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Jason Joines

5 Nov 2002 5 Nov '02

23:00

I have a 3c905B NIC. I've had both SuSE 8.0 and United Linux Beta 3 on it and both ran just fine. Today I wiped out UL to try SuSE 8.1. I did a network install so the NIC was still working and the install all seemed to go fine. However, on the first reboot and then later when trying to manually run the network script I get the errrors: lo ifup: Could not get a valid interface name: -> skipped eth0 ifup: Could not get a valid interface name: -> skipped If I try to run "ifup eth0", "ifup lo", manually, I get the same error. ifcfg-eth0 and ifcfg-lo both exist in /etc/sysconfig/network and look just fine. If I configure and bring either up using ifconfig, they work fine. If I manually run dhcpcd on eth0, it works just fine. What's up with ifup? Thanks, Jason Joines Open Source = Open Mind =========================

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Mads Martin Joergensen

6 Nov 6 Nov

11:41

New subject: [SLE] What's up with ifup in SuSE 8.1

* Jason Joines [Nov 06. 2002 00:01]:

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I have a 3c905B NIC. I've had both SuSE 8.0 and United Linux Beta 3 on it and both ran just fine. Today I wiped out UL to try SuSE 8.1. I did a network install so the NIC was still working and the install all seemed to go fine.

However, on the first reboot and then later when trying to manually run the network script I get the errrors: lo ifup: Could not get a valid interface name: -> skipped eth0 ifup: Could not get a valid interface name: -> skipped

If I try to run "ifup eth0", "ifup lo", manually, I get the same error. ifcfg-eth0 and ifcfg-lo both exist in /etc/sysconfig/network and look just fine.

If I configure and bring either up using ifconfig, they work fine.

If I manually run dhcpcd on eth0, it works just fine.

What's up with ifup?

Is the module you need for your eth0 interface correctly configured in /etc/modules.conf? What does the line with eth0 say? -- Mads Martin Jørgensen, http://mmj.dk [Favorite flag: Cloaking] "Why make things difficult, when it is possible to make them cryptic and totally illogic, with just a little bit more effort?" -- A. P. J.

Jason Joines

15:36

New subject: [SLE] What's up with ifup in SuSE 8.1

Mads Martin Joergensen wrote:

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* Jason Joines [Nov 06. 2002 00:01]:

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I have a 3c905B NIC. I've had both SuSE 8.0 and United Linux Beta 3 on it and both ran just fine. Today I wiped out UL to try SuSE 8.1. I did a network install so the NIC was still working and the install all seemed to go fine.

However, on the first reboot and then later when trying to manually run the network script I get the errrors: lo ifup: Could not get a valid interface name: -> skipped eth0 ifup: Could not get a valid interface name: -> skipped

If I try to run "ifup eth0", "ifup lo", manually, I get the same error. ifcfg-eth0 and ifcfg-lo both exist in /etc/sysconfig/network and look just fine.

If I configure and bring either up using ifconfig, they work fine.

If I manually run dhcpcd on eth0, it works just fine.

What's up with ifup?

Is the module you need for your eth0 interface correctly configured in /etc/modules.conf?

What does the line with eth0 say?

I believe it's correct. It says: alias eth0 3c59x That's what the install put in. I tried: alias eth0 3c90x Neither works with ifup. Both work if I manually load them and use dhcpcd or ifcfg. Jason ===========

Mads Martin Joergensen

15:39

New subject: [SLE] What's up with ifup in SuSE 8.1

* Jason Joines [Nov 06. 2002 16:38]:

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Is the module you need for your eth0 interface correctly configured in /etc/modules.conf?

What does the line with eth0 say?

I believe it's correct.

It says: alias eth0 3c59x That's what the install put in.

I tried: alias eth0 3c90x

Neither works with ifup.

Both work if I manually load them and use dhcpcd or ifcfg.

What about ifup-dhcp eth0 ? -- Mads Martin Jørgensen, http://mmj.dk [Favorite flag: Cloaking] "Why make things difficult, when it is possible to make them cryptic and totally illogic, with just a little bit more effort?" -- A. P. J.

