Help a newbie....

eBast · 02-25-2003, 07:13 PM

Hai all!!

i am new to this forum and linux itself.... yesterday i installed Mandrake 9 successfully, but could not connect to my cable modem via realtek 8139 lan.

also while booting up, the process stops at "starting service eth0" i have to reboot, select interactive startup and give no to this to boot linux and once booted i cant connect to net. please help.

my system specs are below

amd 2000+
nForce 220 board [asus a7v 266 vm]
geforce 4 mx 440

please help
eBast

nakkaya · 02-25-2003, 07:52 PM

did you choose to use dhcp to connect to the internet

eBast · 02-25-2003, 11:09 PM

Yes dhcp has been enabled.

I have found a work around for the situation....

i chose not to start eth0 service at bootup, instead, configured net from mandrake control panel,.. now it seems to be working.

seems that my realtek 8139 NIC is the problem...

what should i do ?

thanks
eBast

trickykid · 02-26-2003, 07:43 AM

Please try to make better and more helpful thread titles in the future, "Help a Newbie...." doesn't describe your problem. This helps others when browsing or searching to find your thread or know what is covering. Thanks.

MagmaiKH · 05-06-2003, 10:46 PM

I'm installing Redhat 9, with the same motherboard and it failed to detect the NIC.

I forget the exact syntax, but verify that eth0 is active (using ifconfig or some gui tool), I suspect you have the same problem I do and that the device will not be active.