Delaying eth0 initialization

[roeiboot]

i had RedHat kernel version 2.4.2-2, then i upgraded to version 2.4.20-28.7. it all went fine (so i thought)
now when i boot using the new kernel i get: "Delaying eth0 initialization". so i started Netcfg and activated the eth0, i see the following error:
SIOCDELRT No such process
SIOCADDRT Network is unreachable
(obviously i can't browse the internet or use the network)

when i boot using the old kernel the Network card works.

(whole reason why i try to upgrade is -because without messing with the system- that the Linux pc is no longer accessible from the network.)

any one have any idea ? thanks.

 

[stefanwagner]

1. boot the working kernel, and find out, what your eth-card is:

lspci | grep -i eth

2. see if it is driven by a module, i.e. for my reltek-card, the driver is 8139too, which you may find out by searching the kernelsource-Documentation:

lsmod | grep 8139too

3. boot the new linux, and see, if the module is loaded like in 2.
4. if not, try to load it manually:

modprobe 8139too

5. 6. 7.: to be continued after your report

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[roeiboot]

thanks for the reply.

i have the Com Corporation 3c900 10BaseT [Boomerang] NIC
i think it's (according to stuff i found) i should use 3c900.

lsmod | grep 8139too

has no output to the screen... in other words, damn i'm stuck :]

ps. if i try (in the working kernel)

modprobe 3c900

it reports "modprobe: Can't locate module 3c900

 

[stefanwagner]

did you

lsmod | grep 8139too
# or
lsmod | grep 3c900

?

In my kernel-documentation (vortex.txt) it looks, as if your driver should be named '3c59x'

lsmod | grep 3c59x

?

and therefore

 modprobe 3c59x

?



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[roeiboot]

thanks again. here's what's been happening. last friday my father-in-law died and i got his old -which is only 6mo old- computer, so i was working on that this morning and removed 1 of the cd players out of my workstation (to put in my 'new' pc since i like to have 2 cd players). after rebooting my workstation for no apparent reason it started nagging me with new NIC found, i re-installed it and ended up in Windows, for shits n' giggles i tried going to the Linux box and what do you know, suddenly it works.. all that basically happened was that the 2 NIC's in my workstations have virtually switched.

sometimes pc's are weird (so are some users :}

long story short, problem solved... (we'll see ya guys when i have a new problem :}