Ed Greshko wrote: >Daniel B. Thurman wrote: >>> On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 15:40 -0800, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: >>>> I must have installed something that now prevented my >>>> network connection to work. I do not know where to begin >>>> to resolve this issue. >>>> >>>> I had a hard time initially to compile/build the module for >>>> my onboard network but I did have it running and it was >>>> really great. >>>> >>>> But somehow, I have lost it. >>>> >>>> Can someone give me advice how to go about troubleshooting it? >>>> >>>> What I do know is that the network daemon is running, it correctly >>>> loaded the nic module, ipconfig shows both eth0 and lo: >>>> >>>> ifconfig: >>>> ================================================================== >>>> eth0 Link encap: Thernet Hwaddr: 00:1B:FC:EC:4B:27 >>>> inet addr: 10.1.0.8 Bcast:10.1.0.255 Maask: 255.255.255.0 >>>> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU: 1500 Metric: 1 >>>> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 >>>> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 >>>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 >>>> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) >>>> Memory:dffc0000-e0000000 >>>> >>>> lo Link encap:local loopback >>>> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 >>>> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host >>>> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 >>>> RX packets:11997 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 >>>> TX packets:11997 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 >>>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 >>>> RX bytes:4997217 (4.7 Mib) TX bytes:4997217 (4.7 Mib) >>>> ================================================================== >>>> >>>> I checked /etc/resolve.conf, system-config-network and everything >>>> is in order. >>> What makes you think that you have lost your network? ifconfig shows >>> that networking is running and has an IP address (10.1.0.8). >>> >>> We'll need some additional information: >>> >>> * How do you have your network configured? Are you using a static IP >>> address or DHCP to assign and address? >> >> I am using static IP address of 10.1.0.8 >> >>> * What gave you the impression the networking is not working? >> >> + I see on my switch no "live" network connection - so it >> appears that the NIC is not active. > >Well, if the link light isn't lit that is the first problem that needs >solving. Without it, nothing else will work. > >> + I cannot ping a local server >> + I cannot access an Internet site like www.fedora.org >> + gkrellm shows no activity >> + nslookup finds no DNS server > >Expected. > >> I am able to ping localhost or the hostname (resovled via /etc/hosts) >> itself. Just cannot ping remote sites. > >Also expected. Pinging the localhost or hostname doesn't involve any >hardware. So, still need to resolve the link light not being on. > >> /sbin/route: >> ================================================================ >> Kernel IP routing table >> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface >> 10.1.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 >> link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 >> default 10.1.0.200 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 >> ================================================================ > >It doesn't make any difference, but it would be nice to see >the output of >"route -n". /sbin/route -n: ================================================================ Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 10.1.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 0.0.0.0 10.1.0.200 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 ================================================================ > >> Additionally, I checked: >> + lsmod | grep atl2 >> alt2 32024 0 >> + cat /etc/modprobe.conf >> alias eth0 atl2 > >What kind of hardware is your NIC? Attansic v2 - onboard NIC on P5GC-MC/1333 MB > >Have you tried the following? > >1. Stop your network (service network stop) >2. rmmod alt2 ERROR: alt2 does not exist in /proc/modules ls /proc/modules <empty> >3. modprobe atl2 FATAL: Module alt2 not found >4. Start your network >5. Check /var/log/messages for any errors Wow. /proc/modules are empty??? Is that significant? I checked the /lib/modules/<kernel-version>/kernel/drivers/net and in there are: atl1/ atl.ko atl2/ atl2.ko So they are there as before. Thanks- Dan No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.8/1236 - Release Date: 1/21/2008 8:23 PM
