need to reinstall networking rpms...

[mackey333]

Last time I tried to load x-windows, my machine hung up. So I rebooted and there were file system errors and I had to run fschk manually. I had to send 2 files to lost and found. My ethernet interface [eth0] no longer loads up. If I go into the network menu and try to activate it, it says eth0 cannot be activated. If I try to edit the profile I get an unhandled exception. I reboot it doesn't say "bringing up interface eth0" during the list of startup processes anymore. So I guess I screwed something up. Which rpms do I need to take out to reinstall all of the networking programs. Or, is there anyway to figure out where the files in the lost and found are supposed to go? -Greg :-Q

 

[mackey333]

p.s. - it's RedHat 8.0 -Greg :-Q

 

[RaoulDuke]

Have you rebuilt the rpm database since the crash?

 

[mackey333]

no, how do i do it? -Greg :-Q

 

[flugh]

Try "

rpm --rebuilddb

" to rebuild the rpm database. I doubt that would fix your problem, but could allow to you uninstall/reinstall the rpms, hopefully getting a good configuration worked up in the process.

Sounds like these errors may be related to the front-end you are using to work with the connection. What happens if you get to a command line and, as root, run "

ifup eth0

"? Or "

ifconfig eth0 up

"?

 

[mackey333]

sorry i forgot about this post, i solved the problem, i just manually created a configuration file for eth0 and now it is working fine..i guess there is just a problem with the networking wizard -Greg :-Q