Ethernet problem

[sixfeetsix]

I finished installing lfs and my ethernet doesn't load (it's a 3com and I'm pretty sure I configured the right module for the kernel)

Instead those messages (at startup) appear, so if anybody knows what they mean, please tell me...:

Bringing up the eth0 interface SIOCSIFADDR: No such device

eth0: unknown interface: No such device

SIOCSIFBRDADDR: No such device

eth0: unknown interface: No such device

SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device

Thanks in advance

[bdg1983]

Probably a resource conflict. Try disabling PnP OS in the bios as it usually helps.

[sixfeetsix]

I've always configured my BIOS option PnP OS as disabled.

Another idea how to troubleshoot this?

[DMR]

If you are using static addressing:

As a test, try to configure the card manually after you've booted by doing:ifconfig eth0 your_IP_address netmask your_netmask broadcast your_broadcast_address up After that, type ifconfig (with no parameters) to see if the card is then active.

Also- it would help if you could post the exact model of 3COM NIC and the module you believe it to be using (you can check to see if the module gets loaded by looking for its name in the output of the lsmod command).

[ 13 November 2001: Message edited by: DMR ]