Mandrake 10.0 won't configure eth0

[epretorious]

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

Edited July 10, 2004 by epretorious

[epretorious]

FWIW: I'm able to manually configure the interface. :huh:

[roland]

Hi

what does

ifup eth0

says ?

[epretorious]

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:

Edited July 11, 2004 by epretorious

[epretorious]

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).

[pmpatrick]

Try creating your own ifcfg-eth0 by using this:

 

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
ONBOOT=yes

 

Then as root run:

 

# ifup eth0

[epretorious]

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

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

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

 

Thanks.