Man this is driving me crazy I tried your suggestion here is dmesg part eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xf883cc00, 00:08:a1:7d:7a:a2, IRQ 217 eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D' r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.2LK-NAPI loaded ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:09.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 225 eth1: Identified chip type is 'RTL8169s/8110s'. eth1: RTL8169 at 0xf8844400, 00:12:17:5c:af:72, IRQ 225 r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.2LK-NAPI loaded ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:0a.0[A] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 233 eth2: Identified chip type is 'RTL8169s/8110s'. eth2: RTL8169 at 0xf8846800, 00:0e:2e:65:8c:b4, IRQ 233 cat /etc/modprobe.conf alias eth1 r8169 alias eth0 8139too alias eth2 r8169 cat ifcfg-eth2 DEVICE=eth2 BOOTPROTO=static BROADCAST=192.168.1.255 IPADDR=192.168.1.55 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 NETWORK=192.168.1.0 ONBOOT=yes TYPE=Ethernet from /var/logs/messages Feb 11 01:07:58 lovejoy kernel: eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xf883cc00, 00:08:a1:7d:7a:a2, IRQ 217 Feb 11 01:07:58 lovejoy kernel: r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.2LK-NAPI loaded Feb 11 01:07:58 lovejoy kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:09.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 225 Feb 11 01:07:58 lovejoy kernel: eth1: RTL8169 at 0xf8844400, 00:12:17:5c:af:72, IRQ 225 Feb 11 01:07:58 lovejoy kernel: r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.2LK-NAPI loaded Feb 11 01:07:58 lovejoy kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:0a.0[A] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 233 Feb 11 01:07:58 lovejoy kernel: eth2: RTL8169 at 0xf8846800, 00:0e:2e:65:8c:b4, IRQ 233 BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! still no work ARG! i still get the error can not change name of eth2 to eth1 file exists and R8169 device eth2 does not seem to be present Any other suggestions On 2/9/06, Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 22:58 -0600, Randy Paries wrote: > > hello, > > I am running fedora 4 > > 2.6.15-1.1830_FC4smp > > > > I am having problems adding a second RTL-8169 G GB Nic card > > > > when the system boots it says "can not change name of eth2 to eth1 file exists > > > > does not even try to install load eth2 > > > > on the ifconfig -a (see below) there is a device dev5036 . Not sure > > what that is > > > > Thanks for any help > > > > #====================================================== > > cat /etc/modprobe.conf > > alias eth1 r8169 > > alias scsi_hostadapter ata_piix > > alias usb-controller ehci-hcd > > alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd > > alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394 > > alias eth0 8139too > > > You have added the second adapter but not added an alias line here. > Thus it is trying to load the driver r8169 and reassign eth1 to the > second instance of that but fails because it is already used. > > My suggestion: > 1. copy /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 > to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth2. > 2. Edit the new file and change the device name and IP address > 3. Edit /etc/modprobe.conf to add a new alias for eth2 > alias eth2 r8169 > 4. Reboot and see if that fixes things. > > You can look at the output of dmesg to see what devices are > detected/configured during boot (and also a lot of detail > in /var/log/messages). > > > > > > #====================================================== > > when i do a lspci -vx > > i can see > > > > 01:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 > > Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) > > Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet > > Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 225 > > I/O ports at d000 [size=256] > > Memory at cffff400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] > > Expansion ROM at c0020000 [disabled] [size=64K] > > Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 > > 00: ec 10 69 81 17 00 b0 02 10 00 00 02 20 40 00 00 > > 10: 01 d0 00 00 00 f4 ff cf 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > > 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ec 10 69 81 > > 30: 00 00 fc cf dc 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 01 20 40 > > > > 01:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 > > Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) > > Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet > > Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 233 > > I/O ports at d400 [size=256] > > Memory at cffff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] > > Expansion ROM at c0030000 [disabled] [size=64K] > > Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 > > 00: ec 10 69 81 17 00 b0 02 10 00 00 02 20 40 00 00 > > 10: 01 d4 00 00 00 f8 ff cf 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > > 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ec 10 69 81 > > 30: 00 00 fd cf dc 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 01 20 40 > > > > > > > ====================================================== > > # ifconfig -a > > dev5036 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:2E:68:E6:2F > > BROADCAST 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:225 Base address:0x4400 > > Does this MAC address match the second adapter you are trying to > install? It looks very similar to the MAC for eth1. > > > > > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:A1:7D:7A:A2 > > inet addr:66.208.187.240 Bcast:66.208.187.255 Mask:255.255.255.128 > > inet6 addr: fe80::208:a1ff:fe7d:7aa2/64 Scope:Link > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > RX packets:357 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:255 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > > RX bytes:40245 (39.3 KiB) TX bytes:48926 (47.7 KiB) > > Interrupt:217 Base address:0xcc00 > > > > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:2E:65:8C:B4 > > inet addr:192.168.0.159 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > > inet6 addr: fe80::20e:2eff:fe65:8cb4/64 Scope:Link > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > RX packets:60 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:71 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > > RX bytes:4854 (4.7 KiB) TX bytes:5262 (5.1 KiB) > > Interrupt:233 Base address:0x6800 > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
