On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Andoni wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Waldemar Jankowski" <waldemar@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Newsgroups: gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 5:43 PM > Subject: Re: Network Card Installation FC3 > > > > On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Andoni wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Did that and rebooted, now the card is picked up on startup and > installed. > > > > > > I now have a file: > > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 > > > > > > But when I type ifconfig I still only get the loopback address. > > > > > > What did one of the replies mean by: > > > "then edit the new profile and it should work" > > > > > > Where is "the new profile"? > > > > > > TIA. > > > > > > Andoni. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Waldemar Jankowski" <waldemar@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Newsgroups: gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general > > > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 4:21 PM > > > Subject: Re: Network Card Installation FC3 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Andoni wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > I have just added an old ISA PnP 3Com network card to my newly > installed > > > FC3 machine. > > > > > > > > > > Kudzu seems to have picked up and installed the card fine but when I > do > > > "ifconfig" it only has the loopback address. > > > > > > > > > > When I do "ping 192.XXX.XXX.XXX" I get an error of "Network is > > > Unreachable". > > > > > > > > > > What do I have to do next to get the card to work? > > > > > > > > > > In the directory /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts there is a file > called > > > ifcfg-lo but none called ifcfg-eth0. Do I have to make this myself? > > > > > I say the card seems to have been detected as it is lised in > > > /etc/sysconfig/hwconf > > > > > > > > > > In the BIOS should I set FC3 as a PnP OS? Is that only for Windows? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any and all help. > > > > > > > > > > Andoni. > > > > > > > > > > > > > As root type netconfig at the prompt. It will take you through > network > > > > setup. > > > > > > > > As root type the following two commands: > > > > /etc/init.d/network stop > > > > /etc/init.d/network start > > > > This will restart the network and read your new setup. You should be all > > set. There is a number of valid ways to set up the card ... this is just > > the way I usually do it. > > > > This just get's stranger and stranger! I did that and it stopped only the > loopback: perfect. Then /etc/init.d/network start and it started both > loopback and eth0, perfect. So then I did ifconfig and it gave me only the > loopback. > > I tried the stop again and it only had the loopback to stop! > > Andoni. > When you ran netconfig did you select dhcp? If not, try it and it will rebuild all the network files for you and hopefully it was just some munged files. If that doesn't work then it might not be reading the card driver. You might have to load the module manually. Do an lsmod to make sure the ethernet card module is loaded. Also type lspci as root and make sure your card is being detected.
