Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1701 mails)

["David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 29 September 2009 06:22:03 pm Mark Misulich wrote:
> > but try once more, using "ifup eth0". it might just work...
>
> I tried it, but the response is:
> interface eth0 is not available

Then it is a module issue. Your eth0 interface isn't created until you have 
the proper module loaded that allows your computer to talk to your network 
card. Before you load the module, your computer has no idea that you have an 
eth0.

Just for grins, do as suggested.

        After a fresh boot, but before the network card is enabled:

lsmod > net-before

        Then start your network with yast and get it running. After it is 
running, do

lsmod > net-after

        then

diff net-before net-after > filetopost

        Then post the result of the diff (the contents of "filetopost" if any). 
Once 
we can determine the module that is needed, as root, do a:

modprobe -v modulename

        Then confirm that eth0 appeared with an ifconfig. Then with the module 
loaded, as root, do a:

depmod -A

        To save the module dependencies in modules.dep and the module for your 
network card should then load on boot as long as it isn't blacklisted somehow 
in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.

        Let us know how it goes...


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