Re: [TCLUG:837] Lost network card

[Ben Luey <dogbert@sirius.com>]

Redhat 5.1 did the same thing to me when I recompiled the kernel. It is a bug.
Download all the patches (particularly the new kernel and initscripts, rpm and
glint). and do rpm -Uvh *. Then recompile (while your at is make a backup
kernel with no modules -- this is really nice if something happens to your
module directory and all networking task are in modules).


patches are at  ftp.somemirror/redhatdirectory/redhat-5.1/updates/i386/


(the ftp.redhat.com is very slow!)


Hope this helps,

Ben


Perry Hoekstra wrote:

> Greet the sun all;
>
>   I have a strange problem occuring with my Linux box at work.  Yesterday,
> I lost access to my ethernet card.  It is a regular 3COM 3C509B card.  I
> checked using 3COM's diagnostic software and the card is talking to the
> network fine.  On startup however, three lines have shown up in the boot
> process:
>
> 1. grep: /lib/modules/2.0.*/.rhkmvtag: no such file or directory
> 2. find module dependencies....can't open /lib/modules/2.0.34/modules.dep
>
> and about six lines down:
>
> 3. delaying eth0 initialization
>
> Now, my actual directory structure is /lib/modules/2.0.34-0.6 and there is
> a modules.dep file located there.  By the way, this is a RH5.1 setup.  Is
> there a troubleshooting FAQ somewhere that I can walk through to figure out
> why my network connection went south?
>
> Perry Hoekstra
>
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