Is the system service "network" enabled at the runlevel you're booting to? >From console type the following to show which runlevels are enabled: /sbin/chkconfig --list network If network is off for the runlevel you wish to use type: /sbin/chkconfig --level <insert runlevel here> network on HTH. CH On Fri, 2004-01-02 at 08:53, Matthew Wilson wrote: > Hi John > I've had the same issue since upgrading with a Surecom PCI NIC on a > homebuilt deskstop. It seems that the network card just isn't being > brought up: ifup eth0 as root and all is fine. However why this isn't > happening automatically I don't know. In both > /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 and > .../profiles/default/ifcfg-eth0 I have ONBOOT=yes. Anyone know if > there is a new config file in FC1? > > cheers > Matthew Wilson. > > On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 17:55, John Ellenberger wrote: > > Have been running Fedora on an older thinkpad (600X) since its release > > using a 3COM PC-Card networking card. After a few updates I am > > running into problems with the network not starting up properly. If I > > do a normal unattended reboot everything appears to come-up normally > > but the network isnâ??t functioning (canâ??t resolve/ping anything beyond > > localhost). If I do a hard shutdown and go through the file check > > sequence everything works. The machine is usable but it is pretty > > annoying (and dangerous) to always have to crash it when Iâ??m > > rebooting. > > > > > > > > Any ideas what is going on here? Is there a way to force the network > > to start when it comes-up without properly initializing? > > > > > > > > John
