I have the same problem as you. These is the command sequence I do in the installation:
# modprobe 8139too # lsmod (8139too loaded) # net-setup eth0 (I choose "Use DHCP to auto-detect my network settings) # ifconfig (It only shows lo and not eth0) # dhcpcd eth0 (No error message, but it doesn't work) My computer is a K6-II 450 MHZ w/ 256 MB RAM. Please help. On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 23:37:00 -0500, "Christopher Robison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I'm having a weird problem during a Gentoo install on some seemingly > unrelated > machines. The problem seems specific to dhcpcd, though beyond that I > cannot tell > what's wrong. > > I boot up with a CD burned off the most current (1.4) "Basic" LiveCD, and > cannot > get dhcpcd to work. It ends immediately (no wait, no error msg), and a > subsequent ifconfig shows only lo. I run lsmod, and the module for the > card is > loaded, as well as a module called "mii," which lists the nic's module as > a > dependency. > > When I look at /var/log/everything/current, I see the following lines > repeated > many times: > > Oct 25 21:40:40 [dhcpcd] dhcpStop: ioctl SIOSIFADDR: Bad file descriptor > Oct 25 21:40:40 [dhcpcd] dhcpStop: ioctl SIOCSIFFLAGS: Bad file > descriptor > Oct 25 21:40:40 [dhcpcd] dhcpStop: terminating on signal 4 > > Now the strange part: I have several systems in this lab that when > booted with > the same LiveCD work just fine. Then there are these systems that > experience the > problem, and they're totally different from each other. The only thing I > can > think of that they have in common is that they're relatively old. One is > a IBM > PC 300GL (P233/MMX) with an SMC 9432TX NIC, the others are clones based > on a > Tekram P5T30-B4 motherboard (latest BIOS update) with a 3C905B-TX. We > also tried > a D-Link card with a RTL8139 chipset in both of these machines; same > result. The > problem therefore seems unrelated to the NIC being used or the BIOS on > the > motherboard. > > Finally, when setting the IP address manually, everything works. It's > only > dhcpcd that's having the problem. > > Has anyone else seen this? > > > Many thanks in advance, > --c.r. -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
