Re: Recompile kernel lost network

[Russell Shaw <rjshaw@iprimus.com.au>]

deFreese, Barry wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hubert Chan [mailto:hubert@uhoreg.ca]
> > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 10:15 AM
> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: Recompile kernel lost network
> >
> >
> >    
> >
> > > > > > > "Barry" == deFreese, Barry <Barry.deFreese@nike.com> writes:
> > > > > > >              
> > Barry> Oh Gods of Debian, I recently built a Dell Lattitude laptop to
> > Barry> hopefully start doing development on.  Installed Woody with
> > Barry> 2.2.20-idepci kernel and everything was working fine.  I decide
> > Barry> to compile 2.4.18.  First time I compiled it, it wouldn't even
> > Barry> recognize the 3Com PCMCIA nic.  Got that fixed but I still have
> > Barry> no network connection.  The /etc/hosts, and
> > Barry> /etc/network/interfaces all look correct but if I run ifconfig
> > Barry> all I have is the local loopback interface lo, no eth0.  An lspci
> > Barry> shows the adapter and I get a link light on the card so I am a
> > Barry> bit lost.  Any thoughts?
> >
> > Are you using DHCP?  If so, you need to enable CONFIG_PACKET and
> > CONFIG_FILTER.  (Or use pump instead of dhclient.)
> >
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> My apologies, I should have specified.  No, I am assigning a static IP.

/etc/init.d/ifupdown restart
/etc/init.d/networking restart
netstat -rn