Not too long ago I was going to upgrade my kernel, I am currently running 2.6.18.1, and downloaded the latest 2.6.20 tarball. I went through the usual steps. I configured it carefully and then compiled it via make-kpkg. Lastly I installed it with dpkg. When I rebooted everything seemed okay, but then I found that I had no connection on eth0. This is a dhl modem connected via a linksys router, and is set up with dhcp3-client which has generally worked fine.
Running ifconfig showed eth0 to be configured, and it looked just as it usually does, at least as far as I could tell. But, I could ping nothing outside of my own box. I also could not connect to my router or the modem itself. If I try pinging anything I can see the lights on the front of the router flashing, as they should, but nothing is coming through. At this point I have tried to compile a 2.6.20-1, 2.6.20-11 and 2.6.21-1, and all have ended up the same. Actually, the 2.6.21 also gave me a kernel panic, but I am gathering this is a bug from the sis900 module that my nic uses. The mystery for me is that I just don't know where to start looking for the trouble. Dmesg looks just as it always does when setting up eth0, and if I run ifdown eth0 and ifup eth0 the response looks very normal too. My resolv.conf is also the same as always. I just have no connection and no indication as to why. Where might I start looking for the trouble? Is there a way to get some more data with a hint of just what is not working as it should? As of right now I just don't know where to look. Many thanks, Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
