Bug#244744: Installation report: eth0 fails to load
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version:
http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/i386/current/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
(18-Apr-2004 18:24)
uname -a: Linux blue 2.4.25-1-386 #1 Tue Feb 24 08:11:13 EST 2004 i686
GNU/Linux
Date: 2004-04-19 ~7:00pm
Method: ~100Mb netinst CD
Machine: dnuk.net Workstar W210
Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2500+
Memory: 512 MB
Root Device: IDE
Root Size/partition table:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda5 /usr ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda6 /var ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda7 /tmp ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hdc /cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0
Output of lspci:
pcilib: Cannot open /sys/bus/pci/devices
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600
AGP] Host Bridge (rev 80)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge
0000:00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T
(rev 01)
0000:00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0
controller] (rev 81)
0000:00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0
controller] (rev 81)
0000:00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0
controller] (rev 81)
0000:00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0
controller] (rev 81)
0000:00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge
[K8T800 South]
0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV31 [GeForce
FX 5600] (rev a1)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [E]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
The network card doesn't work...
Contents of /etc/network/interfaces:
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# This entry denotes the loopback (127.0.0.1) interface.
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# This entry was created during the Debian installation
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
Running `ifup eth0`:
Internet Software Consortium DHCP Client 2.0pl5
Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Internet Software Consortium.
All rights reserved.
Please contribute if you find this software useful.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/dhcp-contrib.html
eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device
exiting.
Then running `ifdown eth0`:
cat: /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid: No such file or directory
eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
I'm new to Debian (no expert at Linux in general either), and don't know
where to look next (and any pointers would be apprieciated :-).
Cheers,
Dave Balch.
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