not being able to activate the "ethernet card" eth0

b0nd · 02-09-2005, 10:36 AM

Hello all,
I have redhat 8 on my system........
its although detecting my eth0 but not letting me activate it......saying "cannot activate eth0 device"
..........
Settings are that it should get activated as soon as the system starts.....
.......
seeking for help..

Regards

Seventh · 02-09-2005, 10:37 AM

Can you do an 'ifconfig eth0' and paste the result here?

b0nd · 02-09-2005, 10:39 AM

eth0: error fetching interface information : Device not found

Linux~Powered · 02-09-2005, 10:42 AM

Does Linux support your eth0 card? Check RHs HCL to see if it's listed. Also, run...

dmesg | grep eth0

to see more results

masand · 02-09-2005, 11:13 AM

post the contents of

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

file here

regards

b0nd · 02-09-2005, 11:28 AM

n of these parameters.
USERCTL=yes
PEERDNS=no
TYPE=Ethernet
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=no
NETWORK=192.168.0.0
BREADCAST=192.168.0.255
DHCP_HOSTNAME=dfdf
IPADDR=192.168.0.1
NETMASK=255.255.255.0

masand · 02-09-2005, 11:32 AM

make this as

TYPE=Ethernet
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=STATIC
ONBOOT=yes
NETWORK=192.168.0.0
BREADCAST=192.168.0.255
IPADDR=192.168.0.1
NETMASK=255.255.255.0

regards

b0nd · 02-09-2005, 12:01 PM

Still facing the same problem.............
one thing i noticed during the booting...
rt18129 device doesn't seems to be present, delay eth0........FAILED

masand · 02-09-2005, 12:04 PM

post the O/P of

lspci

and

kudzu -p

regards