Hi everyone thank you for any help you can provide.

Problem: I have a PC that I have setup to dual boot XP and FC4. I am living in S. Korea and when I run XP the PC has no problems receiving the IP address from the DHCP server. In FC4, when I try to bring up the network I get a message "Determining IP information for Eth1... failed." I get this message on either network cards that are installed in this machine, both of which work on XP. I've tried disabling the firewall, but I still get the same message.

Configuration:

PC: Dell Dimension 4600
Network Cards: Intel(R) Pro/100 VE Network Connection
realtek RTL 8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet Nic

Install: FC4 Default (I've tried installing everything and selective installs)

Once again thanks for any help.

Try a static IP first (same as XP uses).

If that doesn't help, you may need to check the duplex settings, etc.

Which DHCP package are you using?

FC4 by default has a security setting called SELinux which is on by default unless you've turned it off. I would suggest diabling this settings since it's know to cause issues with things not working as expected, goto to the main menu --> System Settings --> Security level, and disable the setting and restart the machine and see if that fixes the problem.

I'm having the same problem as bvknapp. I am trying to use DHCP, but it's not working in Linux (fedora core 3). It works in windows XP.

I tried the SELinux fix, no avail. It simply hangs for a while (a few minutes) on "initializing eth0:" Then it said [Failed].

I decided to try to use the static ip info that Windows had gotten from the DHCP. That didnt work either. The device came up, but still could not connect to anything.

Fine. I didnt want to use a static ip anyway......

Now, when i boot up (i switched back to DHCP), it says:

Initializing eth0: Determining IP information for eth0:... /sbin/dhclient-script: configuration for eth0 not found. Continuing with defaults
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions: line47: eth0 no such file or directory


then, after another minute or so of waiting, it finally says [failed], and finishes booting.

Yes i'm a linux noob, but i would really like to figure this out.

on another note, i cant reboot. it hangs on a blank screen. when i shut down, i hear everything exept for the cpu fan kick off, and the screen says
acpi_power_off called.

i suppose that is supposed to tell my motherboard to shut down?


I'm running a Soyo Dragon kt600 plus, 2.4ghz
30Gig hd (15 gig windows partition, 14 gig linux, 520 mb swap space)
Rhine FAST ethernet adapter 10/100
Windows Xp Professional

thanks for any help.

I'm sorry I've been too busy to respond. Thanks for all your help, unfortuantely none of your ideas have worked.

