Hi, i had a similary problem, eth0 was away, but eth1 appeared insteadof.
Regards On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 08:45:24PM +0800, Xi Shen wrote: > i reboot the system, fresh start with livcd. all reports the same error. :( > > i noticed that the hardware address is 3a:3a:2d:6c:3a:3a, which is > obviously an invalid one. i guess it is a hardware failure... > > > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Run dhcpcd -k and check that dhcpcd does not leave any locks behind. > > > > Then run dhcpcd -d eth0 and see what's reported by it. > > > > On 6 August 2010 12:57, Xi Shen <davidshe...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> hi, > >> > >> after a sudden power cut off, my gentoo system cannot connect to the > >> network any more... > >> > >> the system can be started, but when starting dhcp, it reports "Cannot > >> assign requested address". if tried ifconfig eth0 up, it reports the > >> same error. using dmesg|grep eth0 and dmesg|grep network, it shows the > >> system has detected my network card. > >> > >> any idea what is the cause of the problem? > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Best Regards, > >> Xi Shen (David) > >> > >> http://twitter.com/davidshen84/ > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Mick > > > > > > > > -- > Best Regards, > Xi Shen (David) > > http://twitter.com/davidshen84/ >