2.4.0 and cable modem?

[FLaMEagle]

I have @HOME cable modem service and I have never had any trouble getting it to work with RedHat 6.2, and 7.0.

I also have an SMC 1211 10/100 Ethernet card.

After installing the new 2.4.0 kernel, I reboot and everything loads fine EXCEPT the eth0 interface. It tells me:

Bringing up interface: eth0..... [FAILED]

Strange, it always worked before 2.4.0... anyways, in RH 6.2, my network card (SMC 1211 10/100) was using RealTek 10/100 "drivers". Same in 7.0 but it just doesn't work!

I ran netconfig and redid everything but I don't think it's that problem... it's more of a hardware problem?

Anyone know how to solve this? I'd really like to post from 2.4.0 someday http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif Thanks!

[Paul Weaver]

What driver module were you using? Have they renamed it? rtl8139.o has been renamed to too8139.o, for example.

[FLaMEagle]

Hey, yeah I was using the rtl8139 driver module. But when I go to linuxconf, it lists a long list of driver modules but none of them starts with a T (or too8139 for that matter).

I also tried manually putting it in but it doesn't work. rtl8139 is in the list but it still does not work.

One more thing - when it tries to initialize eth0, it says this:

Bringing up interface eth0.... Delaying interface initialization eth0.... [FAILED]

Dunno if that will help but I hope to get this fixed! Thanks!

[kfellers]

I have the realtek 8139 card and had the same problem. I recompiled my kernel and made sure that Yes was chosen for the card and everything works fine now.