openSUSE 12.1 doesn't get IP address in VMWare Player

newbie0101 · 01-26-2012, 12:31 PM

hello guys, i installed openSUSE 12.1 in VMWare player(under win xp).
my problem is that it's not getting IP address.

here is output from ifconfig eth0:

Code:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr my:hw:address
          inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe70:c356/64 Scope Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:403 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:29 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:45736 (44.6 Kb) TX bytes:8334 (8.1 Kb)
          Interrupt:19 Base address:0x2024

my Virtual Machine Settings:
i tried both Bridged: Connected directly to the physical network as well as NAT.

output of ifcfg-eth0:

Code:

cat /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0
BOOTPROTO='dhcp4'
STARTMODE='auto'

why the eth0 doesn't get IP address ?
please help

T3RM1NVT0R · 01-26-2012, 01:22 PM

Hi newbie0101,

Make a backup of your /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0 file and then do the following changes:

Code:

BOOTPROTO='dhcp'
IPADDR=''
NETWORK=''
STARTMODE='auto'
USERCTL='no

Change your adapter setting to bridge and reboot the system and see if it works.

newbie0101 · 01-27-2012, 01:31 AM

thanks T3RM1NVT0R for help, but it doesn't work for me.
it's still the same, btw i disabled network-remotefs and i am using network manager + is it ok that in output of ifconfig eth0 is line:

Code:

inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe70:c356/64 Scope Link

isnt' it trying to use IPv6 ?
take a look at:

Code:

dmesg | grep eth0
eth0: no iPv6 routers present

Code:

dmesg | grep -i network
ifup[558]: Service network not started and mode 'auto' -> skipping