Help... RH9 hangs when...
 

when trying to bring up the interface eth0

i'm a complete :newbie: to linux. just managed to install it on my laptop (Acer travelmate 621xv). however, when it tries to boot up, it will hang when it tries to 'bring up eth0'.

i m however, able to boot into linux if i bypass this part of the boot up. when i tried to access the network configuration to disable/enable the nic, it hangs totally(must do hard reset). the hardware browser is able to show me the nic though (intel pro/100 ve). what is wrong?

i've also tried this (i know this is for rh7...): http://www.megapath.net/support/Tech...t_7_static.asp but the booting up still hangs at the eth0 part. what shld i do? m really interested in learning linux but this thing is pissing me off... :(

If you just want to disable it then edit:
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

and change:
ONBOOT=yes

to:
ONBOOT=no

if i do that, will i be able to create another ethernet connection so that i can access my lan?

No if you want to create a LAN connection then you'll actullay need to setup eth0 - not just disable it. What IP address / netmask / gateway are you trying to give the linux box.

i'm trying to give it a 192.168.1.3, 255.255.255.0 and gateway is 192.168.1.1

i've set onboot=no but i cant activate the lan connection. it will result in a hang... rh is reporting this as a intel ether express pro/100 ether card but mine's the intel pro/100 ve... is it a driver problem? this is the page for the linux driver for my card http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...*&submit=Go%21 but i do not konw how to go about installing the driver, can u give me some pointers?

anyone?

Try this page

http://www.mumble.to/acer/
or
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/acer.html

Regards

saw these pages before but they seem to have no problems with the nic...

if i do this so the card doesnt init at boot, is there a command i could run to start the card after its booted? (if i am using the nic)


thanks

Sure. Just run:
ifconfig eth0 up

ah thanks.