eth0 failed to go up, no such device...

Seektheguru

If anyone could help in this matter, it would be highly appreciated..

I get this whenever the system starts up:
Bringing eth0 up
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth0: unknown interface: No such device
SIOCSIFBRADDR: No such device
eth0: unknown interface: No such device
SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
Setting default gateway...
SIOCADDRT: No such device
Failed to bring eth0 up

Error: Problem started needed services
netmount was not started

I am running a Netgear FA311 NIC, and have also tried a D-link DFE530TX with the app. modules and still had the same problems.

I can ping 127.0.0.1
When I run ifconfig -a, i get info only on lo, not eth0
I've tried /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start and get the same probs as at startup
I have tried running it as a module, then starting the module up, but it won't start the module up (prob because it can't find the device.
I've tried running it built into the kernel, but, same problem, just one less error message (the module startup one).

Any suggestions?

reverius42

mrchuckles · Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 7:59 pm Post subject:

Well, if the module isn't loading, it sounds like you're using the wrong module. I suspect you're trying to use the tulip driver (Netgear and D-Link are common tulip cards), however neither of these cards use the tulip chipset. The FA311 uses a National Semiconductor DP83810 series chipset. The D-Link DFE530TX uses the VIA Rhine-II chipset. Both of these chipsets are available in the kernel.

Seektheguru · Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2002 12:38 am Post subject: networking fun...

whenever I set either of the cards as modules, i use the natsemi for the netgear and the via-rhine for the d-link, same probs though

any other hints?

Naan Yaar · Bodhisattva Joined: 27 Jun 2002 Posts: 1549

If it is the D-Link DFE530TX+ (plus in the end), it uses the 8139too driver, I think.

Doing lspci may give a bit more info (need to emerge pciutils).

mrchuckles · Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2002 1:46 am Post subject:

Seektheguru · Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2002 1:59 am Post subject: more networking fun...

I'm using a Aopen AK73 Pro motherboard, and the NIC is in the last slot (currently, I've tried it in about 3 slots, with all the same prob)
I'm about to go do a modprobe on the natsemi and then try an lspci. I sort of figured it would have something to do with the pci more than the net card itself. The thing is what is that difference between what the boot cd does to recognize it and what my kernel isn't doing to get it. I'll be back in like 15 to 20 minutes, with the lspci info and the modprobe stuff.

Thanks again..

Naan Yaar · Bodhisattva Joined: 27 Jun 2002 Posts: 1549

Forgot the obvious:
Do lsmod with the boot cd to check what module it has loaded for the card(s).

Seektheguru · Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2002 2:27 am Post subject: network

I tried lspci, came up with nothing because i didn't have the program... and can't do an emerge since i can't get on my network (satellite modem..). I did modprobe natsemi and got "can't locate module natsemi".
That's with the thing built into the kernel (natsemi). I'll go try lsmod, but i think that it loads the natsemi module off of the cd...

Seektheguru · Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2002 3:02 am Post subject: network

Ok, tried lsmod off of the cd, came up with natsemi as the module, 14216 as the size and 0 under use.
Now, i can get networking to work in the install, by that cd..soo..

I also tried lspci from the cd and got this huge mess:

00:00.0 Class 0600:1106:0305 rev02
00:01.0 Class 0604:1106:8305
00:07.0 Class 0604:1106:0686 rev40
00:07.1 Class 0601:1106:0571 rev06
00:07.2 Class 0603:1106:3038 rev16
00:07.3 Class 0603:1106:3038 rev16
00:07.4 Class 0680:1106:3057 rev40
00:08.0 Class 0200:1106:0020
00:09.0 Class 0180:1106:4d68 rev02
00:0a.0 Class 0c00:1106:5811 rev04
00:0c.0 Class 0401:1106:0002 rev07
00:0c.1 Class 0980:1106:7002 rev07
01:00.0 Class 0300:1106:0171 rev63

So, any other ideas?

Naan Yaar · Bodhisattva Joined: 27 Jun 2002 Posts: 1549

There is an option like this in the kernel config:

NatSemi workaround for high errors (NEW)

Have you tried toggling it (shooting in the dark here

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Seektheguru · Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2002 3:22 am Post subject: toggle high error

I believe that i tried it once, let me try again, be back in a few..

mrchuckles · Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2002 11:35 am Post subject:

Seektheguru · Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2002 1:57 am Post subject: huh?

