Crispin, thanks for replying. I checked "dmesg | grep tulip" and "dmesg | grep eth0", and the returned lines looked the same as what I got with the default kernel. Besides, wouldn't "ifconfig -a" not find eth0 if the tulip driver wasn't working? I also installed the dhcping package, which checks to see if DHCP is working, and while it worked with the default kernel, there was no response in the recompiled one. I've attached the config file for the kernel like you asked - you're probably right in saying it's the config file, since I'm pretty new at this and so had almost no clue what I was choosing when I configured it. Thanks, Yury > On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 14:14, Yury Sulsky wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I recently installed debian, and once I got the hang of it, I tried to > > recompile the kernel. Problem is, the network stops working. This occurs > > both going from a 2.2 kernel to a 2.4 one, and both using "make-kpkg" and > > "make bzlilo". What's weird is that "eth0" is still there, but it can't ping > > any external address. > > > > I can think of 2 possibile culprits: > > > > - There's a command that I'm forgetting to run after compiling the kernel > > (maybe to reconfigure DHCP), or > > There is no need to re-configure user space after a successful kernel > compile. > > > - When I recompiled, I simply changed all of the modules that I need to be > > built-in, including the tulip driver. Maybe I have to do something extra to > > get this to work? > > Check that the tulip driver is loading on boot up. It should output some > message on startup. Use 'dmesg' to do this. > > It is most likely to be your kernel configuration. Post the config file > and someone on this list will be able to spot whats wrong (It will be in > your /boot directory, named something like config-versionnum.) > > Kind Regards > Crispin Wellington > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > >
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