So, I'm trying to get a computer working, and I discovered that myErin,
primary problems were due to the fact that I needed to install the
motherboard drivers... (yes... I'm new to this...) So, I went to nvidia.com, and downloaded the driver I needed
(NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0261.rh80up_2.4.18_14.athlon.rpm)...
So, now red hat recognizes that I have an ethernet card, but when I try
to activate it, it just sits there, and then eventually tells me
"Cannot activate network device eth0"...
I checked to ensure that I had the ethernet cable connected, and that I
had successfully ordered network access from BYU... (on-campus
ethernet)... I posted to the newbies list, and following that, adjusted my
/etc/modules.conf file, and ran lsmod to ensure that nvnet is listed...
I don't know what else the problem could be... Are there
any other recommendations out there?
~Erin
First off i am not too familiar with redhat, i know they have tool that make this stuff "easier" but since the tools they use aren't common to the distributions i use i don't know the "best" way to do it in red hat. That being said what i suggest _should_ still work.
So you lsmod and make sure that the nvnet is loaded. Then type /sbin/ifconfig -a and make sure that there is a line that looks like:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 0A:0A:0A:0A:0A:0A
inet addr:192.168.1.102 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:107164 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:56200 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:15163596 (14.4 Mb) TX bytes:8898755 (8.4 Mb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xec80where teh HWaddr will be the mac address of your nic and the inet addr is your ip address. If you have something that looks just like this with the inet line and it looks like you have a valid ip address (if you are not behind a router then it should be something other than 192.168.*.*, i am not sure but i think most campus address are 128.*.*.* so if you have an inet address that looks like that and you have the UP BROADCAST like then your card is set up fine)
If you have a line that looks like
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 0A:0A:0A:0A:0A:0A
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)Notice there is not inet addr in there, this means that your card is set up and being recognized fine but it has not recieved an ipaddress. So basically what you need to do here is tell your card to get an ip address, and your isp should assign them through dhcp. Now this is where the redhat tools come in, i know the tool i use is not on redhat but it is something similar, i think if you type "dhcpclient eth0 " or something like that, if you just type "dhc" and hit tab a few times you should see something close to what i am talking about (i know redhat has a graphical tool to do this but i would have to be there and look at the menu to figure out which one it is, it should be like a network tool or something)
Now that i have said all of that since you are getting an error "Cannot activate network device eth0" i expect that redhat is trying to get an address for it but for whatever reason it is failing. If ifconfig shows an eth0 device then i would guess it is a problem with either the connection (are you using a cross-over cable when you should be using a patch?) or your service does not want to give you an ip address (i don't know who you call about on campus network).
I know this may not solve your problem but it may at least help you narrow it down a little bit. After running ifconfig and checking that let us know what the status of your devices is and we'll see if we can figure something else out.
-Chris
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