ianw1974 Posted June 9, 2005 Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 OK, I did exactly as you said and this is what ifconfig -a reported:----------------------------------------------------------------- eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0A:E6:95:09:D0 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 erros:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 erros:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:16 Base address:0xc000 ----------------------------------------------------------------- and nothing else. I am puzzled. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Looking back, I've just checked this same thing on mine for comparison: Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:0D:F0:7F:34 inet addr:10.1.1.3 Bcast:10.1.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::208:dff:fef0:7f34/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:10769 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:12395 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:10562789 (10.0 Mb) TX bytes:1997628 (1.9 Mb) Interrupt:11 Base address:0x8000 Comparing, the first two lines are missing for you, and the "UP" is missing from the broadcast line. For some reason, your network card isn't up, and I can't understand why. Can you check this for me: 1. System/Configuration/Configure Your Computer. 2. System then Services. 3. Network service (can you report it's current status?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penfield Posted June 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 Thats great, thank you so much :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted June 9, 2005 Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 I think I might have posted in between your reply. Did the Network Service show as running or stopped? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penfield Posted June 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 Under Services the network show "running". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted June 9, 2005 Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 I presume, if you stop and start it, that it still doesn't show an IP address? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penfield Posted June 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 Yes... It stil doesn't show an IP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted June 9, 2005 Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 OK, and when you do the network config, is network hotplugging enabled along with start at boot. Also, when you go through the run config again, does it remember the settings we entered before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penfield Posted June 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 It does remember the settings as I entered them last. Both "Network hotplugging" and "Start at boot" is checked on, "Track network card id" is not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted June 9, 2005 Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 That's OK, I think that's only usually enabled for laptop configurations. I have it enabled on mine, but then I'm using a laptop :P I'm stumped, as I'm not sure what else to suggest. I can't figure out why the card won't start. I'll keep thinking about it, and I'll do a bit of googling to see if I can find something in the meantime that may help resolve it, or perhaps, some members here might have an idea on something else that can be tried. I'll get back to you, if I find something useful to try! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penfield Posted June 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 Alright. I really appreciate your help. Thanks :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted June 9, 2005 Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 What does your /var/log/boot.log show? Does it show errors on bootup for the network? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penfield Posted June 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 Well I'm kind of new to linux, remeber ;) so I don't know if I'm looking at the right things in /var/log/boot.log but I think this is kind of strange, it says: Shutting down loopback interface: succeeded Setting network parameters: succeeded Bringing up loopback interface: succeeded Bringing up interface eth0: succeeded this repeats 4 times and then right after Bringing up loopback interface: succeeded it says: Sorry, there is already an instance of ifplugd for eth0 running. Bringing up interface eth0: failed now this repeats 2 times and then it finally ends with: Bringing up interface eth0: succeeded Was this informative? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penfield Posted June 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 Oh I just figured, I think it enters a new entry into boot.log every time I change the network configuration. Perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted June 9, 2005 Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 (edited) OK, been doing a bit of googling, and see if any of this will help for you. We've currently allocated an IP address to the card. In this example, I will assume you set 192.168.1.2. You can try this: ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.2 up Then type route, and see if you have any routes configured. You may need to: route add default gw 192.168.1.1 (assuming this is the IP of the router) If it was DHCP assigned, then you could type: dhclient eth0 so you could try this, if the above doesn't work, but you'd need to reset the card to DHCP, through the config we did in HardDrake before. Also can try "lspci" or "cat /proc/pci" and look for Ethernet Controller, to make sure we have drivers installed and running OK. And one last thing, type: "dmesg | grep -i eth0" and report back what it says. Edited June 9, 2005 by ianw1974 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penfield Posted June 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 Ok, when I did "ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.10 up" (that is the IP I chose) it says: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Function not implemented SIOCSIFFLAGS: Function not implemented and "dmesg | grep -i eth0" returns: eth0: VIA Rhine II at 0x1c000, 00:0a:e6:95:09:d0, IRQ 16. eth0: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x786d advertising 01e1 Link 45e1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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