Hope someone out there can me with this one, cause I'm stumped.

Have an IBM NetVista 6341-64U system (1.0 GHz Celeron, 512 MB RAM,
onboard Intel Ethernet adapter) that when Etch boots on it, will detect
an installed network card, but when networking is configured to start,
will not start it. Here's the output of some commands from a fresh boot:

dmesg | grep eth0
e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0xfebff000, irq 5, MAC addr 00:02:55:25:65:FB

ifconfig eth0 up
eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

Similar messages showing the network card being detected at boot, but
not configured will also occur if I disable the onboard Intel Ethernet
adapter, and install a PCI network card (I've tried a 3Com and a
tulip-based card).

This box had previously been used as an IPCop firewall running a 2.4
kernel, so I know the hardware works. If I put the hd in another
system, networking works properly. I've tried the noapic and nolapic
boot options, as well as updating to the last BIOS release, but to no
effect.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Ken


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On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 08:20:08 -0400, Ken McCord wrote:
> Hope someone out there can me with this one, cause I'm stumped.
>
> Have an IBM NetVista 6341-64U system (1.0 GHz Celeron, 512 MB RAM, onboard
> Intel Ethernet adapter) that when Etch boots on it, will detect an
> installed network card, but when networking is configured to start, will
> not start it. Here's the output of some commands from a fresh boot:
>
> dmesg | grep eth0
> e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0xfebff000, irq 5, MAC addr 00:02:55:25:65:FB
>
> ifconfig eth0 up
> eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
>
> Similar messages showing the network card being detected at boot, but not
> configured will also occur if I disable the onboard Intel Ethernet adapter,
> and install a PCI network card (I've tried a 3Com and a tulip-based card).
>
> This box had previously been used as an IPCop firewall running a 2.4
> kernel, so I know the hardware works. If I put the hd in another system,
> networking works properly. I've tried the noapic and nolapic boot options,
> as well as updating to the last BIOS release, but to no effect.
>
> Any ideas?

Try to boot with the "acpi=off" and/or the "pci=routeirq" option.

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Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 08:20:08 -0400, Ken McCord wrote:
>
>> Hope someone out there can me with this one, cause I'm stumped.
>>
>> Have an IBM NetVista 6341-64U system (1.0 GHz Celeron, 512 MB RAM, onboard
>> Intel Ethernet adapter) that when Etch boots on it, will detect an
>> installed network card, but when networking is configured to start, will
>> not start it. Here's the output of some commands from a fresh boot:
>>
>> dmesg | grep eth0
>> e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0xfebff000, irq 5, MAC addr 00:02:55:25:65:FB
>>
>> ifconfig eth0 up
>> eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
>>
>> Similar messages showing the network card being detected at boot, but not
>> configured will also occur if I disable the onboard Intel Ethernet adapter,
>> and install a PCI network card (I've tried a 3Com and a tulip-based card).
>>
>> This box had previously been used as an IPCop firewall running a 2.4
>> kernel, so I know the hardware works. If I put the hd in another system,
>> networking works properly. I've tried the noapic and nolapic boot options,
>> as well as updating to the last BIOS release, but to no effect.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>
> Try to boot with the "acpi=off" and/or the "pci=routeirq" option.
>
>
Tried both of these options separately and together, no change. I tried
booting Knoppix 5.1 (using a 2.6.19 kernel and no boot options), and
networking is running as normal.

Ken


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On 14.06.07 08:20, Ken McCord wrote:
> Have an IBM NetVista 6341-64U system (1.0 GHz Celeron, 512 MB RAM,
> onboard Intel Ethernet adapter) that when Etch boots on it, will detect
> an installed network card, but when networking is configured to start,
> will not start it. Here's the output of some commands from a fresh boot:
>
> dmesg | grep eth0
> e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0xfebff000, irq 5, MAC addr 00:02:55:25:65:FB
>
> ifconfig eth0 up
> eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

