Re: eth0: woes

[Robert Brockway <rbrockway@opentrend.net>]

On Sun, 6 Feb 2005, Allen Fensome wrote:

> SIOCSIFADDR: no such device
> eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
>
> which leads me to believe that this is a low level hardware problem.
>
> Any suggestions?  I'm relatively new to debian (more experience with Gentoo)
> and I'm a bit lost as to where to look next.

Try this:

/sbin/depmod -a
/sbin/modprobe 8139too

Retry brining the interface up now: /sbin/ifup eth0

Also, look to see what dmesg outputs.

Rob

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