Stephane wrote:
On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 00:42, matt warner wrote:There has been a lot of discussion on this list about this problem, and it seems to relate to built in cards as well as pcmcia cards.
i'm using a compaq presario 2500 laptop with a built-in wireless network card, and i'm having problems getting it to work using FC. it gives me this error at startup:
Bringing up interface eth0: Determining IP information for eth0...failed, no link present. Check cable?
i would check the cables, but there are none to check, since it is a
wireless LAN. i really like using FC2, and would rather not switchto
another distro if i don't have to.
Try activating the wireless card manually (System Settings - Network).
I have seen 2 different fixes that seem to work for different people for the boot-time problems.
1. Change the sequence of starting the network and pcmcia so the card is activated before the network is configured.
2. Change the settiing in /etc/sysconfig/netowrk-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 from "ONBOOT='yes' " to "ONBOOT='no' ". This will stop the interface from being configured by the network script but it seems to be configured when the card is activated anyway.
YMMV
