Problem with starting the network [SOLVED, stupid error]

murkus · 2004-09-07 14:23:03

After pacman -Syu and reboot I've lost network!

I tried to look for help but didn't find anything that would help.

In /var/log/errors:

 dhcpStart: ioctl SIOCGIFHWADDR: No such device

As suggested in another thread I tried:

#depmod -a 
 depmod: Can't open /lib/modules/2.4.22-xfs/modules.dep for writing

it failed, as I don't have anything with 2.4 kernels..

#ls /lib/modules/ 
 2.6.8.1

I'm complete lost. Any ideas?

.murkus

[edit]
I had version confict with the kernel I was booting with (2.6.7) and the version modules were compiled for (2.6.8 ) after booting with 2.6.8 kernel everything works.

thanks for your input everybody!

.murkus
[/edit]

Snowman · 2004-09-07 14:44:52

I had a similar experience. If you use lilo, you must run lilo as root after updating the kernel.

murkus · 2004-09-07 14:50:48

iggatha wrote:

Looks like your trying to load the 2.4 kernel modules while running the 2.6 kernel. Do you know which module your network card used before the upgrade? If so go into /lib/modules/2.6.8.1/kernel/drivers/net and try doing an insmod with the module you need..

Yeah, that much (the kernel part) I figured myself.. I've got 3c59x network module. I'm gonna check that insmod stuff soon. thanks!

Snowman wrote:

I had a similar experience. If you use lilo, you must run lilo as root after updating the kernel.

naw, I use Grub. But thanks anyway!

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#1 2004-09-07 14:23:03

Problem with starting the network [SOLVED, stupid error]

#2 2004-09-07 14:44:52

Re: Problem with starting the network [SOLVED, stupid error]

#3 2004-09-07 14:50:48

Re: Problem with starting the network [SOLVED, stupid error]

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