RE: can't start ethernet

Hrmn... this seems to be a problem that's catching.

what do you see in /var/log/messages?

Ian

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On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Shane C Branch wrote:

> that's what I expected as well, but I wasn't aware this machine had IR. Anyway,
> I suspected the card might be bad, so I swapped it for another, and it came up
> just fine.
>
> However, now I can't start an x session. I log in, and type startx, but get
> dumped back to a prompt.
>
> If I log in as root, I can start x no problem. Where do I need to look to fix
> this?
>
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>
> irlan0 is, i think, your infrared port. Did you enable it in your kernel?
> Did work previously? Perhaps you can recompile without it?
>
> Ian
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>
> On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Shane C Branch wrote:
>
> > I'm having some trouble starting my ethernet card with DHCHP. We recently
> > migrated from token ring to ethernet, so I recompiled the kernel and removed
> the
> > tr0 support. I shutdown, removed the tr card and installed the eth card.
> > However, the error I get at start up is 'delaying irlan0. I would have
> expected
> > it to report eth0.
> >
> > Where do I go to see if the system is detecting the card, and what do I need
> to
> > do to make it active? I messed with netcfg and linuxconfig, but had no luck
> with
> > either.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > shane.
> >
> >
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