[TriLUG] Problems with SuSE 9.3 on IBM Laptop

unctux unctux at nc.rr.com
Tue Aug 16 14:32:00 EDT 2005


>On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 14:03:02 -0400 "David B. Rankin" <drankin at nc.rr.com>
wrote.
>All,
>
>I am having networking problems with SuSE 9.3 and a old IBM Thinkpad. 
>I've tried three different PC cards (IBM, D-Link and 3Com) with the same 
>results. SuSE appears to install and configure the PC Card properly but 
>never gets a DHCP address.  ifup-dhcp eth0 says ".....no IP address 
>yet....backgrounding."
>
>A closer look at ifconfig shows:
>
>RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:551
>TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0
>
>Can anybody point me in the right direction to start troubleshooting?
>
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What kind of ibm laptop is this. typically ibm tends to use intel or
broadcom cards.
MICHAEL MASSEY
BIOS TEST DEPT
IBM/LENOVO

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you with experience.



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