[lug] network issue/redhat linux 8.0

[Andrew Gilmore]

what happens when you remove the :1 from the end of the DEVICE=eth0:1, 
and ifup eth0 ?

I'd suggest removing the irq option from modules.conf as well.

Andrew

r ms wrote:
> 
> 
> The following is an excerpt of the log....the last line indicates that
> the dhcclient cannot bind socket to the interface.....I checked the
> /proc/interrupt file and the nic does nor interrupt 5 show up...so
> my question....is the NIC controller interrupt supposed to be in this file?
> 
> Thx...Ron
> 
> Excerpt:
> ______________
> 
> Dec  4 21:06:31 localhost kernel: 3c59x: Donald Becker and others. 
> www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html
> Dec  4 21:06:31 localhost kernel: 00:0a.0: 3Com PCI 3c905B Cyclone 
> 100baseTx at 0xd800. Vers LK1.1.18-ac
> Dec  4 21:06:31 localhost kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 
> 00:0a.0 to 64
> Dec  4 21:06:31 localhost insmod: Warning: ignoring irq=5, no such 
> parameter in this module
> Dec  4 21:06:31 localhost insmod: Module 3c59x loaded, with warnings
> Dec  4 21:06:32 localhost /etc/hotplug/net.agent: invoke ifup eth0
> Dec  4 21:06:39 localhost dhclient: Bind socket to interface: No such 
> device
> Dec  4 21:06:39 localhost dhclient:
> Dec  4 21:06:39 localhost dhclient: If you did not get this software 
> from ftp.isc.org, please
> Dec  4 21:06:39 localhost dhclient: get the latest from ftp.isc.org and 
> install that before
> Dec  4 21:06:39 localhost dhclient: requesting help.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> From: John Karns <jkarns at csd.net>
>> Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
>> To: <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
>> Subject: Re: [lug] network issue/redhat linux 8.0
>> Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 21:43:44 -0500 (COT)
>>
>> On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Tony Dyson said:
>>
>> > A dim memory says these 3Com cards like to default to IRQ5. Is 
>> something
>> > else trying to use that? It smells like some kind of hardware conflict.
>> > 3Com used to supply a DOS utility to reconfigure the card. You might 
>> try
>> >   forcing a different interrupt that way.
>> >
>> > The parameter on the modules.conf options line is evidently making
>> > something unhappy too.
>> >
>> > I've seen adverse comments about these NIC's & Linux in the past. Do 
>> you
>> > have a different brand that you could try?
>>
>> Are you confusing it with the 3c509?  Those were 10mb ISA cards which had
>> a PnP feature which one was better off disabling.  And a DOS utility to
>> set IRQ & PnP.  The 3c59x however (aka cyclone) is a PCI card.  I've had
>> little trouble with them, although I did have a problem with one recently
>> after upgrading to a faster mobo - the driver loaded ok, but all
>> throughput was garbled.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, r ms said:
>>
>> >
>> >> options 3c59x irq=5
>> >>
>> >>> what does /var/log/messages contain about the module used?
>> >>
>> >> The latest log entry:
>> >>
>> >> Dec  4 21:06:31 localhost kernel: 00:0a.0: 3Com PCI 3c905B Cyclone
>> >> 100baseTx at 0xd800. Vers LK1.1.18-ac
>> >> Dec  4 21:06:31 localhost kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device
>> >> 00:0a.0 to 64
>> >> Dec  4 21:06:31 localhost insmod: Warning: ignoring irq=5, no such
>>
>> While it probably doesn't have much of an effect, the attempt to force 
>> the
>> interrupt in the options line is superfluous, as the machine BIOS sets 
>> the
>> IRQ before Linux boots, and the driver doesn't set the IRQ.  Try 
>> examining
>> /proc/interrupts to see if you have a conflict.  Do you have dhclient or
>> dhcpcd running to set the IP@?  If so, you should see a reference to dhcp
>> in the system logs.
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>> John Karns                                        jkarns at csd.net
>>
>>
>>
>>
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