>> 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 > I just rebooted the computer again and noticed the error message on the screen during booting: Bringup interface eth0: sysfs class ... failed, ... some device has alread used the ip address 128.252.85.9 ... [Fail] What does that mean? this system does not have any other network device, and this ip address is not used by any other system in our campus -- once I activate it, there is no ip address conflict at all (I leave it running overnight, it is still working well). Any help? Thanks! Hongwei Li
