On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 00:33 -0700, Daniel Vogel wrote: > > > >From: Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: Re: Network card failing (FC3) > >Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 07:34:39 +0100 > > > >On Wed, 2005-08-10 at 22:16 -0700, Daniel Vogel wrote: > > > 2.6.11-1.35_FC3smp > > > > > > After a long installation, we set up a server on wich we installed > a > > > sw; one of the netword card starts getting disabled by it self. > > > > > > We think that it may be because the dhcpd.conf may be causing > that, > > > but even turning service off it still doesn't work. > > > > > > We tryed the card outside and it works, so isn't a hardware > failure, > > > and each time we set up the configuration for it, it only survive > a > > > few seconds and keeps failing. > > > > > > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0D:88:2D:DB:47 > > > UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > > RX packets:21293 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > > TX packets:1373 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > > > RX bytes:1750818 (1.6 MiB) TX bytes:196495 (191.8 KiB) > > > Interrupt:169 Base address:0x2400 > > > > > > > > > ...no ip assigned, even after we did it.... > > > > > > Aug 11 01:16:27 dhcp-mpt dhcpd: receive_packet failed on eth0: > Network > > > is down > > > Aug 11 01:16:27 dhcp-mpt NetworkManager: SWITCH: old device no > > > longer good, but no better device was available > > > >Why are you running NetworkManager on a server? First thing I'd try > is > >getting rid of that since it's aimed at laptops, where the network > >environment changes from time to time. It may be NetworkManager that > is > >actually causing problems. > > > >Paul. > > > >-- > >Paul Howarth paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > The machine is supposed to work as an dhcp, with the program that is > loaded on it, it doesn't matters the networkmanager then? or it's used > by the dhcp? i still have to get ride of it? dhclient can handle getting an IP address for you. You don't *have* to get rid of Networkmanager but I suspect it may be the cause of the problem you're having; trying to get things working without it would seem to be a good way of testing that theory. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
