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Re: [TCLUG:1216] eth0 problems (cont.)



There is no way to "loose" an IRQ with that card.. since it is a PCI based
ethernet card.. IRQ is assigned at each bootup, and linux probes that IRQ
each time.  i'm beting it's one of two things.. the module to init that
card is not being loaded on bootup, or the module is broken. 

On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Tim Wilson wrote:

> A quick update on my ethernet problem. It's still not working. 
> 
> For whatever reason, my NIC (a Kingston KNE100TX, a "tulip" card) is not
> being initialized (if that's the right word) when the computer starts up.
> I powered down completely and rebooted, but it didn't help. Someone
> suggested that it may have lost its IRQ and memory settings when the power
> went out, and I think that's probably what happened.
> 
> Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you look at it), I can't
> boot into DOS and fix the problem because I don't have DOS loaded on this
> computer. It's a Linux only machine. Kingston's website has some what
> appears to be utility software to download, but it's Win95/8/NT only. It
> won't run from a floppy either. It's a program that needs to be
> installed on the hard disk.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Another power outage related problem:  My science department server is no
> longer handing out IP addresses. (These problems are not related because
> the Linux box on my desk is attached to a different server.) I've killed
> dhcpd and restarted it, but still nothing. The eth0 interface is active on
> the server, but nothing attached to it can get an IP address. Suggestions?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -Tim
> 
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