I ran into the same weird problem with SUSE 9.0 on my laptop and a desktop(two different systems). I did an HTTP internet install, so I figured it would configure my network card properly, but I was wrong. After the install was done I had to go into YAST and configure the network card and then every thing worked fine.
I'm not sure if it's the same problem for you, but that was my experience. Thanks Jason On Thursday 19 February 2004 14:20, Jason Hayes - HHC wrote: > I managed to set up the new laptop with Suse 9 last night, rebooted, and > thought that I was going to start personalizing things. > > When the machine fired up, however, there was no networking and no > internet. > > When I check dhcp, it is running (changing to a static address does not > make any difference). I can ping 127.0.0.1, but pinging outside of the > network returns nothing. > > When I type ifup eth0, among the other output, I get an "inet > addr:0.0.0.0" and "RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:12 overruns:0 frame:0" > > I went through and made sure that module.conf has "alias sis900 eth0" > but that didn't make any difference. > > After Googling around for a bit on my other machine, I figured out that > the network card in the Aspire 1700 (a sis900 10/100) apparently doesn't > play well with SMP enabled kernels. > > While I still have lots more Googling and reading to do, I wanted to ask > and see if anyone here had ideas on how to handle this situation. > > Is it a good idea to disable SMP in the new kernel (the laptop only has > one processor, but will SMP effect more than that)? > > Would it be better to try and find a patch so I can keep SMP? > > Does the 2.6 kernel fix this problem? > > I would try one of the test kernels, but this machine is going to be a > primary workhorse and I cannot afford to have instability. > > Any ideas that might point me in the direction of a fix would be greatly > appreciated. > > A far less disturbing issue with the install is that there is no sound > either. I do not know if the two issues are related, so I figured I > would add it just in case. > > ------------------------ > Jason Hayes - Principal > Hayes Holdings Consulting > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / www.hayz.ws > Blog: www.hayz.ws/blog > #1936 - 246 Stewart Green SW > Calgary, AB, Canada T3H 3C8 > ------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
