RE: [TCLUG:1201] eth0 deactivated

["Carl Patten" <cpatte@trimodalinc.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Wilson [mailto:wilson@chemsun.chem.umn.edu]
> Hi everyone,
>
> The power went down at Sibley last night and today I can't get my eth0
> interface to work. My computer rebooted when the power came back on, but
> the there's no eth0 listed when I type 'ifconfig'
>
> I get my IP address via DHCP. I wasn't sure how to request a new IP
> address on the fly so I had to reboot. Instead of reporting that it had
> configured my eth0 interface, the message 'eth0 initialization delayed'
> appeared when I was booting.

The IP problem will fix itself once your NIC is back up.  See below.

> I tried going into the RedHat Control Panel and activating the interface
> from there, but it reported that 'eth0 initialization delayed' again.
>
> Any ideas? This machine is currently hooked into the school's existing
> network until my server is configured. I've never had any problems before?
> How do I request a new IP address via DHCP without rebooting?

This just happened to me yesterday, matter of fact.  Is your Ethernet card
PnP?  In other words, could it have lost its I/O and IRQ settings when the
power went out?  Check that first, because all the symptoms you describe
point to a misconfigured card.  You may have to boot to DOS and re-run the
NIC setup program.

Let us know how it goes.

--
Carl Patten
Systems Administrator
Trimodal Inc.