On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:59:47 -0700, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: > Beartooth wrote: >> So I took out the CD and tried again. It still kept telling me device eth0 >> "seems not to be present." I configured an eth1; trying to activate that >> got the same result. > Does the install actually see the physical nic? Could it possibly > be loading the wrong driver for it? Before you go into software hunting > mode, I always check hardware drivers first, make sure they're there and > are correct. I'd check /var/log/dmesg see what it says regarding the card. Dunno how to tell most of that. I did "cat /var/log/dmesg | more" and looked through it, but 99 44/100% is over my head. I also tried "cat /var/log/dmesg|grep eth0" and got nothing. What should I be looking for in that log?? > And not to burst your bubble, but I just installed FC6 on a > relatively old machine that has 3 Intel nics in it (one dual and one > single.) Just a breeze...configured all three, rebooted and there they > were. I'm running updates right now. By golly, I'll be going home > early today. I'm not even sure what a nic is; but I've owned this machine since it came out the door of the retailer (in 11/98), and nothing has been done about any ethernet card(s) in years. It has the same old 10/100 it's had since who goosed the moose, and nothing at all has been done to any of its hardware in many moons. I know it should work, and did work -- and has always figured itself out on boot. -- Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert Fedora Core 6; CXO 5.0.1; Pine 4.64, Pan 0.119; Privoxy 3.0.3; Dillo 0.8.6, Galeon 2.0.3, Epiphany 2.16, Opera 9.02, Firefox 1.5 Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about.
