv:1106 subd:4161) via-rhine : VIA Technologies|VT6102 [Rhine II 10/100] [NETWORK_ETHERNET] (vendor:1106 device:3065 subv:1106 subd:0102) unknown : unknown (1106/7205/1106/0000) [DISPLAY_VGA] [root@localhost mark]# dmesg | grep eth eth0: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at 0xdee0af00, 00:50:fc:90:64:d8, IRQ 10 eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139C' eth1: VIA VT6102 Rhine-II at 0xd800, 00:0d:87:4c:70:37, IRQ 5. eth1: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x7869 advertising 05e1 Link 45e1. eth0: Setting half-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner ability 0000. NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out eth0: Tx queue start entry 4 dirty entry 0. eth0: Tx descriptor 0 is 00002000. (queue head) eth0: Tx descriptor 1 is 00002000. eth0: Tx descriptor 2 is 00002000. eth0: Tx descriptor 3 is 00002000. eth0: Setting half-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner ability 0000. eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled. device eth0 entered promiscuous mode device eth0 left promiscuous mode eth1: Setting full-duplex based on MII #1 link partner capability of 45e1. NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out eth0: Tx queue start entry 4 dirty entry 0. eth0: Tx descriptor 0 is 00002000. (queue head) eth0: Tx descriptor 1 is 00002000. eth0: Tx descriptor 2 is 00002000. eth0: Tx descriptor 3 is 00002000. eth0: Setting half-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner ability 0000. NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out eth1: Transmit timed out, status 0003, PHY status 786d, resetting... eth1: Setting full-duplex based on MII #1 link partner capability of 45e1. eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled. device eth0 entered promiscuous mode device eth0 left promiscuous mode eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled. device eth0 entered promiscuous mode device eth0 left promiscuous mode NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out eth0: Tx queue start entry 4 dirty entry 0. eth0: Tx descriptor 0 is 00002000. (queue head) eth0: Tx descriptor 1 is 00002000. eth0: Tx descriptor 2 is 00002000. eth0: Tx descriptor 3 is 00002000. eth0: Setting half-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner ability 0000. eth0: Setting half-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner ability 0000. eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled. device eth0 entered promiscuous mode device eth0 left promiscuous mode NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out eth0: Tx queue start entry 4 dirty entry 0. eth0: Tx descriptor 0 is 00002000. (queue head) eth0: Tx descriptor 1 is 00002000. eth0: Tx descriptor 2 is 00002000. eth0: Tx descriptor 3 is 00002000. eth0: Setting half-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner ability 0000. eth0: Setting half-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner ability 0000. [root@localhost mark]# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:FC:90:64:D8 inet addr:192.168.0.120 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:10 Base address:0xaf00 eth0:9 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:FC:90:64:D8 inet addr:127.255.255.255 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 Interrupt:10 Base address:0xaf00 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0D:87:4C:70:37 inet addr:192.168.0.200 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:3809 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:5 Base address:0xd800 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:162 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:162 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:10290 (10.0 Kb) TX bytes:10290 (10.0 Kb) [root@localhost mark]# cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 358348 IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 2004 IO-APIC-edge keyboard 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 5: 0 XT-PIC eth1 8: 1 IO-APIC-edge rtc 9: 0 XT-PIC VIA8233 10: 0 XT-PIC eth0 12: 13369 IO-APIC-edge PS/2 Mouse 14: 16900 IO-APIC-edge ide0 15: 155 IO-APIC-edge ide1 NMI: 0 LOC: 358303 ERR: 0 MIS: 0 [root@localhost mark]#

FYI - The system below has Mandrake 9.2 Download version installed...

I have a Systemboard 333 mobo with built-in NIC, plus I added RealTek, then later Siemens,10/100 PCI NICs along the way, all with the same result that I can't get online. When the system boots, it pauses for a long while when trying to start the NICs, then says zcip[708] retrieved address 127.255.255.255 for eth0:9. Then startup continues and MDK finishes loading, but I cannot get onto the ineternet, and my router is unreachable when I ping it. I have tried the MCC both to configure static and dynamic adresses (the DLink914+ router has DHCP enabled), plus I have tried in a terminal to configure both static and dynamic addresses with ifconfig and route add. In all cases I get the same result. Below is one example using a static IP... Any ideas how to get connected? root@localhost mark]# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:FC:90:64:D8 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:10 Base address:0xaf00 eth0:9 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:FC:90:64:D8 inet addr:127.255.255.255 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 Interrupt:10 Base address:0xaf00 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0D:87:4C:70:37 inet addr:192.168.0.200 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:5 Base address:0xd800 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:118 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:118 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:7624 (7.4 Kb) TX bytes:7624 (7.4 Kb) [root@localhost mark]# netstat -r Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo default 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1 [root@localhost mark]# netstat -i Kernel Interface table Iface MTU Met RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP TX-OVR Flg eth0 1500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BMRU eth0:9 1500 0 - no statistics available - BMRU eth1 1500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BMU lo 16436 0 262 0 0 0 262 0 0 0 LRU