Several times I have tried to install etch on various computers.
One thing that happens too often is that after the basic installation is
complete and the system has rebooted the network just 'goes away'.
Sometimes this doesn't happen until the first power down, and then power
up.  The system reboots ok, but the network is unreachable.
A quick "ifconfig" shows that eth0 is there, but no ip address is
given.  ifconfig up or dhclient eth0 does NOT restore the network, I get
a "no device" or "unknown device" error.  As the interface card is a
tulip type I tired modprobe tulip which gives no error, however lsmod
shows the tulip driver loaded but not connected to anything.
If I pop the install cd back in the drive and boot it the network WILL
be discovered and ifconfig will show the expected ip address.
(Am using dhcp with a net gear dsl router.  My Gentoo box gets an ip
address.  Also the hub/switch lights up to show that the etch machine is
plugged in an the interface is active).

The other problem is the machine shutting down and halting but not
powering down after a shutdown -h.

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ken scharf wrote:
> Several times I have tried to install etch on various computers.
> One thing that happens too often is that after the basic installation is
> complete and the system has rebooted the network just 'goes away'.
> Sometimes this doesn't happen until the first power down, and then power
> up.  The system reboots ok, but the network is unreachable.

Try 'lsmod' and check if the ethernet driver is loaded. Also 'dmesg|
grep eth0'.
Then you can put the driver in /etc/modules.

Ottavio
http://www.pledgebank.com/boycottvista

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ottavio.caruso@googlemail.com wrote:
> ken scharf wrote: 
>
> Try 'lsmod' and check if the ethernet driver is loaded. Also 'dmesg|
> grep eth0'.
> Then you can put the driver in /etc/modules.
>
> Ottavio
> http://www.pledgebank.com/boycottvista
>
I did enter the tulip driver in /etc/modules
and lsmod does show the drive is in memory.
BUT still NOTHING.

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On Feb 2, 2:28 am, ken scharf <wa2mzeNOSPAMB...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> ottavio.car...@googlemail.com wrote: 
> 
> 
>
> I did enter the tulip driver in /etc/modules
> and lsmod does show the drive is in memory.
> BUT still NOTHING.
Compare when it works and not:
What does dhcp-client print in your logs?
What does lspci gives?
What does lsmod gives?
What does ifconfig gives?
What does cat /etc/resolve.conf gives?
What does your dhcpd-server print in your router?

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