On Thursday 12 July 2001 04:33 am, Gopakumar C.E wrote:
> I installed Linux (Redhat 7.1) (wiped out Win2k)
> yesterday. There is a small problem with the ethernet
> card initialization. I am using the DHCP option for my
> network. But when in the normal booting mode (init 3),
> the message "Bringing up eth0 interface" comes and
> then the machine gets caught up in that (it does not
> hang, but it does not go forward). So what I did was
> to boot in the single user mode and then insmod the
> 3c59x module (3com card) and then do an "init 3" .
> This time, it works fine and the eth0 interface comes
> up and everything goes fine. Well, I tried looking
> into the etc/sysconfig/ and init.d/ scripts, but has
> not been able to find out what is the problem till
> now. I will try again. If you know what is the
> problem, please do tell me.
You possably answered the question wrongly about editing /etc/modules.conf
during the install of redhat 7.1, you possably need to add the following to
your /etc/modules.conf file
alias eth0 3c59x
save the file and issue the command
depmod -a
Upon the next boot your interface eth0 should come up as it should.
You say your machine does not hang, it does not go forward from "Bringing up
interface eth0..."
It will go forward but there will be a 60 second pause because /sbin/dhcpcd
has to time out due to some problem.
If /sbin/dhcpcd gets an answer from a DHCP server then it should continue
almost imideately.
You should be able to find out why dhcpcd is failing to inititialse eth0 in
/var/log/ messages and/or boot.log .
TIP:
There is no need to reboot to try it all out, simply do; (as root).
init 1
remove the 3c59x driver with rmmod and then type init 3.
>
> Gopakumar.C.E
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