Jason Joines

15:56

New subject: [SLE] What's up with ifup in SuSE 8.1

Mads Martin Joergensen wrote:

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* Jason Joines [Nov 06. 2002 16:38]:

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Is the module you need for your eth0 interface correctly configured in /etc/modules.conf?

What does the line with eth0 say?

I believe it's correct.

It says: alias eth0 3c59x That's what the install put in.

I tried: alias eth0 3c90x

Neither works with ifup.

Both work if I manually load them and use dhcpcd or ifcfg.

What about ifup-dhcp eth0 ?

I had never tried that one. It results in: ifup-dhcp: interface eth0 is not available Jason ===========

Jim Barnes

17:53

New subject: [SLE] What's up with ifup in SuSE 8.1

I'd like to get in on this one, as I'm having the same problem. My origional post http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2002-Oct/1077.html was never replied to... Cool boot, fine, warm boot, no go on the nic! -- Jim Barnes -- Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet, you can't win. -Lazarus Long -- SuSE linux 8.0, 2.4.18-4GB, KMail 1.4 -- 10:48am up 1 day, 6:37, 5 users, load average: 1.23, 1.10, 1.03

Mads Martin Joergensen

23:13

New subject: [SLE] What's up with ifup in SuSE 8.1

* Jim Barnes [Nov 06. 2002 18:55]:

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I'd like to get in on this one, as I'm having the same problem. My origional post http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2002-Oct/1077.html was never replied to...

Cool boot, fine, warm boot, no go on the nic!

Hmmm, could you please try and do rcnetwork stop remove the module for the nick rcnetwork start -o debug And give me the output? -- Mads Martin Jørgensen, http://mmj.dk [Favorite flag: Cloaking] "Why make things difficult, when it is possible to make them cryptic and totally illogic, with just a little bit more effort?" -- A. P. J.

Jason Joines

7 Nov 7 Nov

00:01

New subject: [SLE] What's up with ifup in SuSE 8.1

Mads Martin Joergensen wrote:

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* Jim Barnes [Nov 06. 2002 18:55]:

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I'd like to get in on this one, as I'm having the same problem. My origional post http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2002-Oct/1077.html was never replied to...

Cool boot, fine, warm boot, no go on the nic!

Hmmm, could you please try and do

rcnetwork stop remove the module for the nick rcnetwork start -o debug

And give me the output?

