eth0 delayed initialization

mawdryn · 06-01-2001, 05:47 AM

Hi All,

Need help with setting up my ethernet on RedHat 7.1...

I get the following:

bringing up interface lo: [ok]
bringing up interface eth0: initialization delayed [failed]

I have tried two cards, an ISA NE2000 and a ISA 3com 3c503

I can activate the 3com card with a 'modprobe' command, so I know it works, but as I do not know the module name, I cannot activate the ne2000 post boot..

Any ideas?
Thanks - Mawdryn

mcleodnine · 06-01-2001, 06:02 AM

ne2k - with i/o options supplied. You need to know what i/o base and maybe irq, too.

lotsa luck...

rebby · 06-01-2001, 08:20 AM

check /proc/interrupts and /proc/ioports and make sure that your card is listed

Code:

whassup:/home/curt # cat /proc/interrupts 
           CPU0       
  0:  185227310          XT-PIC  timer
  1:          2          XT-PIC  keyboard
  2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
  4:        137          XT-PIC  serial
 11:    3380157          XT-PIC  eth0, eth1
 13:          1          XT-PIC  fpu
 14:   54824296          XT-PIC  ide0
NMI:          0
whassup:/home/curt # cat /proc/ioports 
0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : fpu
01f0-01f7 : ide0
03c0-03df : vga+
03f6-03f6 : ide0
03f8-03ff : serial(auto)
1000-107f : eth0
1400-147f : eth1

Alvin · 06-01-2001, 01:21 PM

I'm having the same trouble as well! Just rebuilt a new kernel so I can get adsl going, although I am fairly newbie)

I have noticed that my card is not listed nor the eth0 listed in those files.

So do I just add them manually?

rebby · 06-01-2001, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Alvin
I'm having the same trouble as well! Just rebuilt a new kernel so I can get adsl going, although I am fairly newbie)

I have noticed that my card is not listed nor the eth0 listed in those files.

So do I just add them manually?

i have few questions for ya

what kind of nic?
did you complile support for your nic into your kernel?
pci or isa?

Alvin · 06-01-2001, 01:39 PM

Hi,

Right.

Initially it was with the self detection on the installation disk etc. But when I up graded to the new kernel - 2.4.5 - I had to make educated gueses about the driver - which is infact an "Accton EN1208 MPX2 Ethernet PCI Adapter".

Originally it ran with the ne2k-pci driver. When the new kernel came up it had rewritten the config file in netconf to the driver being 8390.

There seems to be a massice dependency problem and I have a clue how to solve it....

I've downloaded the driver from the Accton web site but can't get it on the box as I dont know how to mount umoun the floppy. I keep getting /dev/floppy is not a block device....

help!

rebby · 06-04-2001, 07:31 AM

do a search on deja.com and see if there is anybody that knows about your specific card. there maybe an easy work around that none of us know of just cause we don't use that card (i use all 3coms)...

Alvin · 06-04-2001, 07:35 AM

Hi,

I've done much searching on deja but to no avail. It appears to be a common problem with upgrading kernels...but none of the solutions appear to work.

I think I need to sort out the dependencie issues, which I am unsure how to do....

I know what they are, but do not know how to resolve them....

mawdryn · 06-04-2001, 07:53 AM

Hi Again,

I have resolved the problem so here it is for your reference

This info is specifically for the ISA Ne2000, but you can adjust it to your system

Recompile the network card as a Module
After the system reboots, edit the /etc/modules.conf

insert the following lines:

alias eth0 ne
options ne io=0x320 irq=10

Save the file and reboot
Voila - No more error message!

Is this just a RedHat thing? This never happened with Slackware....