Error on eth0 after kernel update

Maciek R. m.mail at vp.pl
Mon Dec 20 22:26:28 UTC 2004


So I am posting my configuration now:

The Card is ->
Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet

ifconfig command output:

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:3343 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3343 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:4174142 (3.9 MiB)  TX bytes:4174142 (3.9 MiB)

route command output:

Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use
Iface
169.254.0.0     *               255.255.0.0     U     0      0        0
lo


ifcfg-eth0 file output:

# Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
# for the documentation of these parameters.
IPV6INIT=no
ONBOOT=yes
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
DEVICE=eth0
HWADDR=00:c0:9f:42:33:e6
BOOTPROTO=dhcp

On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 16:56 -0500, William Hooper wrote:
> Maciek R. said:
> > What I want to know either is: Is it important to keep your system up to
> > date?
> 
> It depends if the update is just a feature update or a security update.
> 
> > Is it important to update my kernel - even if my hardware will not
> > work after it?
> 
> Kernel updates are generally to fix security issues (important to update)
> or to fix specific problems (not as important if it doesn't effect you).
> 
> Perhaps you can give us enough information on your issue that we can help.
>  Start with what kind of network card you have.  Possibly the output of
> some basic network commands:
> 
> ifconfig
> route
> 
> The contents of /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 would
> probably help, too.
> 
> -- 
> William Hooper
> 
-- 
Maciek R. <m.mail at vp.pl>




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