> On Wednesday 11 April 2007 16:48:53 Hongwei Li wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I just installed fc6 on a P4 1.8GHz pc. The installation went smoothly, no >> any error. After installation, it looks all are working normally: network, >> web, ssh, iptables, etc. >> >> Later, I reboot it after updating the available packages (shown on the >> screen automatically), the network card eth0 becomes inactive. >> I have to manually go: System -- Administration -- Network >> then click Activate, and File -- Save. >> After that, everything works if I don't restart the system. Once I restart >> it as it was remineded when I click File -- Save, then it becomes inactive >> again. >> >> I checked the device setting, the box "Active device when computer starts" >> is checked, but the other 2 boxes are not. It uses static ip address. >> >> The network card is Intel Corp 82801BA built in the motherboard. No other >> network card installed. >> >> Can somebody help me to solve the problem? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Hongwei Li > > Did you take a look at the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0? > Something strange there? Is the line "ONBOOT=yes" there? > > -- > Manuel Arostegui Ramirez. Yes, here it is: DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=none BROADCAST=128.252.85.255 HWADDR=00:03:47:FF:08:90 IPADDR=128.252.85.9 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 NETWORK=128.252.85.0 ONBOOT=yes GATEWAY=128.252.85.254 TYPE=Ethernet USERCTL=no IPV6INIT=no PEERDNS=yes Any clue? Thanks! Hongwei
