after install: no eth0 in dev
Howdy -
I have just recently completed a fresh install of Slackware 11.0. I am booting with kernel 2.4.33.3 at this time because that was the only set of modules installed in /lib/modules. I am attempting to get a "3Com 3C905CX-TXM" NIC to start talking. dmesg now has the following lines: 3c59x: Donald Becker and others... 00:08.0: 3COM PCI 3C905c Tornado at 0xe400 Vers LK1.1.18 ifconfig confirms that the eth0 interface is up! However, I do not see an eth0 device in /dev, i.e. no /dev/eth0 This very same card was working fine in the same exact hardware configuration with 10.2. Does anyone have a bit of insight to share? :) Thanks! -js |
It probably is up. Network interfaces just don't appear in /dev.
Did you actually check if it works? |
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The eth device is a logical network interface and handled differently. As far as the kernel is concerned this network interface is a software object. You could use google-linux to get some really good information. You do seem to have the eth0 device up. Did you run netconfig? Or edit the /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf file? I like to start with a static IP for most installs, then if the person(s) wants dhcp the configure of the /etc/rc.d/inet1.conf will be adjusted. If you make a change to eth0 in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf file, you must restart the inet as root. Code:
#/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 restart #restart network Code:
#ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.15 #state IP Remember that the above is just a manual configuration. If you reboot the setting will be lost unless you insert the information into the /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf. |
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