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Internet (eth0 interface) does not auto-start

Hello,

I am running Mandriva 2005 LE and my network does not auto-start with the computer.

I have tryed hundreds of times to check and uncheck "start network on boot" on Mandrake Control Center. I also have already reconfigured my internet duzens of times to no vail. I also googled without sucess.

Now the wierd thing: On boot time I can see the message: "bringing up eth0 interface ..... [OK]"

So I imagine, eth0 should be up, right?

Here is my ifconfig after boot:

Code:

[root@Lapa felipe]# ifconfig

lo        Encapsulamento do Link: Loopback Local

          inet end.: 127.0.0.1  Masc:255.0.0.0

          endereço inet6: ::1/128 Escopo:Máquina

          UP LOOPBACKRUNNING  MTU:16436  Métrica:1

          RX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          colisões:0 txqueuelen:0

          RX bytes:1562 (1.5 Kb)  TX bytes:1562 (1.5 Kb)



sit0      Encapsulamento do Link: IPv6 sobre IPv4

          endereço inet6: ::127.0.0.1/96 Escopo:Desconhecido

          UP RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1480  Métrica:1

          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          colisões:0 txqueuelen:0

          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

As you can see eth0 is not functioning after boot. Going to mandrake control center and reconfigure my internet will bring eth0 up, but just until reboot.

So, what command should I use on the command line to get eth0 up?

Is there a proper init file to put it?

Any other suggestions?

My internet is Cable with non-real fixed IP. The configuration is right cos it works once Mandrake Control Center brings eth0 up.

my eth0 after my internet is working:

Code:

eth0      Encapsulamento do Link: Ethernet  Endereço de HW 00:08:54:22:B9:1B

          inet end.: 172.26.0.21  Bcast:172.26.0.255  Masc:255.255.255.0

          endereço inet6: fe80::208:54ff:fe22:b91b/64 Escopo:Link

          UP BROADCASTRUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Métrica:1

          RX packets:919 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:528 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          colisões:0 txqueuelen:1000

          RX bytes:378589 (369.7 Kb)  TX bytes:88943 (86.8 Kb)

          IRQ:21 Endereço de E/S:0xc000

thanks a lot,

What does
ifconfig eth0 up

say?

Quote:

Originally posted by Fin7PL
What does
ifconfig eth0 up say?

eth0: Unknown interface: No such Device

If I go to Mandrake Control Center and go up to half the internet assistent I get eth0 up.

What about command

lsmod

output?

Before and after the eth0 comes up

The difference between before eth0 is up and after is:

8139too 22624 0

ummm ... maybe I should bring this module up on one of the init.rd scripts?

Here is before eth0:

Code:

[root@Lapa felipe]# lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by

i915                  17600  1

drm                    59796  2 i915

raw                    7008  4

md5                    3872  1

ipv6                  243392  14

rfcomm                34936  0

l2cap                  22784  5 rfcomm

bluetooth              43620  4 rfcomm,l2cap

snd-seq-dummy          2820  0

snd-seq-oss            32704  0

snd-seq-midi-event      6656  1 snd-seq-oss

snd-seq                50992  5 snd-seq-dummy,snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event

snd-seq-device          7052  3 snd-seq-dummy,snd-seq-oss,snd-seq

snd-pcm-oss            49760  0

snd-mixer-oss          17536  1 snd-pcm-oss

snd-hda-intel          12832  3

snd-hda-codec          50752  1 snd-hda-intel

snd-pcm                84100  4 snd-pcm-oss,snd-hda-intel,snd-hda-codec

snd-timer              21540  3 snd-seq,snd-pcm

snd-page-alloc          7812  2 snd-hda-intel,snd-pcm

snd                    48900  13 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-seq-device,snd-pcm-oss,

snd-mixer-oss,snd-hda-intel,snd-hda-codec,snd-pcm,snd-timer

soundcore              7584  1 snd

parport_pc            32324  1

lp                    10152  0

parport                32680  2 parport_pc,lp

af_packet              17256  0

floppy                55664  0

video                  14148  0

thermal                10856  0

tc1100-wmi              5412  0

processor              14524  1 thermal

fan                    3332  0

container              3264  0

button                  5104  0

battery                7684  0

ac                      3524  0

ide-cd                37156  0

loop                  14344  0

nls_iso8859-1          3968  1

ntfs                  207448  1

supermount            33360  1

intel-agp              20284  1

agpgart                28716  3 drm,intel-agp

usblp                  11136  0

ehci-hcd              29544  0

uhci-hcd              29776  0

usbcore              108440  4 usblp,ehci-hcd,uhci-hcd

ext3                  125480  2

jbd                    52984  1 ext3

sd_mod                16032  5

ata_piix                7332  4

libata                41828  1 ata_piix

scsi_mod              116808  2 sd_mod,libata

and now after:

