Re: Error on eth0 after kernel update

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Not even reinstalling the new kernel and removing the card from network
configuration and adding it again helped. Someone experienced s.th. like
this with his card too after updating the kernel?
Maybe someone give me (one couple of days M$ free now) an advice?

On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 23:44 +0100, Maciek R. wrote:
> What I wanted to add:
> Even under the old kernel, getting IP via DHCP on booting the system
> became very slow. I have no idea why, because after installing a fresh
> copy of Fedora Core 3 it was as fast as the wind behind my window ;-)
> 
> On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 23:26 +0100, Maciek R. wrote:
> > So I am posting my configuration now:
> > 
> > The Card is ->
> > Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet
> > 
> > ifconfig command output:
> > 
> > lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
> >           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
> >           inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> >           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
> >           RX packets:3343 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> >           TX packets:3343 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> >           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> >           RX bytes:4174142 (3.9 MiB)  TX bytes:4174142 (3.9 MiB)
> > 
> > route command output:
> > 
> > Kernel IP routing table
> > Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use
> > Iface
> > 169.254.0.0     *               255.255.0.0     U     0      0        0
> > lo
> > 
> > 
> > ifcfg-eth0 file output:
> > 
> > # Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
> > # for the documentation of these parameters.
> > IPV6INIT=no
> > ONBOOT=yes
> > USERCTL=no
> > PEERDNS=yes
> > TYPE=Ethernet
> > DEVICE=eth0
> > HWADDR=00:c0:9f:42:33:e6
> > BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> > 
> > On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 16:56 -0500, William Hooper wrote:
> > > Maciek R. said:
> > > > What I want to know either is: Is it important to keep your system up to
> > > > date?
> > > 
> > > It depends if the update is just a feature update or a security update.
> > > 
> > > > Is it important to update my kernel - even if my hardware will not
> > > > work after it?
> > > 
> > > Kernel updates are generally to fix security issues (important to update)
> > > or to fix specific problems (not as important if it doesn't effect you).
> > > 
> > > Perhaps you can give us enough information on your issue that we can help.
> > >  Start with what kind of network card you have.  Possibly the output of
> > > some basic network commands:
> > > 
> > > ifconfig
> > > route
> > > 
> > > The contents of /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 would
> > > probably help, too.
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > William Hooper
> > > 
> > -- 
> > Maciek R. <m.mail@xxxxx>
> > 
> -- 
> Maciek R. <m.mail@xxxxx>
> 
-- 
Maciek R. <m.mail@xxxxx>


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