Hi Timothy, thanks for your answer! > but you seem to be using IPv6 with Fedora, and IPv4 with knoppix. > Maybe you should have IPV6INIT=no in ifcfg-eth0 ? I substituted 'IPV6INIT=yes' with 'IPV6INIT=no' in every 'ifcfg-eth0' I could find and tried again --- unfortunately with no result :( Determining IP information for eth0...: failed ... as before. I appended the 'ifcfg-eth0' files and - I hope this could be of some help - all '/etc/...' files of my old working fedora core 1 installation which correspond to those I appended to my last mail. Still - thanks for your efforts! I learned already something: the main difference between ipv4 and ipv6, my first step into a new world and ... hopefully to some solution :) Greetings and best wishes, Die ============================================================ ============================================================ my ifcfg-eth0 files after setting IPV6INIT to "no": ============================================================ [fedora]# cat /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/ifcfg-eth0 DEVICE=eth0 ONBOOT=yes BOOTPROTO=dhcp USERCTL=yes PEERDNS=yes TYPE=Ethernet # IPV6INIT=yes IPV6INIT=no ------------------------------------------------------------ [fedora]# cat /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 DEVICE=eth0 ONBOOT=yes BOOTPROTO=dhcp USERCTL=yes PEERDNS=yes TYPE=Ethernet # IPV6INIT=yes IPV6INIT=no ------------------------------------------------------------ [fedora]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 DEVICE=eth0 ONBOOT=yes BOOTPROTO=dhcp USERCTL=yes PEERDNS=yes TYPE=Ethernet # IPV6INIT=yes IPV6INIT=no ------------------------------------------------------------ [fedora]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart Shutting down interface eth0: [ OK ] Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ] Setting network parameters: [ OK ] Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ] Bringing up interface eth0: Determining IP information for eth0... failed. [FAILED] ============================================================ ============================================================ some files of my old fedora core 1 installation ... when DHCP still worked ... ============================================================ [fedora core 1]# cat /etc/modules.conf alias eth0 8139too alias usb-controller usb-uhci alias sound-slot-0 maestro3 post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || : pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ============================================================ [fedora core 1]# cat /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/ifcfg-eth0 # Realtek|RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp HWADDR=00:30:54:00:76:2C ONBOOT=yes TYPE=Ethernet USERCTL=no PEERDNS=no ============================================================ [fedora core 1]# cat /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 # Realtek|RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp HWADDR=00:30:54:00:76:2C ONBOOT=yes TYPE=Ethernet USERCTL=no PEERDNS=no ============================================================ [fedora core 1]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 # Realtek|RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp HWADDR=00:30:54:00:76:2C ONBOOT=yes TYPE=Ethernet USERCTL=no PEERDNS=no ============================================================ [fedora core 1]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo DEVICE=lo IPADDR=127.0.0.1 NETMASK=255.0.0.0 NETWORK=127.0.0.0 # If you're having problems with gated making 127.0.0.0/8 a martian, # you can change this to something else (255.255.255.255, for example) BROADCAST=127.255.255.255 ONBOOT=yes NAME=loopback ============================================================ [fedora core 1]# cat /etc/resolv.conf ; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script search localdomain nameserver 192.168.0.1 ============================================================ [fedora core 1]# cat /etc/hosts # Do not remove the following line, or various programs # that require network functionality will fail. 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost ============================================================ ============================================================ > > ============================================================ > > > > [fedora]# ifconfig -a > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:30:54:00:76:2C > > inet6 addr: fe80::230:54ff:fe00:762c/64 Scope:Link > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) > > Interrupt:10 Base address:0x1c00 > > > > 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:4116 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:4116 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > > RX bytes:4916870 (4.6 MiB) TX bytes:4916870 (4.6 MiB) > > > > sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4 > > NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1 > > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > [knoppix]# ifconfig -a > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:30:54:00:76:2C > > inet addr:192.168.0.22 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > RX packets:200 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:221 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 > > RX bytes:117060 (114.3 KiB) TX bytes:26813 (26.1 KiB) > > Interrupt:10 Base address:0x3000 > > > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > > RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > > RX bytes:600 (600.0 b) TX bytes:600 (600.0 b) > > > > ============================================================ > > I didn't study your problem carefully, > but you seem to be using IPv6 with Fedora, and IPv4 with knoppix. > Maybe you should have IPV6INIT=no in ifcfg-eth0 ? > > -- > Timothy Murphy ______________________________________________________________ Verschicken Sie romantische, coole und witzige Bilder per SMS! 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