suse 9 network failing on boot
hi, I have installed Suse 9.0 on a Dell GX520. The installer picked up my onboard NIC (Broadcom NetXTreme 57xx Gigabit Controller) and I can see it and check the values in the YaST control centre. The problem is I can´t connect to the internet. I can ping 127.0.0.1<http://127.0.0.1/>, but no other machines. I get "network is unreachable" errors. I get the same message if I use DHCP or static IP address. I turned on the debug value in the network/config file and it gave me some extra debug info on boot up. The following is a copy (typed) of the boot.msg eth0 ifup DEBUG eth0 -o onboot rc ifup HWDESC=eth0 CONFIG=eth0 INTERFACE=nointerface ifup could not get a valid interface name -> skipped (returned 7) failed To make matters worse, I´m a newbie. Any ideas?
On Wed, Nov 9, 2005 at 6:41 pm, in message <d2590ee80511091041s44423e31q8d0a73fdc2f90328@mail.gmail.com>, Kevin McGarry <kev.mcgarry@gmail.com> wrote: hi,
I have installed Suse 9.0 on a Dell GX520. The installer picked up my onboard NIC (Broadcom NetXTreme 57xx Gigabit Controller) and I can see it and check the values in the YaST control centre.
The problem is I can?t connect to the internet. I can ping 127.0.0.1<http://127.0.0.1/>, but no other machines. I get "network is unreachable" errors. I get
Try doing a manual install, and check the loaded kernel modules. Two drivers normally support that kind of card: tg3 and bcm5700. If it doesn't work with one, try the other (and make sure you unload the first before trying the second). It's all menu-driven in the install system. I suspect the install probably picks the tg3, which may be a little too new in 9.0. Just in case you don't know, you can see some messages on the alternative consoles (try alt+F2, F3, F...) Alternatively (sorry - sledgehammer approach), you could try OpenSUSE 10.0. It's free... and more supportable than 9.0 which is now positively ancient ;-) Maybe there's something else forcing you to use 9.0? But if you're in an enterprise environment, you should be using NLD instead anway, and Novell would provide official support. Yan the same
message if I use DHCP or static IP address. I turned on the debug value in the network/config file and it gave me some extra debug info on boot up. The following is a copy (typed) of the boot.msg
eth0 ifup DEBUG eth0 - o onboot rc ifup HWDESC=eth0 CONFIG=eth0 INTERFACE=nointerface ifup could not get a valid interface name - > skipped (returned 7) failed
To make matters worse, I?m a newbie.
Any ideas?
Thanks for your contributions, but in the end I just bought a different card for 10 euros and disabled the onboard broadcom, a cop out for sure but i had to get over this problem. With new card everything worked straight off, no problems On 11/9/05, Kevin McGarry <kev.mcgarry@gmail.com> wrote:
hi,
I have installed Suse 9.0 on a Dell GX520. The installer picked up my onboard NIC (Broadcom NetXTreme 57xx Gigabit Controller) and I can see it and check the values in the YaST control centre.
The problem is I can´t connect to the internet. I can ping 127.0.0.1<http://127.0.0.1/>, but no other machines. I get "network is unreachable" errors. I get the same message if I use DHCP or static IP address. I turned on the debug value in the network/config file and it gave me some extra debug info on boot up. The following is a copy (typed) of the boot.msg
eth0 ifup DEBUG eth0 -o onboot rc ifup HWDESC=eth0 CONFIG=eth0 INTERFACE=nointerface ifup could not get a valid interface name -> skipped (returned 7) failed
To make matters worse, I´m a newbie.
Any ideas?
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