Re: 2.4.20 kernel and RTL8139
On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 02:12:37PM +0200, Alexander Borghgraef 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?
Hi Alex,
Unlike what the others are suggesting, your ethernet card seems to work
just fine.
If you used to run 2.2, you're likely to run a dhcpcd that is slightly
outdated. 2.4 changed something about routing that requires a small
fix in dhcpcd. You could upgrade dhcpcd.
Or you can do:
route add 255.255.255.255 eth0
before you start dhcpcd. If I remember correctly that is the
workaround....
Roger.
>
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