Re: Network Problems with a G4 running Woody
On (12/02/05 01:10), Jefferson Cowart wrote:
> I've installed Debian woody on a G4 and I'm having a minor problem with the
> network controller. On boot everything loads up properly. If, however, I run
> "/etc/init.d/networking restart" I am then unable to connect to any machines
> (including other machines on my own subnet). I have to reboot the system to
> fix the problem. The configuration information is hard coded locally so this
> is not any kind of DHCP issue. The NIC in my system is a "Broadcom BCM5400
> PHY (Gigabit)". If you need other details let me know and I will be happy to
> provide them.
> Please CC me on all responses as I'm not subscribed to this list.
Although I ran woody on my G4 for a few months, I didn't manage to get
full functionality (although networking wasn't a problem) until I
upgraded to sid. More recently I did a fresh install on a separate
partition using the sarge d-i rc2 installer and more or less everything
worked out of the box.
So you could upgrade to sarge to see if it fixes it or do a fresh
install using the sarge installer.
However, it sounds as though it could be a dodgy NIC.
Can you ping localhost?
Can you ping other machines?
What is the output of /etc/network/interfaces?
Regards
Clive
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