iBook NIC

[Jim Pharis]

I solved this problem by configuring the network at install time. Before
I was simply installing and going back and using redhat-config-network
to setup eth0. 


On Fri, 2002-08-30 at 20:16, Jim Pharis wrote:
> I don't think the default kernel for Yellow Dog has the sungem module. I
> looked for it and didn't see it. I am looking at rebuilding the kernel
> now. 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2002-08-30 at 15:14, Dan Burcaw wrote:
> > 
> > What does dmesg say?
> > Perhaps the new iBook has an updated ethernet rev that we need to know 
> > about.
> > 
> > 
> > > YellowDoggers,
> > > 
> > > I just bought the new iBook with YellowDog preinstalled from
> > > terrasoftsolutions. I was a little unthrilled about having the MacOS on
> > > there so I formatted and reinstalled only YellowDog. 
> > > 
> > > I am running into a problem. The sungem NIC doesn't seem to want to
> > > activate. I go through the Internet Configuration Wizard and it lists it
> > > as eth0 but it can't activate it in the Device menu of Network
> > > Configuration and under Hardware the IRQ is unknown. I get the following
> > > warning.
> > > 
> > > The Ethernet card could not be initialized. Please verify your settings
> > > and try again.
> > > 
> > > I am brand new to PPC. Am I missing a module or something? I did a
> > > google on this and I couldnt find much. Thanks for any help.
> > > 
> > > Jim
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