I've recompiled my kernel (i had some issues with PCMCIA) but now when i boot linux the "bringing up interface eth0" phase fails, and no network is detected. I think i selected all the necessary options in the "make xconfig" phase of the compilation


TIA

Try in the command line "ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.123" and see if that works. If it doesn't then yes, you did mess something up in your compile.

i did "ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.11" and i was able to get that IP, and also was able to ping my other pc, the one that is connected directly to the internet. But i don't have access to the internet

try: dhcpcd -t 10 -d eth0

Your other pc is set up as a router and a dhcp server, right?

How are the PC connected one to another and with Internet?
Can you make a little schema with arrows?
What kind of internet connection have you?(dial-up, adsl, cable,etc)

Internet <-> ADSL USB modem <-> PC with ethernet <-> ethernet LAN <-> laptop with ethernet

You don't have any hub?
If you obtain one, it's so easy

You must set in the PC the gateway i.e: 192.168.x.x (and the subnet 255.255.255.0)
You must set the route. It may be the same
Inside usr/sbin you can find the file adsl.setup
In one moment you must enter 2 DNS numbers (your Internet provider will give you its)
The program ask you about the eth? and some thing that in this moment I not remember

Tehe connection can be

Internet <-----------> HUb <------->PC1
^
|
------------> PC 2

The gateway of PC2 (or laptop or Mac or linux ) must be (obviously) the same of the above
You must set set etc/host, etc/resolv.conf and etc/sysconfig/network

If you don't have a hub you must have 2 eth?: one to connect to the Net and other with the other machine
The procedures is the same with adsl
If you have any more questions contact me via email

Note: PC 2 is connect to the hub

Before you had issues and had to recompile, did this work at all?

Yes, it worked perfectly. PCMCIA didn't. Now pcmcia works (or at least it doesn't freezes the system when i try to start the service) but the network doesn't. Windows' drives aren't auto-mounted on startup either (but i can mount them manually)

window drive can set manually in etc/fstab

are u using dhcp in the network?

You made a backup of your old kernel, yes? Boot up with that and make sure it still works with the old one...

Yes, i still have the original kernel and everything works fine with that one. Except PCMCIA of course

OK, now what did you change? Cause you musta done something... I think that's the most likley cause... See what you put in the kernel... Maybe something as a module versus built-in is messing things up. I'm not a kernel expert, but as drivers are part of the kernel, who knows?