On 27-Jun-2006 00:53.58 (BST), Janina Sajka wrote: > Yesterday, my eth0 & eth0:0 was working with the r8169 driver and the > current 2.6.17 kernel. This morning, it's quite thoroughly hosed: > > root@fantasia 10:49 ~#ifup eth0 > SIOCGIFXQLEN: No such device > SIOCGIFXQLEN: No such device > SIOCGIFXQLEN: No such device > SIOCGIFXQLEN: No such device > Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) : > SET failed on device eth0 ; No such device. > SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device > Failed to bring up eth0 > > So, what's with the wireless presumption? Check /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0. Chances are the TYPE= parameter is set to "Wireless", change it to "Ethernet". I think the network scripts ignore the extraneous settings that pertain to wireless networks, but you can most likely remove fields like RATE=, MODE= and ESSID=. -- rob andrews :: pgp 0xb35ff721 :: rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
