Re: No eth0 with Kernel 2.6.14 -

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Le vendredi 16 décembre 2005 à 12:21 -0500, bobgoodwin a écrit :
> Warren Sturm wrote:
> 
> >Can you take a look in your /var/log/messages file and see if there is
> >any error associated with eth0. Another thing to maybe try is to clear
> >the bios ESCD or DMI.  This may have been what worked for me with and
> >old recalcitrant system when moving from 2.6.12 to 2.6.13 first and
> >later 2.6.14.  It is now running 2.6.14-1.1653.
> >
> >
> >On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 20:53 -0500, bobgoodwin wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>                I updated Kernel 2.6.12-1.1447_FC4  to 
> >>                2.6.14-1.1644_FC4 which seems to be an improvement.  I
> >>                notice that "sensors" works for the first time since
> >>                RH9  but  during boot it fails to find eth0 and as a
> >>                consequence Firestarter crashes and leaves me with no
> >>                firewall. Normally  eth0 is used to connect to another
> >>                computer while the internet connection is via a dial up
> >>                modem, the only service available in this rural area.
> >>
> >>                Things still work normally with the 2.6.12 Kernel I am
> >>                using now.
> >>
> >>                Any suggestion on where to look for the ethernet problem
> >>                is appreciated.
> >>
> >>                Bob Goodwin
> >>    
> >>
> I updated the Kernel via yum again this morning to 2.6.14-1.1653_FC4 
> which made no difference.
> 
> I also looked at the BIOS set up , the only DMI option's I have seem to 
> relate to logging and about all I could do there was "mark as read."
> 
> During boot I see a message about eth0  FAILED streaming by and dmesg 
> shows:  3c59x: Unknown parameter `irq'
> 
> And modprobe reports:
> modprobe -v  3c59x
> insmod /lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1653_FC4/kernel/drivers/net/3c59x.ko irq=10
> FATAL: Error inserting 3c59x 
> (/lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1653_FC4/kernel/drivers/net/3c59x.ko): Unknown 
> symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
> 
> dmesg shows:  3c59x: Unknown parameter `irq'
> 
> System-config-network and Webmin both fail to configure eth0,  producing 
> error messages after going through the configuration routine.
> 
> I can still use the earlier Kernel but would like to get this 
> straightened out.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Bob Goodwin
Have a look in your /etc/modprobe.conf and check for alias eth0 (followed by your network module, depending on the chipset on your MB)
Try and comment the line where the options of the network module
displays "irqnn"
Perhaps should help
Jdek 



[Index of Archives]     [Current Fedora Users]     [Fedora Desktop]     [Fedora SELinux]     [Yosemite News]     [Yosemite Photos]     [KDE Users]     [Fedora Tools]     [Fedora Docs]

  Powered by Linux