IP failure

[calandryll]

I'm running RH7.0, whichever kernel it came with...can't remember off the top of my head...have a EN1207D-TX ethernet card, winME calls it an HP but got it working with rtl8139 module...working fine...when RH boots it gives me the error saying the it was trying to find an IP addy but didn't find one...my school server is running DHCP, if i remember correctly most of the servers are running *nix of sometype

ifconfig eth0 gives:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:B5:64:03:C3
BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING 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:100
Base address:0xd000

i found my DNS servers in ME by running winipcfg...i know that the IP addies for each room are non-static...the IT people are useless a$$holes...and told me linux won't work...anyhow any help would be appreciated and if you need any more info just ask i can get it

[henri]

try :
/sbin/lsmod and check if rtl8139 appears in the list.

if yes I can't help you.

if not type
insmod rtl8139[.o] maybe ".o" is mandatory
or
modprobe rtl8139[.o]
NB [] means "with or without" and should not be typed.
this should make your card run.

If yes insert the above working command in the boot sequence of your system.
maybe (/sbin/init.d/rc.local) see your man.

[7]

The DHCPC deamon can configure /etc/resolv.conf when ran, so linux can use DNS servers that change ip-addys. Cant help with dhcpcd not being able to find an address tho. Post the full error message and maybe some guru will stop by.

[7]

Woohoo im a grasshopper!

[calandryll]

the that i receive at boot time is this

Determining IP information for eth0... failed.
failed.

doing a lsmod shows the rtl8139 in there

[calandryll]

WEll thanks for any help...i found a diagnostic program and it turned out that my PnP bios was making it hard for RH to assign an IRQ so once i fixed that it's working fine now