I updated my bios, didn't have any affect on the problem. Also, I checked out the P&P thing in the PCI section of Bios, and it was disabled, i enabled it and still nothing. I tried a cat /proc/pci and got this huge long thing, of which i couldn't see half because my computer is too fast. How can i print that to my usb canon s750 printer or somehow slow it down to see all of the info? I only see the last few things... I looked at the .config file as well, and that is also huge, how can i post that here? I'm running a dual-boot, XP and Gentoo, they fight constantly, or at least XP tries to crash as much as poss, while I go after linux-hehe. Last thing, whenever I have set the natsemi module in the kernel compiler to be a module, I've made sure it was in modules.autoload. Whenever it wasn't as a module, but built in, i made sure it wasn't. So, that's not the prob. What now?

MacMasta · Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2002 6:25 am Post subject:

Four ways of fixing the "it all went by too fast" problem.

cat /proc/pci | less (shows it page-by-page)
cat /proc/pci | more (ditto - some people prefer more, or less)
cat /proc/pci > /directory/file will append it to the end of a file (or start a new one, if it's not there)

and shift-pgup / pgdn will scroll through your termial output, although this is limited by the size of your terminal buffers.

~Mac~

Seektheguru · Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2002 1:51 am Post subject: /proc/pci

Thanks for the help Mac. Here's the post of cat /proc/pci, or at least the info specific to the network card:
IRQ 9
Bus 0, device 8, function 0:
Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (May Phyter) Ethernet Controller (rev 0)

As for the kernel config, I can tell you what I have related to the network, to post it would be insane, considering I've been writing this stuff down by hand, then changing back to windows to post it. I have the Nat Semi module set up to be built into the kernel, no other net card drivers are set up. Any more specifics to be looking for to post?

Naan Yaar · Bodhisattva Joined: 27 Jun 2002 Posts: 1549

Kernel config may be the best diagnosis tool we have left

You can write it to a floppy in Linux and then read it under Windows to post (or mount the Windows partition to write if it works - FAT will work).

Seektheguru · Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2002 4:23 am Post subject:

well, that's a deep subject...

Ok, for some reason, my floppy is not mounting properly, it says it is, and lets me copy files, but then, doesn't access the drive at all.
So, i went for the 2nd option, that of attempting to mount my win drive (which is running fat32 for xp...). I changed fstab and now it's all messed up. It won't let me get past it in the startup, i logged in for maintenance, except that nano won't let me save to the filesystem (says its read-only), so now I'm thinking well, either someone comes up with a solution to this minor problem and perhaps hints me in the right direction of mounting the drive, or i reinstall the whole bloody thing after a format... which may actually fix the network card problem... but would take a while. The thing that has been under my skin since I was installing was that I had to use a stage 3 tarball, because the other stages always failed at some point in the process. I wanted to build the entire system from scratch before, but it wouldn't let me, maybe it will now. If anyone sees this and has a suggestion, I'll stay in the forum until about 1:15 (my time, eastern, no idea this things time, since it is off...), about 45-50 minutes from this post

mikki · n00b Joined: 14 Jul 2002 Posts: 51 Location: On Top

Seektheguru · Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2002 5:09 am Post subject:

how might i get back into linux, though? i can't edit the fstab from that "maintenance" console

it says it is read-only

mikki · n00b Joined: 14 Jul 2002 Posts: 51 Location: On Top

delta407 · Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2002 5:52 am Post subject:

See this thread for getting back into your box.
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rac · Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2002 5:55 am Post subject:

MacMasta · Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2002 6:26 am Post subject:

Do like I did to fix "stupid devfs configuration error that hangs on booting #2" (TM) like I did this morning.

Boot from the install cd, launch the console, let it autodetect, etc.

then:

Seektheguru · Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2002 4:23 pm Post subject:

ok, got back into the box, thanks delta. Now, in trying to mount an fat32 system, what is the exact name of the partition, every time it trys to mount, it gets it wrong, so i'm thinking that the filesystem isn't right... as for the floppy, I still have to work on it. I don't think I can sync it, because my internet connection is through my network, in which eth0 is not coming up... I'll be back sometime tonight, after work, say about 11hours from this prompt