I've installed mandrake 10.1 initially i couldn't get it to boot as it hung on bringing up eth0 after i removed the ethernet card(3com 3c905c-tx) it boots ok, i've stopped the card starting at boot up and reinstalled the card and tried to get it to start and it still will not bring the connection up , i belive the ip details are set correctly and i've tested card and connection on another pc(running xp pro)?

How do you connect? What is the output from the following commands with the card plugged in.

lsmod

ifconfig -a

route -n

Are you using static or dynamic addresses? Can you ping anything?
good luck.

i've tried using both my connections, the cable modem using dhcp and static through my belkin 54g router with an ethernet cable and the other static on my wireless local loop connection with an ethernet cable.
i cant ping anything if i set the card to start on boot up it seems to freeze on bringing up eth0 and if i try to start it after bootup i get the same.

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0A:5E:20:E9:A8
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:90 (90.0 b)
Interrupt:17 Base address:0xec00

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:90 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:90 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:5892 (5.7 Kb) TX bytes:5892 (5.7 Kb)

sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

[root@localhost thomas]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
md5 3584 1
ipv6 230916 8
rfcomm 32348 0
l2cap 19876 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 39076 4 rfcomm,l2cap
snd-seq-oss 31232 0
snd-seq-midi-event 6080 1 snd-seq-oss
snd-seq 47440 4 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event
snd-pcm-oss 49480 0
snd-mixer-oss 17376 3 snd-pcm-oss
snd-cmipci 28228 2
snd-pcm 81800 2 snd-pcm-oss,snd-cmipci
snd-page-alloc 7400 1 snd-pcm
snd-opl3-lib 8448 1 snd-cmipci
snd-timer 20356 3 snd-seq,snd-pcm,snd-opl3-lib
snd-hwdep 6916 1 snd-opl3-lib
gameport 3328 1 snd-cmipci
snd-mpu401-uart 5856 1 snd-cmipci
snd-rawmidi 19300 1 snd-mpu401-uart
snd-seq-device 6344 4 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-opl3-lib,snd-rawmidi
snd 45988 12 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-pcm-oss,snd-mixer-oss,snd-cmipci,snd-pcm,snd-opl3-lib,snd-timer,snd-hwdep,snd-mpu401-uart,snd-rawmidi,snd-seq-device
soundcore 7008 3 snd
af_packet 16072 0
usbhid 41088 0
floppy 55088 0
3c59x 35240 0
ide-cd 37280 0
cdrom 37724 1 ide-cd
loop 12520 0
via-agp 7360 1
agpgart 27752 1 via-agp
ehci-hcd 26244 0
uhci-hcd 28752 0
usbcore 103172 5 usbhid,ehci-hcd,uhci-hcd
ext3 120680 1
jbd 49080 1 ext3

[root@localhost thomas]# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface

Can you bring the card up after boot?

ifconfig eth0 up

good luck.

nope, freeze's or seems to the same is i set it start at boot, i've tried another network card with a realtek chipset and tried a clean install of both mdk 10 and 10.1 all with the same results, cards work fine in fedora core 3?

Have you checked the mandrake errata for similar problems? That's
probably where I'd start. A search of the forums for similar problems
may also produce results.
good luck.

looked everywhere can't find anything like this problem, thanks anyway looks like i'll have to stick with fedora core or go back to windows full time

Is there anything in /var/log/messages? How about the output from dmesg?
good luck.

i'll look what might i be looking for?

Just post whatever you find related to the nic, or eth0.
We might find a clue as to where it is going south on you.
good luck.

These are the only things i can see related to eth0, can't undertand this works fine in slax and worked previously in mandrake 10 in another system(nforce 2 based)?
/var/log/messages
Jan 9 01:04:26 linux kernel: eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xe09eef00, 00:02:44:88:5d:72, IRQ 17

dmesg
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xe09eef00, 00:02:44:88:5d:72, IRQ 17
eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D'

That's a little odd, do you have more than one nic in the box?
good luck.

sorry to confuse you i swapped nic's just incase it was faulty, i've given up anyway and gone back to fedora i'll might try mandrake again when i get time off work, thanks for you help

Sorry we didn't get you sorted with mandrake. In any event enjoy fedora.
good luck.