Re: 3c920 in 2.4.20; "network unreachable"
On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Rolf Erling Robberstad wrote:
> I installed woody over the internet, configured by the
> local DHCP-server. I then downloaded (from debian)
> kernel 2.4.20 from http://www.kernel.org and compiled
> it to get X working (as part of a i810/i815 howto).
>
> The 3c59x-driver was compiled directly into the
> kernel along with the other needed support.
I've never had luck with compiling network drivers into the kernel - each
time I've tried, I've ended up reverting to a module.
...
> # ifdown eth0
> > cat: /var/run/dhclient.pid: No such file or directory
> # ifup eth0
> (pause)
> (still no working network)
Did you install dhclient? It looks like what's happening is there's no
dhcp client to fetch the address information.
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