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Mandrake 10.0 won't configure eth0


epretorious
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Hello, All:

 

I'm installing Mandrake 10.0 on an Intel i440GX server board and Mandrake won't configure the on-board ethernet interface (the Intel 82559 Fast Ethernet LAN chipset).

  • The device registers in /proc/pci, (Bus 0, Device 14, IRQ 21)
  • Mandrake Control Center 10...
    • Connection Manager allows me to set 'start at boot' and 'DHCP' (though the settings seem to be go back to their original values after a reboot), and
    • Hardware Manager correctly shows the device and recognizes that it needs the eepro100 kernel module.

    [*]/sbin/ifconfig shows the MAC address.

...but the interface won't start.

 

Any ideas?

 

Eric P.

Sunnyvale, CA

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Hi

what does

ifup eth0

says ?

/sbin/ifup: configuration for eth0 not found.

FWIW:

  • There isn't a /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file
    The /etc/sysconfic/network file only contains 'NETWORKING=yes'

:unsure:

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FWIW: I've been looking around quite a bit and found a posting about a problem similar to mine (i.e., Mandrake wouldn't configure the wireless interface or the on-board interface). In his reply, Pzatch suggested turning off the on-board interface so I tried something along those lines: I removed the D-Link DWL-520 wireless adapter but it didn't make any difference: MCC still updates /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg- (instead of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0). :angry:

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Try creating your own ifcfg-eth0 by using this:

 

DEVICE=eth0<!--QuoteEBegin-->BOOTPROTO=dhcp<!--QuoteEBegin-->NETMASK=255.255.255.0<!--QuoteEBegin-->ONBOOT=yes

 

Then as root run:

 

# ifup eth0

I had hoped to not resort to manual configuration but did anyway and the on-board ethernet works now.

 

Thanks.

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