No eth0 with Kernel 2.6.14 -

Warren Sturm wrsturm at mtroyal.ca
Fri Dec 16 02:30:26 UTC 2005


Can you take a look in your /var/log/messages file and see if there is
any error associated with eth0. Another thing to maybe try is to clear
the bios ESCD or DMI.  This may have been what worked for me with and
old recalcitrant system when moving from 2.6.12 to 2.6.13 first and
later 2.6.14.  It is now running 2.6.14-1.1653.


On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 20:53 -0500, bobgoodwin wrote:
> 
>                 I updated Kernel 2.6.12-1.1447_FC4  to 
>                 2.6.14-1.1644_FC4 which seems to be an improvement.  I
>                 notice that "sensors" works for the first time since
>                 RH9  but  during boot it fails to find eth0 and as a
>                 consequence Firestarter crashes and leaves me with no
>                 firewall. Normally  eth0 is used to connect to another
>                 computer while the internet connection is via a dial up
>                 modem, the only service available in this rural area.
> 
>                 Things still work normally with the 2.6.12 Kernel I am
>                 using now.
> 
>                 Any suggestion on where to look for the ethernet problem
>                 is appreciated.
> 
>                 Bob Goodwin
> 




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