[tulip] Recognizing the new driver at bootup

[Phil Barone]

I'm tellin you! I am helpless.

Edited /etc/sysconfig/network: NETWORKING=yes
Created in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts called ifcfg-eth0 like suggested.
Did /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart

Network seems to have come up as i can now ping around. Yea, minor skirmish
won.

I ran netcfg or the network option from control-panel, can't remember which
and now can't get any graphical displays. I have three terminals up but am
afraid to reboot cause it looks like my DISPLAY is set wrong. I have tried
setting DISPLAY to my IP address and still the display doesn't come up.

Somehow I have not the right configuration of hostname, can't run netcfg as
it is graphical can anybody tell me what files should contain what?

1.) my domain is taken from my Roadrunner Cable modem domain, 'rr.cfl.com'
2.) I selected some random name for the hostname, say for example 'idiot'.
3.) Using the hostname command I have :# hostname idiot
4.) There is a file in etc called HOSTNAME: it contains: idiot
5.) I added an entry in /etc/hosts with my ip address I got from the dhcp, I
know this changes so not sure what needs to be done here. anyway it looks
like this:
            xx.xx.xx.xx idiot.cfl.rr.com idiot

Anything else I need to check here?

Thanks again.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: tulip-admin@scyld.com [mailto:tulip-admin@scyld.com]On Behalf Of
> David Shochat
> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 10:08 PM
> To: tulip@scyld.com
> Subject: Re: [tulip] Recognizing the new driver at bootup
>
>
> ne... wrote:
>
> > On Nov 24, 2000 at 14:22, Phil Barone eloquently wrote:
> >
> >> Hi All,
> >>  I sure appreciate all the help so far. Talk about confusing. See some
> >> notes about what I have done to get this far at the bottom of
> this email.
> >>
> >> My question utimately is how to get my RH7.0 box to function
> correctly with
> >> my cable modem. I am reading the cable modem how-to but am stuck.
> >>
> >>  First how do I get my eth0 interface to be recognized at boot time? It
> >> seems that what I am doing with the modprobe eth0 is causing
> eth0 to be seen
> >> for the moment but as soon as I reboot, eth0 disappears. See
> below to see
> >> what I've done so far.
> >>
> >> What is the standard way of making eth0 available after the reboot?
> >
> > Install the netcfg rpm and use this to configure the
> > device. Make sure you select the 'activate at boot' switch.
> >
> I agree totally with that.
>
> Just one more thing though. Since Phil Barone wants to use this with a
> cable modem, he should check DHCP when configuring this interface in
> netcfg. That is really all it takes (at least in RH 6.2). That causes a
> file to be created in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts called ifcfg-eth0.
> This file will contain something like:
> DEVICE=eth0
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> ONBOOT=yes
>
> During boot, ifup will see the "dhcp" in there and use the pump utility
> to perform the necessary DHCP protocol and bring up the interface.
>
> That is how it all works with my cable modem on my RH6.2 system.
> -- David
>
>
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