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teslastrike |
Posted: Dec 13 2011, 03:09 AM
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I used to run CentOS 5, my network did not work right away when i installed that operationg system, so what i had to do is just download kmod-sk98lin package for RHEL5, install it, then enter manuall my network MAC address in the network settings, and it worked perfectly.
Now i installed SL6.1, for that i downloaded RHEL6 version of kmod-ak98lin package, installed it, entered again manually MAC address of my network card in network connection preferences, but...it did not work. That is really strange. what could be the reason? any suggestions? To give you more information, here is output of ifconfig -a command:
First i tried with this package: kmod-sk98lin-10.85.9.3-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm It did not work, then i found a newer package: kmod-sk98lin-10.88.3.3-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm Did not work as well, aybe i need some different package or some other step to perform? Any ideas appreciated. thanks. |
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helikaon |
Posted: Dec 13 2011, 07:14 AM
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Hi there, i dont think the driver being problem (at least looks like, since you have already the eth0 available) But problem is, that the 'ifconfig' doesnt report your 'eth0' having IP address. check file (you can post it here): /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and there you should see either: - dhcp or - static IP address (+gateway etc ...) configured .... check also /etc/resolv.conf if you have DNS server stated there (if not dhcp add stated) ... cheers, -------------------- |
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teslastrike |
Posted: Dec 13 2011, 07:44 AM
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Hello, well there is no: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file
and there is no: /etc/resolv.conf file Just in case, here is content of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo file:
Any other thoughts? |
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helikaon |
Posted: Dec 13 2011, 10:53 AM
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Hi,
then create it, e.g. this one controlled by the dhcp: # cat ifcfg-eth0
ofc, change the HWADDR maching your adapter (you can see it in 'ifconfig' you posted) this one e.g. of static:
this is e.g. of /etc/resolv.conf:
cheers, This post has been edited by helikaon: Dec 13 2011, 10:56 AM -------------------- |
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teslastrike |
Posted: Dec 13 2011, 03:19 PM
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well i created those two files, for eth0 controlled by dhcp too, changed HWaddr, rebooted, nothing worked.
So as you said it now looks like driver installed just OK, its just a system for some reason cannot pick it up and use it? Any other ideas where could be the reason? |
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teslastrike |
Posted: Dec 13 2011, 04:18 PM
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Just in case here are my outputs for the following commands, it might give some more info:
output of lspci | grep -i eth
output of dmesg | grep -i eth
well! now it seems that for eth0 the generic Marvell Yukon installed instead of the right one? could that be a problem or it does not matter? |
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teslastrike |
Posted: Dec 13 2011, 04:56 PM
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Ok i also tried to do the following: i downloaded driver installation pakcage from Marvell.com, i downloaded kernel source, and started the driver installation script which recompiled kernel and installed appropriate driver after removing a driver which was already installed, here is an output after running install.sh for sk98lin driver:
As you see everything went right, it even told me to have fun, with what i have problems. I reboot..and nothing works again. So what could be the problem? I'm afraid that i'll have to revert to my older distro if this thing is not going to work out, im not quite sure where else to look at? |
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teslastrike |
Posted: Dec 13 2011, 05:59 PM
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well ok, here is what else i had to do after successful installation of driver:
in terminal run system-config-network, and just configure it as dhcp and pretty much leave things as they are, then reboot, and then it worked! Thank you! Im glad it worked out since i almost got working most of my important stuff for SL. |
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northd_tech |
Posted: Dec 13 2011, 09:10 PM
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It might be good to note what driver or kernel modules that you have installed. Often/usually a kernel update wil 'break' wireless/networking and you might need to recompile modules and/or blacklist others after that.
This command should tell what modules are currently loaded:
It might be worth keeping a record of the working configuration in case it quits in the future (I often put some comments in /etc/modules.d/blacklist.conf file where the blacklisting usually takes place). /etc/rc.d/rc.local should be where modules are loaded at boot time. |
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