Hi.. I just wanted to say that I have the _exact_ same problem. DHCP works fine with debian compiled kernel images, but when I compile my own, it wont work. (using 8139too.o). Is there some kind of special config options that need to be set? or?
/Daniel On 20/05-02 01.53, Alex Moreno wrote: > Hi, > > I'm writing to this list because my problem is on the network > configuration, not in the laptop or the pcmcia package. I explain it... > I make a clean instalation of woody, and when it has finished, i make > dhcpd and the script catches all the network configuration of the > network in my university. When i try to compile a new kernel, all is > right, but when i try to make dhcpd running it fails. I've noticed that > in the clean installation the wireless device is named eth1 (eth0 is a > standar network device). When i compile the new kernel and the pcmcia > packge with the driver for my wireless card the device is named wlan0 > instead of eth1. Maybe could be that the problem, but i can't repair it. > When i run dhclient with my new kernel (and pcmcia card working > perfectly, im absolutely sure), it appears the device, wlan0, but the > network is not configured. With ifconfig i get a BROADCAST RUNNING, > nothing else. In potato that works perfectly with the same wireless > card. > I had the same problem with a standar pci ethernet card in another > computer, when i changed from potato to woody, so the problem must be in > the differences in the new woody in front of potato. I had to come back > to potato the last time (but im not going to make the same). > Can anyone help me? Thank you very much... > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- The day-to-day travails of the IBM programmer are so amusing to most of us who are fortunate enough never to have been one -- like watching Charlie Chaplin trying to cook a shoe. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
