Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4020 mails)

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On Wednesday 13 October 2004 05:45 pm, Chris Carpinello wrote:
> eth0 Â  Â  Â device: Intel Corp. 82544EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
> (Copper) (rev 02)
>
> ...and the network works.
>
> What do I need to do in order to enable eth0 automatically after a
> reboot?
>
> System info: Subset of SuSE 9.1 Professional (customized package list
> installed via auto install CD), 2.6.9-rc4 kernel from kernel.org with
> the tiocgdev patch (supplied by SuSE in kernel-source-2.6.4-52.rpm).
> Tested on two Dell PowerEdge servers with the same result: one using a
> Broadcom BCM5704 NIC (tg3 driver; compiled into the kernel) and one
> using an Intel 82544EI NIC (e1000 driver; compiled as a module).
> /var/log/YaST2/badlist-initial is empty.

Here's what I had to do to make sure my Dell laptop wifi card is initialized on boot.

1. In /etc/sysconfig/kernel, set MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT="driverloader"

 Yours may be "ndiswrapper" depending on which wrapper you may be using, if any, then,

2. /etc/init.d/boot.local, add ifup wlan0.

Save 'em and try a reboot to see if it works.

OR You may need to simply add ifup eth0 to your /etc/init.d/boot.local

I hope this will help you get there.
Richard

At any rate, this will give you something to think about.