Hmm, I sent this a while ago but it hasn't show up on the list. Apologies if it ends up being a double post. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kellie Blackwell" <kb4fsu@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 5:50 PM Subject: Re: Network configuration probelms (still) > >Am So, den 22.08.2004 schrieb Kellie Blackwell um 22:55: > > > >> >cat /proc/interrupts > >> > >> CPU0 > >> 0: 4692579: XT-PIC timer > >> 1: 2881: XT-PIC i8042 > >> 2: 0: XT-PIC cascade > >> 5: 95: XT-PIC uhci_hcd > >> 8: 1: XT-PIC rtc > >> 10: 1: XT-PIC EMU10K1 > >> 12: 74970: XT-PIC i8042 > >> 14: 17812: XT-PIC ide0 > >> 15: 42972: XT-PIC ide1 > >> NMI: 0: > >> ERR: 0: > >> > >> Interesting! Where did IRQ 11 go that was mentioned in the messages file? > > > >I do not see the "natsemi" module loaded there. Make sure > >/etc/modprobe.conf has following line > > > >alias eth0 natsemi > > Ah-ha!!! This line was not in the /etc/modprobe.conf file. I added it, > rebooted and voila! Now I have an eth0 reported by ifconfig, IRQ 11 shows up > in /proc/interrupts and I can get to the internet The ERR line in > /proc/interrupts now shows 1. I'm guessing that means I still have an error > of some kind? Also there are a few extra lines in /var/log/messages on of > which says "eth0: link up". > > Thank you Alexander!!! > > >> >cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 > >> > >> DEVICE=eth0 > >> ONBOOT=yes > >> BOOTPROTO=none > >> USERCTL=no > >> NAME='ethernet LAN card" > > > >The quotes are unbalanced. Put a # in front of the NAME line. > > That's just my bad typing. Since I had no networking on my computer, I had > to write all the file contents by hand. > > >> IPADDR=192.168.1.20 > >> NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > >> BROADCAST=192.168.1.255 > >> NETWORK=192.168.1.0 > >> GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 > >> PEERDNS=yes > >> > >> Steve. > > > >So what happens if running "modprobe -v natsemi" in the syslog? Run a > >second terminal with "tail -f /var/log/messages" to see that in parallel > >to loading the module. Does the eth0 then use an IRQ? "service network > >restart" should activate eth0 and show it in "ifconfig" output. > > > >Alexander > > Steve >
