Sorry for the noise. The problem was found in the ifupdown package, version 0.7~alpha2 from experimental is buggy. Replacing it with 0.6.8 from unstable/testing/stable solves my problem. I will file a bug report on this package with hight severity. Using packages from experimental is sometimes risky! Now I have two ethernet cards for this box, the old one works perfectly :) On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 11:23 +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > New input again: Suddenly both cards are allocated interrupts and > recognized as eth0, and eth1. Trying to bring up either interfaces give > the same output: > RTNETLINK anwers: File exists > Failed to bring up "eth0" or > Failed to bring up "eth01" > What's going on here?? > Do I have a hardware problem somewhere on the motherboard?? > > Googling a little seems to indicate that the RTNETLINK message comes > from the kernel, right? > > On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 10:55 +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > > I think the problem might be related to IRQ and ACPI. > > Attached is a boot log from a succesful boot, _before_ the upgrade. > > If you need the boot log from the broken box, I have to copy it via a > > floppy or something. Please let me know. > > > > I have now tried with bot network cards: The old one, 3c59x-based, gets > > an IRQ assigned, but does not work as written before: > > RTNETLINK anwers: File exists > > Failed to bring up "eth0" > > while the other one, 8139too-based, is not assigned an IRQ and gives the > > following eoutput: > > Cannot find device "eth0" > > Failed to bring up "eth0" > > > > On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 10:21 +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Sorry to disturb you on this list, but I need some help and will not > > > file a bug report yet and don't know where to get help. After recent > > > upgrades on unstable+experimental ethernet does not work any longer. I > > > have been using a 3com card for a long time and after the upgrade it > > > suddenly doesn't work any longer. Module loaded is 3c59x.ko. Kernels > > > 2.6.18-3-686, 2.6.18-4-686, 2.6-20-1-686, 2.6.21-686. Whem tring to > > > bring up the interface I get the following output: > > > RTNETLINK anwers: File exists/No such process/Network is unreachable. > > > > > > Buying a new network card and loading the 8138too.ko module this card is > > > detected as eth0 according to the kernel logs and assigned, e.g IRQ 17. > > > However, when looking at /proc/interrupts the assigned interupt does not > > > show :( When tring to bring up the interface the output is: > > > Cannot find device "eth0" > > > Failed to bring up "eth0" > > > > > > I have tried to move the crd to another PCI slot, but no avail. > > > According to dmesg there are problems with IRQ assignments, and one of > > > the IRQs are disabled for some reasons. Have tried booting with > > > pci=routeirq without any difference and usnig irqpoll oprion hangs the > > > boot! The computer is a Dual CPU Celeron box, having been running for a > > > long time now. I had recent problems installing the latest > > > module-init-tools-3.3-pre-3, and backed to 3.3pere-1 and reinstalled > > > modutils. Does this have abything to do with the problems seen? > > > Which upgrades does affect the ethernet functionality, the kernels were > > > _not_ upgraded with the latest upgrade! > > > > > > Please Cc: me since I'm not subscribed. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Svante
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