didn't you turn it off in BIOS setup?
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On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 12:32:21 -0400, Ken McCord wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
> >On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 08:20:08 -0400, Ken McCord wrote:
> >
> >>Hope someone out there can me with this one, cause I'm stumped.
> >>
> >>Have an IBM NetVista 6341-64U system (1.0 GHz Celeron, 512 MB RAM, onboard
> >>Intel Ethernet adapter) that when Etch boots on it, will detect an
> >>installed network card, but when networking is configured to start, will
> >>not start it. Here's the output of some commands from a fresh boot:
> >>
> >>dmesg | grep eth0
> >>e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0xfebff000, irq 5, MAC addr 00:02:55:25:65:FB
> >>
> >>ifconfig eth0 up
> >>eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
> >>
> >>Similar messages showing the network card being detected at boot, but not
> >>configured will also occur if I disable the onboard Intel Ethernet
> >>adapter, and install a PCI network card (I've tried a 3Com and a
> >>tulip-based card).
> >>
> >>This box had previously been used as an IPCop firewall running a 2.4
> >>kernel, so I know the hardware works. If I put the hd in another system,
> >>networking works properly. I've tried the noapic and nolapic boot
> >>options, as well as updating to the last BIOS release, but to no effect.
> >>
> >>Any ideas?
> >
> >Try to boot with the "acpi=off" and/or the "pci=routeirq" option.
> >
> Tried both of these options separately and together, no change. I tried
> booting Knoppix 5.1 (using a 2.6.19 kernel and no boot options), and
> networking is running as normal.

Then I would boot Knoppix again and compare the dmesg output for the
card with the one you get for Debian. Also check what you get for
"modinfo e100" in both cases; Knoppix might simply have a newer version
of the module.

It might also be ful to know if Knoppix loads the module with any
parameters/options; check if the directory /sys/module/e100/parameters/
exists after you boot Knoppix. If it does exist then you should post the
output of

grep -r '.*' /sys/module/e100/parameters/

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On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 12:32:21PM -0400, Ken McCord wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
> >On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 08:20:08 -0400, Ken McCord wrote:
> >>Hope someone out there can me with this one, cause I'm stumped.
> >>
> >>Have an IBM NetVista 6341-64U system (1.0 GHz Celeron, 512 MB RAM,
> >>onboard Intel Ethernet adapter) that when Etch boots on it, will detect
> >>an installed network card, but when networking is configured to start,
> >>will not start it. Here's the output of some commands from a fresh boot:
> >>
> >>dmesg | grep eth0
> >>e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0xfebff000, irq 5, MAC addr 00:02:55:25:65:FB
> >>
> >>ifconfig eth0 up
> >>eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
> >>

What happens if you eliminate possible /etc/network misconfiguration and
try to configure it manually with ifconfig instead of eth0 up.

Doug.


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Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
> On 14.06.07 08:20, Ken McCord wrote:
>
>> Have an IBM NetVista 6341-64U system (1.0 GHz Celeron, 512 MB RAM,
>> onboard Intel Ethernet adapter) that when Etch boots on it, will detect
>> an installed network card, but when networking is configured to start,
>> will not start it. Here's the output of some commands from a fresh boot:
>>
>> dmesg | grep eth0
>> e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0xfebff000, irq 5, MAC addr 00:02:55:25:65:FB
>>
>> ifconfig eth0 up
>> eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
>>
>
> didn't you turn it off in BIOS setup?
>
Nope, the onboard card is enabled in BIOS. I also receive the same
'eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device' message when
using PCI cards.

Thanks,

Ken


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Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 12:32:21PM -0400, Ken McCord wrote:
>
>> Florian Kulzer wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 08:20:08 -0400, Ken McCord wrote:
>>>
<snip>
>>>> <snip>
>>>>
>>>>
>
> What happens if you eliminate possible /etc/network misconfiguration and
> try to configure it manually with ifconfig instead of eth0 up.
>
> Doug.
>
>
>
I tried what you suggested, but same effect. I also pulled the hard
drive and put it into two different systems - both times networking came
up as expected and I was able to access network resources.

Thanks,

Ken


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