Re: Problem with the network upon new Debian install

From: M Singh (spammers-go-here_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/04/04 

Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 15:26:30 -0400

Michael Heiming wrote:

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> In comp.os.linux.misc Madhusudan Singh <ar@sc.hc.de> suggested:
>> Hi
>> After years of using Redhat, I decided to install Debian Sarge on
>> my new laptop (came preinstalled with Fedora Core 1 - network working).
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>> eth0 : ERROR while getting interface flags : No such device
>> Bind socket to interface : No such device
>> exiting.
>> Failed to bring up eth0
>> done.
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>> This suggests that the install somehow failed to detect my ethernet card.
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> It's likely, you just have to put the proper alias in
> /etc/modules.conf, what does '/sbin/lspci' tell about the card?
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> [..]
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That was it ! An alias eth0 e100 did the trick.

Thanks.

Busy setting up Debian Sarge with KDE now.

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