On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Rolf Erling Robberstad wrote: > I installed woody over the internet, configured by the > local DHCP-server. I then downloaded (from debian) > kernel 2.4.20 from http://www.kernel.org and compiled > it to get X working (as part of a i810/i815 howto). > > The 3c59x-driver was compiled directly into the > kernel along with the other needed support.
I've never had luck with compiling network drivers into the kernel - each time I've tried, I've ended up reverting to a module. ... > # ifdown eth0 > > cat: /var/run/dhclient.pid: No such file or directory > # ifup eth0 > (pause) > (still no working network) Did you install dhclient? It looks like what's happening is there's no dhcp client to fetch the address information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
