> ----- Original Message ---- > From: Rick Stevens <rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 7:21:34 PM > Subject: Re: dhcp not working on machine > > On Tue, 2007-08-21 at 16:02 -0700, Antonio Olivares wrote: > > Dear list, > > > > dhcp is not working on one of my machines. > > > > > Try changing your /etc/modprobe.conf file from: > > alias eth0 8139cp > > to > > alias eth0 8139too > > The log is saying that your hardware isn't compatible with the 8139cp > driver and that you should try the 8139too driver. And the last bit > of what you included above shows the 8139too driver identifying your > stuff. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx - > - CDN Systems, Internap, Inc. http://www.internap.com - > - - > - "I'd explain it to you, but your brain might explode." - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- Rick, modprobe.conf is as follows [root@localhost Documents]# cat /etc/modprobe.conf alias eth0 8139too alias scsi_hostadapter pata_sis alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 options snd-card-0 index=0 options snd-intel8x0 index=0 The machine hangs at gathering IP information. It does not move any further. To achieve a connection on this machine, I disconnect the ethernet cable and manually assign it an IP. What could be wrong here? While the device is disconnected booting goes on as normal. dmesg shows this sis96x_smbus 0000:00:02.1: SiS96x SMBus base address: 0x10c0 rtc_cmos 00:04: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0 rtc0: alarms up to one year 8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v1.3 (Mar 22, 2004) 8139cp 0000:00:0f.0: This (id 10ec:8139 rev 10) is not an 8139C+ compatible chip 8139cp 0000:00:0f.0: Try the "8139too" driver instead. ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 21 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28 firewire_ohci: Added fw-ohci device 0000:00:10.0, OHCI version 1.0 ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0f.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 22 eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xde95e000, 00:30:1b:3e:d4:b7, IRQ 22 eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D' ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team Netfilter messages via NETLINK v0.30. nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (3839 buckets, 30712 max) NET: Registered protocol family 10 lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions Mobile IPv6 eth0: link down ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready After connecting eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1 eth0: no IPv6 routers present Smolt profile is here: http://smolt.fedoraproject.org/show?UUID=b789470a-11cc-4097-acd7-c022ad437d6b Thanks for your help, Antonio ____________________________________________________________________________________ Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7
