I was not sure where to post this one, but the "how do I bring interfaces up on this distro?" gave me a clue

Below a portion of syslog:

Dec 16 09:18:35 localhost rc.sysinit: Initializing firewire controller (ohci1394): succeeded
Dec 16 09:18:35 localhost ieee1394.agent[1499]: ... no drivers for IEEE1394 product 0x/0x/0x
Dec 16 09:18:37 localhost ieee1394.agent[1525]: ... no drivers for IEEE1394 product 0x/0x/0x
Dec 16 09:18:37 localhost ieee1394.agent[1543]: ... no drivers for IEEE1394 product 0x/0x/0x
Dec 16 09:18:37 localhost net.agent[1569]: how do I bring interfaces up on this distro?
Dec 16 09:18:37 localhost net.agent[1569]: add event not handled
Dec 16 09:20:58 localhost mandrake_everytime: Starting netprofile: succeeded
Dec 16 09:20:58 localhost init: Entering runlevel: 5
Dec 16 09:21:02 localhost udev: Start udev succeeded
Dec 16 09:21:02 localhost INIT: Loading ACPI module ac: successfull
Dec 16 09:21:02 localhost INIT: Loading ACPI module battery: successfull
Dec 16 09:21:02 localhost INIT: Loading ACPI module button: successfull
Dec 16 09:21:03 localhost INIT: Loading ACPI module fan: successfull
Dec 16 09:21:03 localhost INIT: Loading ACPI module processor: successfull
Dec 16 09:21:03 localhost INIT: Loading ACPI module tc1100-wmi: successfull
Dec 16 09:21:03 localhost INIT: Loading ACPI module thermal: successfull