-----Original Message----- From: Daryl Manning [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >It appears to get kicked up by >etc/rc.d/init.d/network >This calls /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia >So I'm assuming you're probably right. It isn't calling >etc/pcmcia/network.opts >1 weird thing, I have a ifcfg-eth0 in the directory (which was written there >by the latest Dell driver for my net card). Interesting, the RedHat init seems to be significantly different from mine (I don't have a /etc/sysconfig/ directory). What is ifcfg-eth0, a script or config file? Have a look through the PCMCIA Howto and check the laptop page to see if anyone has had similiar problems (the howto should be here html version http://hyper.stanford.edu/HyperNews/get/pcmcia/home.html or standard format ftp://hyper.stanford.edu/pub/pcmcia/doc the laptop page is http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ ). >Also, despite my being able to recompile a PCMCIA kernal I'm pretty new with >Linux, so a "loopback" to me while I know what it is in theory I'm a little >confused by. The loopback is where the machine "finds" itself, some services require this to be active. To find out do # ifconfig and look for lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 blah, blah Generally in /etc/hosts there is a line that reads 127.0.0.1 localhost >Also, the changes to pcmcia/network.opts would be what? The lines I edited are (yours will probably be different depending on your network or if you are using a flavor of dhcp where your address is assigned at boot). Again check the howto for more info. # Host's IP address, netmask, network address, broadcast address IPADDR="192.168.0.101" NETMASK="255.255.255.0" NETWORK="192.168.0.0" BROADCAST="192.168.0.255" # Gateway address for static routing GATEWAY="192.168.0.100" Good luck, Tim
