Re: Eth0 will not work after kernel recompile

[Jeremy Petzold <jpetzold@earthlink.net>]

Mattia Dongili wrote:

> Hi,
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> > I have compiled a new kernel with ACPI support to get my sound working. 
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> > I have a realtek 8139 ethernet chip. and I have tried compiling the 
> > driver into the kernel, I have tried making it a module. I have tried 
> > other kernels that do not include ACPI, and I have tried 2.4.18 source 
> > without ACPI.
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> > what am I doing wrong?
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> do the modules load correcty? Please post errors if any
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> have you set CONFIG_FILTER and CONFIG_PACKET in you newer kernel? 
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> are you using dhclient or pump? (try `dhclient eth0` or `pump eth0` and post any error)
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> bye
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> > thanks,
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> > Jeremy
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I could not find CONFIG_FILTER or CONFIG_PACKET under xconfig...I know 
the names are a bit diffrent under config and xconfig. I saw that I did 
not have dhcp support so I compiled that in, but it did not help.

I did a dhclient eth0 and I got no errors.