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slugggerzzz n00b
Joined: 07 Mar 2012 Posts: 65 Location: Manchester, UK
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:47 am Post subject: ifconfig -a shows the interface,ifconfig eth0 up gives error |
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I have done a clean install on a IBM server.
Network card is a 'Broadcom Netextreme II (has two Ethernet interfaces)
Using the live CD i found it uses kernel module bnx2.
So i loaded that at boot by entering it in the /etc/conf.d/modules file
On reboot the kernel loaded that module and i can see both interfaces doing a
(the auto network config script failed on boot)
I then tried to bring up the interface manually with
I then reloaded the kernel module and checked it was loaded using and
Has anyone had anything like this before ? _________________ Slugggerzzz ... |
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DONAHUE Watchman
Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 7651 Location: Goose Creek SC
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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Code: | emerge linux-firmware | will put a bunch of bnx files in /lib/firmware. Whether you in particular need firmware I can not say, but it might be worth exploring. If you add the firmware Code: | modprobe -r bnx2
modprobe bnx2
/etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart | orto test _________________ Defund the FCC. |
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slugggerzzz n00b
Joined: 07 Mar 2012 Posts: 65 Location: Manchester, UK
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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thanks for the reply but still got the same issue.
Anyone have any more suggestions on this ? _________________ Slugggerzzz ... |
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krinn Watchman
Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 7470
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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yep, show the command result instead of the command itself, do you really think it's of any help seeing you've type ifconfig -a ?
The output of that command, even with errors, gave better infos
and don't assume your nic will be eth0 as you have said your nic hold 2 ether interface, so maybe the one plug-in with the cable is eth1 |
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