here is some output from a few of the diagnostic tools linux offers:
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PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Class 0600: PCI device 8086:2570 (rev 2).
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe8000000 [0xefffffff].
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
Class 0604: PCI device 8086:2571 (rev 2).
Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=8.
Bus 0, device 29, function 0:
Class 0c03: PCI device 8086:24d2 (rev 2).
IRQ 11.
I/O at 0xff80 [0xff9f].
Bus 0, device 29, function 1:
Class 0c03: PCI device 8086:24d4 (rev 2).
IRQ 10.
I/O at 0xff60 [0xff7f].
Bus 0, device 29, function 2:
Class 0c03: PCI device 8086:24d7 (rev 2).
IRQ 9.
I/O at 0xff40 [0xff5f].
Bus 0, device 29, function 3:
Class 0c03: PCI device 8086:24de (rev 2).
IRQ 11.
I/O at 0xff20 [0xff3f].
Bus 0, device 29, function 7:
Class 0c03: PCI device 8086:24dd (rev 2).
IRQ 5.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xffa80800 [0xffa80bff].
Bus 0, device 30, function 0:
Class 0604: PCI device 8086:244e (rev 194).
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=2.
Bus 0, device 31, function 0:
Class 0601: PCI device 8086:24d0 (rev 2).
Bus 0, device 31, function 1:
Class 0101: PCI device 8086:24db (rev 2).
IRQ 9.
I/O at 0xffa0 [0xffaf].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfebffc00 [0xfebfffff].
Bus 0, device 31, function 2:
Class 0101: PCI device 8086:24d1 (rev 2).
IRQ 9.
I/O at 0xfe00 [0xfe07].
I/O at 0xfe10 [0xfe13].
I/O at 0xfe20 [0xfe27].
I/O at 0xfe30 [0xfe33].
I/O at 0xfea0 [0xfeaf].
Bus 0, device 31, function 3:
Class 0c05: PCI device 8086:24d3 (rev 2).
IRQ 3.
I/O at 0xeda0 [0xedbf].
Bus 0, device 31, function 5:
Class 0401: PCI device 8086:24d5 (rev 2).
IRQ 3.
I/O at 0xee00 [0xeeff].
I/O at 0xedc0 [0xedff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfebffa00 [0xfebffbff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfebff900 [0xfebff9ff].
Bus 1, device 0, function 0:
Class 0300: PCI device 10de:0322 (rev 161).
IRQ 11.
Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=5.Max Lat=1.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfd000000 [0xfdffffff].
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0000000 [0xf7ffffff].
Bus 2, device 2, function 0:
Class 0200: PCI device 10ec:8139 (rev 16).
IRQ 3.
Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=32.Max Lat=64.
I/O at 0xde00 [0xdeff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfcefef00 [0xfcefefff].
Bus 2, device 8, function 0:
Class 0200: PCI device 8086:1050 (rev 2).
IRQ 10.
Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=56.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfceff000 [0xfcefffff].
I/O at 0xddc0 [0xddff].
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
modules
vfat 13377 1 - Live 0xe09eb000
fat 54621 1 vfat, Live 0xe0b5e000
udf 83909 1 - Live 0xe0b48000
parport_pc 28933 1 - Live 0xe0b27000
lp 13001 0 - Live 0xe09e6000
parport 40585 2 parport_pc,lp, Live 0xe0b11000
autofs4 29253 2 - Live 0xe0a17000
rfcomm 42333 0 - Live 0xe0a0b000
l2cap 30661 5 rfcomm, Live 0xe0a02000
bluetooth 56133 4 rfcomm,l2cap, Live 0xe09f3000
sunrpc 167813 1 - Live 0xe0ae7000
video 15941 0 - Live 0xe09d7000
button 6609 0 - Live 0xe09be000
battery 9413 0 - Live 0xe09dc000
ac 4805 0 - Live 0xe09d4000
md5 4033 1 - Live 0xe09c1000
ipv6 268097 8 - Live 0xe0a23000
uhci_hcd 35152 0 - Live 0xe09ca000
ehci_hcd 41037 0 - Live 0xe099e000
hw_random 5973 0 - Live 0xe08af000
i2c_i801 8781 0 - Live 0xe0956000
i2c_core 21569 1 i2c_i801, Live 0xe09b4000
snd_intel8x0 34689 1 - Live 0xe09aa000
snd_ac97_codec 75961 1 snd_intel8x0, Live 0xe0942000
snd_seq_dummy 3653 0 - Live 0xe08b2000
snd_seq_oss 37057 0 - Live 0xe0993000
snd_seq_midi_event 9153 1 snd_seq_oss, Live 0xe08f8000
snd_seq 62289 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event, Live 0xe0982000
snd_seq_device 8781 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq, Live 0xe08f4000
snd_pcm_oss 51185 0 - Live 0xe0974000
snd_mixer_oss 17857 1 snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xe093c000
snd_pcm 100169 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xe095a000
snd_timer 33605 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm, Live 0xe0900000
snd 57157 11 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd _timer, Live 0xe092d000
soundcore 10913 1 snd, Live 0xe08b8000
snd_page_alloc 9669 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm, Live 0xe08b4000
e100 47297 0 - Live 0xe08bf000
8139too 30017 0 - Live 0xe0895000
mii 5441 2 e100,8139too, Live 0xe0892000
floppy 65269 0 - Live 0xe08e3000
dm_snapshot 17413 0 - Live 0xe088c000
dm_zero 2113 0 - Live 0xe0876000
dm_mirror 26029 0 - Live 0xe0861000
ext3 132553 2 - Live 0xe090b000
jbd 86233 1 ext3, Live 0xe08cc000
dm_mod 58101 6 dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror, Live 0xe089f000
ata_piix 9413 0 - Live 0xe0870000
libata 47045 1 ata_piix, Live 0xe087f000
sd_mod 20545 0 - Live 0xe0869000
scsi_mod 148105 2 libata,sd_mod, Live 0xe081a000
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
lsmod

Module Size Used by
vfat 13377 1
fat 54621 1 vfat
udf 83909 1
parport_pc 28933 1
lp 13001 0
parport 40585 2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4 29253 2
rfcomm 42333 0
l2cap 30661 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 56133 4 rfcomm,l2cap
sunrpc 167813 1
video 15941 0
button 6609 0
battery 9413 0
ac 4805 0
md5 4033 1
ipv6 268097 8
uhci_hcd 35152 0
ehci_hcd 41037 0
hw_random 5973 0
i2c_i801 8781 0
i2c_core 21569 1 i2c_i801
snd_intel8x0 34689 1
snd_ac97_codec 75961 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_seq_dummy 3653 0
snd_seq_oss 37057 0
snd_seq_midi_event 9153 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 62289 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 8781 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 51185 0
snd_mixer_oss 17857 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 100169 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 33605 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 57157 11 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd _timer
soundcore 10913 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 9669 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
e100 47297 0
8139too 30017 0
mii 5441 2 e100,8139too
floppy 65269 0
dm_snapshot 17413 0
dm_zero 2113 0
dm_mirror 26029 0
ext3 132553 2
jbd 86233 1 ext3
dm_mod 58101 6 dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror
ata_piix 9413 0
libata 47045 1 ata_piix
sd_mod 20545 0
scsi_mod 148105 2 libata,sd_mod
------------------------------------------------------------------------
ifconfig -a

dev17924 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:F1:D9:38:71
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)

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:4D:04:9B:F5
inet6 addr: fe80::2e0:4dff:fe04:9bf5/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:3440 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:17 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:209284 (204.3 KiB) TX bytes:4482 (4.3 KiB)
Interrupt:3 Base address:0xde00

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:3059 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3059 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3698138 (3.5 MiB) TX bytes:3698138 (3.5 MiB)

sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 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)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
ifcfg-eth1

DEVICE=eth1
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
HWADDR=00:E0:4D:04:9B:F5
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=yes
IPV6INIT=no
DHCP_HOSTNAME=Montana
IPADDR=220.87.87.75
NETMASK=255.255.255.192
GATEWAY=220.87.87.126
---------------------------------------------------------------------

I've considered trying to recompile the kernel and utilizing ndiswrapper.
Any ideas would be appreciated.