Hi Dan, Thanks for responding. Here are the answers to your questions.
1. I am not running SELinux (disabled with kernel parameter selinux=0). 2. Kernel version: 2.6.25.9-76.fc9.x86_64 3. eth1 = D-Link System Inc DGE-530T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 4. From dmesg: skge eth1: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both -- Mr. Rajendra Singh, B. Sc. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 1:42 PM > To: Rajendra Singh > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: NIC Type Not Recognized > > On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 17:53 -0400, Rajendra Singh wrote: > > Yesterday I installed Fedora 9 (I was running Fedora 8 before). The > > machine has two NICs, one is on the motherboard (and is detected > > fine), the second is a D-Link gigabit card. On Fedora 8 both worked > > flawlessly. In Fedora 9 they both work fine too, except during boot > > the second card (the D-Link) does not come up. I have to login and > > issue "ifup eth1" to get it up. > > > > When I look in /var/log/messages, I see: > > Jul 4 11:38:08 maxima NetworkManager: <info> starting... > > Jul 4 11:38:08 maxima NetworkManager: <info> eth0: Device is > > fully-supported using driver 'forcedeth'. > > Jul 4 11:38:08 maxima NetworkManager: <info> Found new Ethernet > device > > 'eth0'. > > Jul 4 11:38:08 maxima NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): exported > > as /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_1a_a0_68_9f_18 > > Jul 4 11:38:08 maxima NetworkManager: <info> eth1: Device is > > fully-supported using driver 'skge'. > > Jul 4 11:38:08 maxima NetworkManager: <info> Found new Ethernet > device > > 'eth1'. > > Jul 4 11:38:08 maxima NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): exported > > as /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_1b_11_11_4a_5b > > Jul 4 11:38:08 maxima NetworkManager: <info> Trying to start the > > supplicant... > > Jul 4 11:38:08 maxima NetworkManager: <info> Trying to start the > > system settings daemon... > > Jul 4 11:38:08 maxima nm-system-settings: Loaded plugin ifcfg-fedora: > > (c) 2007 - 2008 Red Hat, Inc. To report bugs please use the > > NetworkManager mailing list. > > Jul 4 11:38:09 maxima nm-system-settings: ifcfg-fedora: > > parsing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 ... > > Jul 4 11:38:09 maxima nm-system-settings: ifcfg-fedora: read > > connection 'System eth0' > > Jul 4 11:38:09 maxima nm-system-settings: ifcfg-fedora: > > parsing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 ... > > Jul 4 11:38:09 maxima nm-system-settings: ifcfg-fedora: error: File > > '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1' specified device 'eth1', > > but the device's type could not be determined. > > Jul 4 11:38:09 maxima nm-system-settings: ifcfg-fedora: > > parsing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo ... > > Jul 4 11:38:09 maxima nm-system-settings: ifcfg-fedora: error: > > Ignoring loopback device config. > > > > Any idea why "device type could not be determined" happens for eth1? > > Nope; but a few questions: > > 1) Are you running SELinux? > 2) What kernel version do you have? > 3) What hardware is your eth1? > 4) What driver runs your eth1? > > There are two reasons that this message would be printed out; (a) > nm-system-settings is unable to call socket() or (b) the driver returns > something other than EOPNOTSUPP for for ioctl(SIOCGIWRANGE). > > Dan > _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