Here's the output (typescript file attached as ifup.log). Because of it I tried to find the ip program and could not. I looked at an 8.0 box and found it was owned by the iproute2 package. This wasn't installed on the 8.1 box. I went into YaST and searched for iproute2 and found it was already selected for autoinstall. When I went ahead and let it run the install, it said it needed to, and did install, another 192 MB (majority was 155 MB OpenOffice) from CD1. After it finished, everything worked, and continues to work, jusf fine. The install was done using the 8.1 boot CD, ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/8.1/boot/boot.iso, and the URL ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/8.1. The installation indicated it was complete and at no time during all this did anything ever indicate that more needed to be done. Thanks for all the help. Jason Joines =========== linux:~ # rcnetwork stop Shutting down network interfaces: eth0 ifdown: Could not get a valid interface name: -> skipped done /sbin/rcnetwork: line 1: ip: command not found linux:~ # linux:~ # lsmod | less Module Size Used by Not tainted ide-cd 28388 0 (autoclean) cdrom 26400 0 (autoclean) [ide-cd] snd-seq-oss 27296 0 (autoclean) (unused) snd-seq-midi 4480 0 (unused) snd-seq-midi-event 2920 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi] snd-opl3-synth 10436 0 (unused) snd-seq-instr 4816 0 [snd-opl3-synth] snd-seq-midi-emul 4784 0 [snd-opl3-synth] ipv6 138964 -1 (autoclean) snd-seq 37776 2 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event snd-opl3-synth snd-seq-instr snd-seq-midi-emul] snd-ainstr-fm 1796 0 [snd-opl3-synth] snd-cs4236 5384 0 isa-pnp 29664 0 [snd-cs4236] snd-cs4236-lib 10976 0 [snd-cs4236] snd-opl3-lib 6532 0 [snd-opl3-synth snd-cs4236] snd-hwdep 4576 0 [snd-opl3-lib] snd-cs4231-lib 18984 0 [snd-cs4236 snd-cs4236-lib] snd-pcm 63328 0 [snd-cs4236-lib snd-cs4231-lib] snd-timer 11524 0 [snd-seq snd-opl3-lib snd-cs4231-lib snd-pcm] snd-mpu401-uart 3296 0 [snd-cs4236] snd-rawmidi 13920 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-mpu401-uart] snd-seq-device 4140 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi snd-opl3-synth snd-seq snd-opl3-lib snd-rawmidi] snd 31300 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event snd-opl3-synth snd-seq-instr snd-seq-midi-emul snd-seq snd-cs4236 snd-cs4236-lib snd-opl3-lib snd-hwdep snd-cs4231-lib snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device] soundcore 3396 0 [snd] joydev 5600 0 (unused) evdev 4352 0 (unused) input 3168 0 [joydev evdev] usb-uhci 21612 0 (unused) usbcore 56768 1 [snd usb-uhci] 3c59x 27088 0 (unused) lvm-mod 62976 0 (autoclean) xfs 497256 2 xfs_dmapi 32454 0 [xfs] xfs_support 7154 0 [xfs xfs_dmapi] linux:~ # linux:~ # rmmod 3c59x linux:~ # linux:~ # lsmod | less Module Size Used by Not tainted ide-cd 28388 0 (autoclean) cdrom 26400 0 (autoclean) [ide-cd] snd-seq-oss 27296 0 (autoclean) (unused) snd-seq-midi 4480 0 (unused) snd-seq-midi-event 2920 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi] snd-opl3-synth 10436 0 (unused) snd-seq-instr 4816 0 [snd-opl3-synth] snd-seq-midi-emul 4784 0 [snd-opl3-synth] ipv6 138964 -1 (autoclean) snd-seq 37776 2 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event snd-opl3-synth snd-seq-instr snd-seq-midi-emul] snd-ainstr-fm 1796 0 [snd-opl3-synth] snd-cs4236 5384 0 isa-pnp 29664 0 [snd-cs4236] snd-cs4236-lib 10976 0 [snd-cs4236] snd-opl3-lib 6532 0 [snd-opl3-synth snd-cs4236] snd-hwdep 4576 0 [snd-opl3-lib] snd-cs4231-lib 18984 0 [snd-cs4236 snd-cs4236-lib] snd-pcm 63328 0 [snd-cs4236-lib snd-cs4231-lib] snd-timer 11524 0 [snd-seq snd-opl3-lib snd-cs4231-lib snd-pcm] snd-mpu401-uart 3296 0 [snd-cs4236] snd-rawmidi 13920 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-mpu401-uart] snd-seq-device 4140 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi snd-opl3-synth snd-seq snd-opl3-lib snd-rawmidi] snd 31300 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event snd-opl3-synth snd-seq-instr snd-seq-midi-emul snd-seq snd-cs4236 snd-cs4236-lib snd-opl3-lib snd-hwdep snd-cs4231-lib snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device] soundcore 3396 0 [snd] joydev 5600 0 (unused) evdev 4352 0 (unused) input 3168 0 [joydev evdev] usb-uhci 21612 0 (unused) usbcore 56768 1 [snd usb-uhci] lvm-mod 62976 0 (autoclean) xfs 497256 2 xfs_dmapi 32454 0 [xfs] xfs_support 7154 0 [xfs xfs_dmapi] linux:~ # linux:~ # rcnetwork start -o debug rcnetwork (debug): CONFFILES = ifcfg-lo ifcfg-eth0 rcnetwork (debug): CONFIG = rcnetwork (debug): INTERFACE = Setting up network interfaces: lo ifup: Could not get a valid interface name: -> skipped (returned 7) failed eth0 ifup: Could not get a valid interface name: -> skipped (returned 7) failed linux:~ # linux:~ # exit Script done on Wed Nov 6 18:34:49 2002

Mads Martin Joergensen

08:38

New subject: [SLE] What's up with ifup in SuSE 8.1

* Jason Joines [Nov 07. 2002 01:01]:

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Hmmm, could you please try and do

rcnetwork stop remove the module for the nick rcnetwork start -o debug

And give me the output?

