Boot to Win XP leaves 64Studio without net connection

drudge · 10-26-2009, 10:44 AM

Hi, my desktop is dual boot XP and 64Studio, wired to wireless router and cable modem.
XP has no net access (only used for a few games)

Recently enabled internet on XP for online gaming but decided against it so disabled network again.

Now when I boot into 64Studio there is no internet connection. My laptop still has wireless net connection through router.

I can re-enable internet access for 64Studio by booting a live CD first (usually Mepis 8) and then reboot to 64Studio, then all will work properly for every subsequent reboot unless windows is started, then I need a live CD again.

I have tried various live CDs, Mepis 8, Ubuntu, Debian, all reactivate eth0

I tried # ethtool eth0 | grep Link after a windows reboot and no link detected, but link detected after a live cd reboot.

Any ideas how to make 64Studio activate the link?

Hope all that makes sense, thanks.

sploot · 10-26-2009, 10:48 AM

Please post output of

Code:

# ifconfig

Did you build your own kernel? Could you left out support for your ethernet card? If it is a module, is it loaded?

drudge · 10-26-2009, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sploot

Please post output of

Code:

# ifconfig

Did you build your own kernel? Could you left out support for your ethernet card? If it is a module, is it loaded?

Booted into windows, select restart, boot into 64Studio

Code:

cpc3-mapp4-0-0-cust472:/home/glen# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:19:DB:F3:0A:41
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  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:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:17 Base address:0xe000

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: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)

Restart from 64Studio, boot Mepis 8 Live, restart, boot back into 64Studio

Code:

cpc3-mapp4-0-0-cust472:/home/glen# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:19:DB:F3:0A:41
          inet addr:192.168.2.2  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::219:dbff:fef3:a41/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:140 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:100 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:25114 (24.5 KiB)  TX bytes:9021 (8.8 KiB)
          Interrupt:17 Base address:0xe000

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: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)

The 64Studio is just the standard install from DVD.

Everything has worked fine until a week ago when I activated/deactivated internet access in XP.

Thanks