samer1275

with Knoppix 3.2, the internet works fine, previously, I had RedHat 8.0, worked fine...

for some reason, I had trouble with Mandrake 9.2, and now 10.0

anyway, in Knoppix (which works), there aren't any scripts but ipconfig gives the following output:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:97:B7:5A:11

inet6 addr: fe80::260:97ff:feb7:5a11/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:824 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:277693 (271.1 Kb) TX bytes:756 (756.0 B)

Interrupt:10 Base address:0xef00

lo Link encap:Local Loopback

inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.255.255.0

inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1

RX packets:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:4896 (4.7 Kb) TX bytes:4896 (4.7 Kb)

huh?

Sorry, I don't have a clue what you mean.

What I can say is that I am certain that my hardware is working properly and that this is a software problem only.

The reason I know is that I can get Linux to connect to the internet with that computer, but I cannot get Mandrake Linux 10.0 to work.

I don't really know what you mean. I'm sorry, I don't know much about networking. I have a cable modem with a router. The IP address that it gives is 68....

If you give me specific instructions, I can try to do that.

I did that and it gave no errors, now ifconfig eth0 says:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:97:B7:5A:11

inet addr:192.168.0.1 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

inet6 addr: fe80::260:97ff:feb7:5a11/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:8631 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:2904058 (2.7 Mb) TX bytes:1134 (1.1 Kb)

Interrupt:10 Base address:0xef00

I tried that (booted with the MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no line) and eth0 failed immediately, as before

Hello, let me first refer you to an older thread:

Thread

where a kind person was able to help me get dhcp working with Mandrake 9.2. I just upgraded to 10.0 community and eth0 fails once again. But I cannot fix it the same way as before.

I have a 3com card, once again:

modules.conf says:

alias eth0 3c59x

ifup eth0 says:

Determining Info for eth0...failed, no link present. Check cable?

modprobe eth0 says nothing.

The contents of my ifcfg-eth0 are:

DEVICE=eth0

BOOTPROTO=dhcp

NETMASK=255.255.255.0

ONBOOT=yes

NEEDHOSTNAME=no

The contents of my ifcfg-lo are:

DEVICE=lo

IPADDR=127.0.0.1

NETMASK=255.255.255.0

NETWORK=255.255.255.0

# If you're having problems with gated making 127.0.0.0/8 a martian,

# you can change this to something else (255.255.255.255, for example)

BROADCAST=127.255.255.255

ONBOOT=yes

NAME=loopback

I changed the numbers of NETWORK or NETMASK to 255... I can't remember, but that didn't change anything

finally, the output of ifconfig is:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:97:B7:5A:11

inet6 addr: fe80::260:97ff:feb7:5a11/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:824 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:277693 (271.1 Kb) TX bytes:756 (756.0 B)

Interrupt:10 Base address:0xef00

lo Link encap:Local Loopback

inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.255.255.0

inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1

RX packets:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:4896 (4.7 Kb) TX bytes:4896 (4.7 Kb)

Thanks so much in advance!

Edit: moved from Software by spinynorman

It worked! It worked! It worked!

I'm ecstatic!

Thank you so much!

You've made my day.

that file says:

ifplugd(eth0)[3015]

Using detection mode: SIOCGMIIPHY

ifplugd(eth0)[3015]

ifplugd 0.15 successfully initialized, link beat not detected.

then it says eth0 faild.

Thanks

lsmod says:

3c59x ..... (autoclean)

ifup eth0 says:

Determining IP information for eth0...failed

no link present. Check Cable?

Ofcourse there is nothing wrong with the cable.

Any ideas?

Thanks

I did a linux noapic but still, eth0 failed right away.

I don't get why it fails so quick. As if it isn't trying.

Thanks

I have no firewall set up, so I don't think that is the problem,

when I do an ifconfig, I get the following:

Linnk encomp: ethernet HWaddr

UP BROADCAST RUNNING Multicast MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX Packets: 3061 errors: 0 dropped: 0 overruns: 0 frame: 0

..

..

Interrrupts: 10 Base address: 0xef00

Something like that. Does this mean anything?

Thanks

By the way, the reason I didn't provide important info before is that I did not know about all that stuff.

I've always had ethernet, and I've always been able to connect Linux to the internet without any modifications. So I had absolutely no need to know any networking stuff.

But I just don't understand why Mandrake fails when others had no problems. And my card is very common.

Sorry, but I'm just frustrated that it didn't work right away.

The card is a 3com... I checked with Knoppix, which works, and it seems to be using the 3c59x driver

Mandrake was using the same driver. the file modules.conf had the line

alias eth0 3c59x

and it is set up for DHCP. I go to the wizard, hit connect but it doesn't connect.

Thanks

Hello,

I have recently switched over from RedHat 8.0 to Mandrake 9.2

Unfortunately, I can't get my internet connection to work with Mandrake.

Upon loading, eth0 fails immediately, as if it wasn't trying to search for it. When I pop in my Knoppix CD, the internet works fine.

What do you think is wrong?

Thanks,

Samer