Re: [debian-knoppix] ifconfig problems-dhcpcd hangs up at boot.
On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 04:31:10PM -0500, John Culleton wrote:
> Slackware 10 boots OK and recognizes the first (top) ethernet card as eth0,
> interrupt 11 address 0XD800. Call this card A.
>
> It also finds the second card and labels it eth1, interrupt 10 0xD400. Call
> this card B.
>
> My cable connection is connected to card A so I get on line with no problem.
> My Slack is set up to send a dhcpcd probe on eth0.
>
> Knoppix 3.3 and 3.4 boot OK, send out dhcpcd probes in background,and these
> probes eventually recognize card A as eth1, (not eth0) and set up the cable
> connection.
>
> Knoppix 6, Knoppix 7, Sebastian Rahtz's version etc. all hang up on the
> dhcpcd step.
>
> I tried switching the cables but they still hang up on the dhcpcd step. .
Your computer may have a broken ACPI omplementation. Try
knoppix acpi=off
and/or
knoppix acpi=off noapic
at the boot:-Prompt.
Maybe you also need
knoppix pci=bios
Regards
-Klaus Knopper
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