On Monday 05 January 2004 12:56, Merlin Zener wrote: > On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 16:32, Derek Jennings wrote: > > Well it tells me that you only have a dial up connection. Your > > Eth0 interface is not there. > > Have you tried going through the wizard in drakconnect? > > heh - no, but here goes: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]# drakconnect > modprobe: Can't locate module serial > modprobe: Can't locate module serial > Please wait while probing serial ports... > Shutting down interface ppp0: [ > OK ] Shutting down loopback interface: > [ OK ] Setting network parameters: > [ OK ] Bringing up loopback interface: > [ OK ] Bringing up interface eth0: Determining IP > information for eth0... failed. > > [FAILED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]# > > > Is the correct driver being loaded? Is there a line starting > > "alias eth0" in the /etc/modules.conf file? > > here's the contents of that file: > > probeall scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi > alias eth0 8139too > alias sound-slot-0 snd-via8233 > probeall usb-interface usb-uhci > alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394 > above snd-via8233 snd-pcm-oss > > > What make of ethernet interface is this? > > I've got no idea. Probably something cheap and Chinese... > If I *have* to, I suppose I could open up the case and look... > 8139 suggests a Realtek, which are usually OK. Do you use dhcp or static IP?
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