I have 'network packet filtering' disabled. I think that's used for a gateway/firewall configartion. I don't see 'socket packet' but there is 'socket filtering' which is also disabled. what would you suggest?
thx, p. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce, Matthew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'paul'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 11:55 PM Subject: RE: ifup, dhcp troubleshooting > I'm sure I had to include "Packet Filtering" and "Socket Packet" in the > Networking Options in make menuconfig, before my dhcp client would work. > > > Matthew Joyce > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, 8 October 2002 1:47 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: ifup, dhcp troubleshooting > > > if i boot with my old kernel, a 2.4.18bf2.4, everything works properly, so > the configuation and client are sound. when i boot with my custom compiled > kernel nothings happens, no error messages. if i try 'ifconfig -a' the > adapter is shown, but without an IP. I checked the dhclient & interfaces > man pages. Here's my syslog entries with eth0: > > sis900.c: v1.08.02 11/30/2001 > PCI: Assigned IRQ 3 for device 00:03.0 > eth0: Realtek RTL8201 PHY tansceiver found at address 1 as default > eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xd800, IRQ 3, 00:08:98:ed:46:4e > > the only suspect line is: > ds: no socket drivers loaded! > > i'll look into ds man page. > > p. > > >Do you have a DHCP client (pump, dhcp-client) installed? > >Have you looked at the configuation file/manpage for same? > >Do you need to send a particular hostname to get an address? > > >Not trying to be rude, but more information, please. Look at > >/var/log/syslog (you can tail it while you restart eth0) and post some > >error messages if you can't make sense of them. Start with the man > >page for the DHCP client that is installed, and write back with > >details. > > >HTH, > >Steve > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