Here's the output (typescript file attached as ifup.log). Because of it I tried to find the ip program and could not. I looked at an 8.0 box and found it was owned by the iproute2 package. This wasn't installed on the 8.1 box. I went into YaST and searched for iproute2 and found it was already selected for autoinstall. When I went ahead and let it run the install, it said it needed to, and did install, another 192 MB (majority was 155 MB OpenOffice) from CD1. After it finished, everything worked, and continues to work, jusf fine.

Aha, then it makes perfect sense. Thanks. -- Mads Martin Jørgensen, http://mmj.dk [Favorite flag: Cloaking] "Why make things difficult, when it is possible to make them cryptic and totally illogic, with just a little bit more effort?" -- A. P. J.

Jim Barnes

01:43

New subject: [SLE] What's up with ifup in SuSE 8.1

On Wednesday 06 November 2002 04:13 pm, Mads Martin Joergensen wrote:

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* Jim Barnes [Nov 06. 2002 18:55]:

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I'd like to get in on this one, as I'm having the same problem. My origional post http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2002-Oct/1077.html was never replied to...

Cool boot, fine, warm boot, no go on the nic!

Hmmm, could you please try and do

rcnetwork stop remove the module for the nick rcnetwork start -o debug

And give me the output?

server:/ # rcnetwork stop Shutting down network interfaces: eth0 done server:/ # rmmod e100 server:/ # rcnetwork start -o debug rcnetwork (debug): CONFFILES = ifcfg-lo ifcfg-eth0 rcnetwork (debug): CONFIG = rcnetwork (debug): INTERFACE = Setting up network interfaces: lo (returned 0) done eth0 IP/Netmask: 192.168.0.22 / 255.255.255.0 (returned 0) done server:/# I checked to make sure iproute2 was installed, it is. Since Oct 8 when I was messing with the nic/reboot problem, I have added a Promise Ultra tx2 ide controller, which will identify the drive on a cold boot and continue, but not on a warm boot. Could they be related in the PCI buss initialization? -- Jim Barnes -- Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet, you can't win. -Lazarus Long -- SuSE linux 8.0, 2.4.18-4GB, KMail 1.4 -- 6:26pm up 1 day, 14:14, 5 users, load average: 1.06, 1.02, 1.00

Mads Martin Joergensen

09:03

New subject: [SLE] What's up with ifup in SuSE 8.1

* Jim Barnes [Nov 07. 2002 02:45]:

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Hmmm, could you please try and do

rcnetwork stop remove the module for the nick rcnetwork start -o debug

And give me the output?

server:/ # rcnetwork stop Shutting down network interfaces: eth0 done server:/ # rmmod e100 server:/ # rcnetwork start -o debug rcnetwork (debug): CONFFILES = ifcfg-lo ifcfg-eth0 rcnetwork (debug): CONFIG = rcnetwork (debug): INTERFACE = Setting up network interfaces: lo (returned 0) done eth0 IP/Netmask: 192.168.0.22 / 255.255.255.0 (returned 0) done server:/#

I checked to make sure iproute2 was installed, it is.

And the above still does not work?

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Since Oct 8 when I was messing with the nic/reboot problem, I have added a Promise Ultra tx2 ide controller, which will identify the drive on a cold boot and continue, but not on a warm boot. Could they be related in the PCI buss initialization?

Dunno, but seing the above it does not seem like a bug in the network scripts. -- Mads Martin Jørgensen, http://mmj.dk [Favorite flag: Cloaking] "Why make things difficult, when it is possible to make them cryptic and totally illogic, with just a little bit more effort?" -- A. P. J.

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