-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Date: Thursday, November 13, 1997 7:19 AM Subject: /etc/init.d/network
>Howdy all. > >I've got one machine that's really got me stumped. I've been with >Debian since before 0.91 was released - I've installed Debian on >several systems, many times. Yet this one's tough... > >The systems is running on an AMI Titan III M/B w/ 32MB RAM. Dual >Pentium Processors (so I guess they both will choke on that opcode...:) >two quantum 3.2GB SCSI drives plus the usual complement of Floppy/CD-ROM/ >tape drive. > >I've had two network cards in this machine: first, an HP 100VG PCI and >then an Eagle NE2000 ISA. Both exhibit the same problem. Which is... > >When the system boots /etc/init.d/network is run (I know this is true >because I added some echo statements & watched the screen while it booted.) >Anyway, after I boot the eth0 interface is not setup. If I run /etc/init.d/ >network by hand afterwards, everything is fine. I've checked, double- >checked, and even had a friend check that there were no hardware conflicts. >Interrupts and IO addresses are all fine. I've tried compiling the drivers >into the kernel and as loadable modules - nothing seems to help this problem. > >Does anyone have any suggestions? I can provide several K bytes worth of files >if someone wants to take a look at them. So far everything's fairly straight >out of the box on this system. Running "the Official Debian CD" release >1.3.1, though I've recently started migrating to the libc6 tree. > >Comments and suggestions welcome. >Thanks. >Chuck > > I had this problem for a while. What fixed it was removing dhcpc. IE DHCP Client. Eth0 is brought up. Later during bootup, dhcpc tries to find an ip address from a dhcp server, can't find one, and sets the address to 0.0.0.0. At least that is what fixed it on my end. Adam Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3375265 -- Page me -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
