With that error it would appear that the module for your particular network card is not loaded. From a terminal session type 'dmesg | grep eth'. The output will show if the ethernet card was found and installed properly. For example on my linux box (RH 7.2) this command shows the following:
"eth0: ADMtek Comet rev 17 at 0xd082d000, 00:03:6D:1D;08:E8, IRQ 10"
Saying an ethernet card was found at port address 0xd082d00, MAC address of the card was 00:03:6D:1D:08:E8 and IRQ 10.
If you get no output then you may want to enter "Interactive Startup" mode. This is done at boot time when the message appears to "Press I to enter interactive startup". This will put you into kudzu, Red Hat's hardware configuration tool. It will scan for new hardware and install the correct modules for that hardware.
Failing that you may wish to check that the NIC (network interface card) you are using is compatible with linux. Most of the following chipsets used on NIC's are linux compatible:
3Com 3c59x and 3c905b series
DEC Tulip 21x4x series
Intel i82557/i82558 series
NE2000 clones
RTL
Tulip Clones
VIA Rhine
Hope this helps some....
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Sickles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 5:07 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Newbie]ifconfig: error while trying to start device in RedHat
7.2
I am having trouble with my RedHat 7.2 getting the network functioning.
I seem to be overlooking something very simple and hopefully someone
else had done the same stupid thing I am doing before.
I have an entry in my /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory with
ifcfg-eth0
When I try to start with ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.150 up, I get the
error:
Eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
Is this something very small I am overlooking in a file or does this
point to a larger problem.
Any experience with this error or maybe a short primer on ifconfig--on a
site somewhere--that I can follow to make sure I am getting all of the
information entered correctly.
Matt
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