[lug] SuSe 9.1 update failure killed Linux

[George Sexton]

It seems like I had this problem, and as Un-Linux as it may sound, the
solution was:

Remove the interface, and re-define it.



George Sexton
MH Software, Inc.
http://www.mhsoftware.com/
Voice: 303 438 9585
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us]
> On Behalf Of paul nowosielski
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 4:46 PM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: [lug] SuSe 9.1 update failure killed Linux
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> I Just ran the suse Linux tool yast and performed software updates.
> Everything appeared to update fine with no issue. I was prompted to
> reboot because of the kernel update. When I rebooted
> I now get this error and a total lockup:
> 
> modprobe: FATAL: Error inserting hw_random
> (/lib/modules/2.6.5-7.252-smp/kernel/drivers/char/hw_random.ko): no such
> device
> 
> This happens during initialization of eth0 (DHCP).
> Prior to that I get:
> Warning No interface active (yet?) eth0 Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
> 
> Does any one have a suggestion to alleviate this? It seems like Linux is
> not seeing the ethernet card.
> 
> 
> Thanks you any help.
> 
> best,
> 
> Paul Nowosielski
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