Code:

[root@Lapa felipe]# lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by

8139too                22624  0

mii                    4448  1 8139too

i915                  17600  1

drm                    59796  2 i915

raw                    7008  4

md5                    3872  1

ipv6                  243392  14

rfcomm                34936  0

l2cap                  22784  5 rfcomm

bluetooth              43620  4 rfcomm,l2cap

snd-seq-dummy          2820  0

snd-seq-oss            32704  0

snd-seq-midi-event      6656  1 snd-seq-oss

snd-seq                50992  5 snd-seq-dummy,snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event

snd-seq-device          7052  3 snd-seq-dummy,snd-seq-oss,snd-seq

snd-pcm-oss            49760  0

snd-mixer-oss          17536  1 snd-pcm-oss

snd-hda-intel          12832  3

snd-hda-codec          50752  1 snd-hda-intel

snd-pcm                84100  4 snd-pcm-oss,snd-hda-intel,snd-hda-codec

snd-timer              21540  3 snd-seq,snd-pcm

snd-page-alloc          7812  2 snd-hda-intel,snd-pcm

snd                    48900  13 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-seq-device,snd-pcm-oss,

snd-mixer-oss,snd-hda-intel,snd-hda-codec,snd-pcm,snd-timer

soundcore              7584  1 snd

parport_pc            32324  1

lp                    10152  0

parport                32680  2 parport_pc,lp

af_packet              17256  0

floppy                55664  0

video                  14148  0

thermal                10856  0

tc1100-wmi              5412  0

processor              14524  1 thermal

fan                    3332  0

container              3264  0

button                  5104  0

battery                7684  0

ac                      3524  0

ide-cd                37156  0

loop                  14344  0

nls_iso8859-1          3968  1

ntfs                  207448  1

supermount            33360  1

intel-agp              20284  1

agpgart                28716  3 drm,intel-agp

usblp                  11136  0

ehci-hcd              29544  0

uhci-hcd              29776  0

usbcore              108440  4 usblp,ehci-hcd,uhci-hcd

ext3                  125480  2

jbd                    52984  1 ext3

sd_mod                16032  5

ata_piix                7332  4

libata                41828  1 ata_piix

scsi_mod              116808  2 sd_mod,libata

Yes..

Try
insmod 8139too

and then
ifconfig eth0 up

I don´t know where to add the insmod 8139too in your distrib?

maybe someone other knows but that should work.

Quote:

Yes..

Try
insmod 8139too

and then
ifconfig eth0 up

I don´t know where to add the insmod 8139too in your distrib?

maybe someone other knows but that should work.

If it works you could create a bash script like

Code:

#!/bin/bash

insmod 8239too

ifconfig eth0 up

make it executable and add it to the init.local in the init dir

I solved my problem with the wifi in this way.

Actually it didn't work that easy. To start with insmod could not find 8139too, so I located it by hand, copied 8139too.ko.gz to the root documents folders, gunziped the file and tryed to load it.

[root@Lapa ~]# insmod 8139too.ko
insmod: error inserting '8139too.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in module

ummm ... perhaps I could look into Mandrake configuration scripts and see what it is doing to get the module up.

Here is the result of insmod before I copied the module file and gunziped it:

Code:

[root@Lapa dev]# insmod 8139too

insmod: can't read '8139too': No such file or directory

[root@Lapa ~]# ifconfig eth0 up

eth0: interface desconhecida: No such device

[root@Lapa dev]# locate 8139too

/sys/module/8139too

/sys/module/8139too/sections

/sys/module/8139too/sections/.strtab

/sys/module/8139too/sections/.symtab

/sys/module/8139too/sections/.bss

/sys/module/8139too/sections/.gnu.linkonce.this_module

/sys/module/8139too/sections/.data

/sys/module/8139too/sections/.altinstructions

/sys/module/8139too/sections/.rodata.str1.4

/sys/module/8139too/sections/__param

/sys/module/8139too/sections/.rodata.str1.1

/sys/module/8139too/sections/.rodata

/sys/module/8139too/sections/.exit.text

/sys/module/8139too/sections/.init.text

/sys/module/8139too/sections/.altinstr_replacement

/sys/module/8139too/sections/.text

/sys/module/8139too/refcnt

/sys/bus/pci/drivers/8139too

/sys/bus/pci/drivers/8139too/new_id

/sys/bus/pci/drivers/8139too/0000:06:00.0

/usr/src/linux-2.6.10-3.mm.24mdk/drivers/net/8139too.c

/usr/src/linux-2.6.11-6mdk/drivers/net/8139too.c

/lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdksmp/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.ko.gz

[root@Lapa dev]# uname -r

2.6.11-6mdksmp