On my A7N8X-E, I haven't configured eth1, the driver gets loaded, eth0 gets configured with a static IP address, eth1 waits a short time for dhcp to configure it and as there is no connection to it, it times out and the boot up continues normally. If you give eth1 a static IP address, make sure it's connected to at least a hub/switch. eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:A6:4C:63:56 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:17 Memory:e4000000-0 32: PCI 104.0: 0200 Ethernet controller [Created at pci.244] Unique ID: pe4v.ku_pZL9tQC3 Parent ID: RE4e.f9Q95vpHUcA SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.0/0000:01:04.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:01:04.0 Hardware Class: network Model: "Asustek Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter" Vendor: pci 0x11ab "Marvell" Device: pci 0x4320 "Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter" SubVendor: pci 0x1043 "Asustek Computer, Inc." SubDevice: pci 0x811a Revision: 0x13 Driver: "skge" Memory Range: 0xe4000000-0xe4003fff (rw,non-prefetchable) I/O Ports: 0x9000-0x9fff (rw) Memory Range: 0x00000000-0x0001ffff (ro,prefetchable,disabled) IRQ: 17 (no events) HW Address: 00:0e:a6:4c:63:56 Driver Info #0: Driver Status: sk98lin is active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe sk98lin" Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #28 (PCI bridge) # ifconfig eth0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:A6:48:32:5C inet addr:192.168.10.1 Bcast:192.168.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::20e:a6ff:fe48:325c/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1100169 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1072607 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1158218532 (1104.5 Mb) TX bytes:182243794 (173.8 Mb) Interrupt:22 Base address:0xa000 25: PCI 04.0: 0200 Ethernet controller [Created at pci.244] Unique ID: 8otl.rDRqBOJ4Sq1 SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:00:04.0 Hardware Class: network Model: "Asustek nForce2 Ethernet Controller" Vendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation" Device: pci 0x0066 "nForce2 Ethernet Controller" SubVendor: pci 0x1043 "Asustek Computer, Inc." SubDevice: pci 0x80a7 Revision: 0xa1 Driver: "forcedeth" Memory Range: 0xe5086000-0xe5086fff (rw,non-prefetchable) I/O Ports: 0xc400-0xc407 (rw) IRQ: 22 (35322331 events) HW Address: 00:0e:a6:48:32:5c Driver Info #0: Driver Status: forcedeth is active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe forcedeth" Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Regards Sid. johnswolter@provide.net wrote:
I've got a similar problem with an ASUS A7N8X-E that was "Waiting for mandatory device'. I had admin'ed a static IP for each of the systemboard's two Ethernet devices. I tried deleting both interfaces and rebooting(works for Win98SE) then added one of the interfaces. I rebooted and the waiting message went away. I rebooted again and did not see the wait message.
Then I tried using YaST again to configure the second physical Ethernet device and that worked. I rebooted again of course. The script /etc/init.d/network is where I think the setup is run. I've not had time to study it yet. My favorite debug technique is to place extra echo statements in scripts so as to know where is the script things are going.
I notice YaST Network Device->Network Cards has a Virtual Interface choice under the cHange choice of the first dialog. John Wolter mailto: johnswolter@wolterworks.com
On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 14:44:38 -0300
wrote: Hi all,
i have a server with 2 3com 3c905-txm network card with ip's (192.168.1.1 and 192.168.0.1) running suse 9.1 professional. my server run samba file server. my server works fine but sometimes network card's is not detected. The message 'waiting for mandatory device' appears, then a 15 second countdown, then 'failed'. When booted, ifconfig only knows about lo0.
Sorry for my bad english.
thanks.
Jairo Lenfers.
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