On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:54:24 -0500 Ken Heard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Ifconfig only reports the loop back IP address. The IP address > >> assigned by the gateway, 192.168.0.114, was not reported by > >> ifconfig, presumably because the operating system cannot connect > >> to the network. > > Back to Kent, with my responses. > > > What happens when you run "/etc/init.d/networking restart"? > > Returned: > > Setting up IP spoofing protection: rp_filter. > Reconfiguring network interfaces...Failed to bring up eth0. > done. > > Then a series of messages scrolled down the screen, similar, > maybe identical to what appears as part of the boot-up. > > One line which I caught seemed to read: > > tried to execve (/etc/dhclient -script, ...): Permission denied > > followed by several attempts to connect with the network, all of which > failed. It would be nice to get the exact error messages. But I'm guessing your computer doesn't connect to your dhcp server. > Since these two problems emerged, the syslog has always shown > the following: > > Feb 8 09:04:24 localhost kernel: eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xa000, > 00:50:ba:4f:b1:24, IRQ 169 > Feb 8 09:04:24 localhost kernel: eth0: Identified 8139 chip type > 'RTL-8139C' This looks ok > whereupon the boot-up continued, trying unsuccessfully to connect to > the network, including a line with execve in it, and always ending > with these last two lines: > > Feb 8 09:04:41 localhost kdm_greet[2943]: Can't open default user > face Feb 8 09:04:47 localhost kdm: :0[2948]: Session > "/etc/kde3/kdm/Xsession" execution failed: Permission denied This is definitely not related to the networking problem, but to your X problem. > > What does your /etc/network/interfaces file look like? [snip interfaces] Your interfaces looks normal (for a dhcp connection). You can try the following. As root run: ifconfig eth0 address 192.168.0.114 up then try to ping your gateway. If this works then it is a problem with your gateway not responding to the dhcp query. Regards, Andrei P.S. A new thread should really be a new thread (not just a change of subject). You could get more answers that way. -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]