Eth0 is failing after updating to kernel 2.4.4

mantiev · 05-03-2001, 12:37 PM

I just updated my kernel 2.4.4 because I love abuse. Upon boot I get the error that Bringing up interface eth0 : failed...i have tried recompiling the kernel and even used my old config and it still doesnt work...also i am getting the error NFS lockdsvc failed....any help would be greatly appreciated....thanks

billsabub · 05-03-2001, 03:35 PM

Did you update your pppoe prior to compiling your kernel?

See /'kernelsource'/Documentation/Changes for dependencies.

KevinJ · 05-04-2001, 06:49 PM

when you say you 'recompiled the kernel'.. how much did you with the kernel config? The default kernel config does not include support for ANY cards other than Intel cards. You have to turn on support for other cards. Same goes for NFS.

mantiev · 05-07-2001, 07:51 AM

OK..I now have LAN access again. I configured the kernel to recognize my 3Com NIC. Now I am getting the follow error after configuring NFS: rpc.lockd: lockdsvc: Invalid argument...any ideas on what i need to do to change this ?

KevinJ · 05-07-2001, 07:56 AM

When you recompiled the kernel, did you allow "NFS" under the "filesystems" options? I think that is turned off by default as well.

mantiev · 05-07-2001, 08:03 AM

Yes I did....i also selected the option to communicate with other/older versions....is there a way to check the configuration and change it ? or do i need to recompile the kernel again ? thanks for all the help btw....

KevinJ · 05-07-2001, 08:30 AM

When you compile a kernel, a good practice is to always save the config file to somewhere on your disk, like your home dir, and give it a unique name so you know what it is.

You can then always go back and open that config to see exactly what you have configured. Without that file, I personally don't know any way to see all the options configured in a current kernel.

try this as root: service nfs start

mantiev · 05-07-2001, 08:46 AM

i tried that and i received the following

bash: service: command not found

however there is a service in my /sbin

i tried running from the /sbin directory and had the same message

what am i doing wrong ?

KevinJ · 05-07-2001, 01:21 PM

Lemme guess... you are root, but you 'su'd to root, right?

Try this... 'su -' instead of this 'su' when you go to 'root'.

Or just try '/sbin/service nfs start'

mantiev · 05-07-2001, 01:42 PM

OK getting closer...I typed in that command and nothing happened...I then did a ps -aux and looked at the processes running and nfs is nowhere to be found...I must have it configured improperly and need to just recompile the kernel making sure that NFS is correctly setup in the kernel config....

KevinJ · 05-07-2001, 01:53 PM

Did NFS work before you upgraded kernel? If it did and it doesn't now.. I would say you are on the right track. Recompile with NFS support.