Re: 2.4.20 kernel and RTL8139

["Sridhar M.A." <mas@uomphysics.net>]

On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 07:36:41AM -0500, matt zagrabelny wrote:
   > 
   > > >
   > > > >  I'm having a problem getting my on-board NIC to work with the
   > > > >  2.4.20 > kernel. I was using Debian with the old 2.2 kernel, under
   > > > >  which the > network card worked fine. Then I upgraded to the 2.4.20
   > > > >  kernel, and > suddenly I'm unable to connect to the dhcp
   > > > >  server. Using lilo to boot > the old kernel still works fine.
   > > >
   > > > >  Before you ask, yes I did include the 8139 card in menuconfig. When
   > > > >  > I run ifconfig, eth0 appears in the list alongside lo (loopback
   > > > >  device), > but it doesn't get an IP address like it did in
   > > > >  2.2. Pinging the network > card (127.0.0.1) works, but that's lo I
   > > > >  guess? Has anyone had similar > problems, and if so, how do you
   > > > >  solve them?
   > > >
   > 
   > just curious,
   > 
   > do you have CONFIG_SOCKET and CONFIG_FILTER compiled into the kernel?
   > 
   > 
Sorry to jump in late. I have the same card which refused to work with 
kernel (compiled by me). All the above options were enabled and
dhcp-client never worked. Then, I installed the dhcpcd from slink and
everything worked smmothly. 

Try installing dhcpcd from slink/sarge and check whether you can
connect.

Regards,

-- 
Sridhar M.A.

The mother of the year should be a sterilized woman with two adopted children.
		-- Paul Ehrlich