Rob Andrews writes: > 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=. > But there weren't any of these wireless fields in that file, and adding "TYPE=Ethernet" didn't help. Still gives me the SIOCGIF* type errors. I should think that specifying the hwaddr would be definitive, but it seems it's getting ignored--something I've also seen on my laptop at times. > -- > rob andrews :: pgp 0xb35ff721 :: rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.240.715.1272 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada--Go to http://ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://a11y.org
