Yes, I am hooked to a cable modem and broadband router Thanks for your reply. Regards, Keith --- Don Dupy <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, Thomas Cameron wrote: > > > On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 23:34 -0700, Keith Brentson > wrote: > >> Hello, > >> I have just installed Fedora Core 3 on a Dell > Inspiron > >> 8600. The Install seemed to go well until the > first > >> boot up. The system froze when it was trying to > bring > >> eth-0 up. It did this several times. I have the > newer > >> version of the dell Inspiron 8600 with a Broadcom > 440x > >> integrated network controller. I also have the > ATI > >> Mobility Radeon 9600 pro turbo. > >> I am a complete Linux Newbie, and some of the > >> explanations I've seen are definitely over my > head. I > >> would appreciate if I could get some help, or be > >> directed to a help source suitable to my level. > >> > >> Thank you, > >> > >> Keith > > > > Is your machine actually hooked up to a network? > Does that network have > > a DHCP server on it (like maybe a broadband router > or your ISP)? > > > > Thomas > > > > > > I have my laptop set not to start eth0 at bootup. > The network stuff will hang for a long time if it > isn't connected to a > network and cannot get DHCP. Once it is booted up, I > open a terminal and > type "ifup eth0" and that starts the ethernet card. > > If you have KDE or Gnome installed, go into the > network configuration, and > you can change the boot up parameters there. > > Don Dupy > > FC1 - Kernel 2.4.22 - Dell Poweredge 600SC > http://www.maxxrad.net > email: fedora@xxxxxxxxxxx > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Personals - Better first dates. More second dates. http://personals.yahoo.com
