i believe i had mentioned this already on this list:
have had same problems with my asus m2npv-vm board (onboard forcedepth
nic) the first days with the board under fedora 6 - would say no big
diff's to centos-
the fedora way goes:
1. move or delete /etc/sysconfig/hwconf
2. move or delete /etc/modprobe.conf
3. run kudzu afterwards => this writes new hwconf, modprobe.conf
4. bring your nic's down: ifdown ethx
5. remove the driver via modprobe -rv <your-nic-driver> (forcedepth)
5a. maybe to be sure: lsmod|grep -i <your-nic-driver>
6. reload the driver via modprobe -sv ...
7. fix your mac-addr-settings via system-config-network
8. compare your mac's in hwconf _and_ via ifconfig
steps 4-6 are also performed via reboot (grrrrrrrrrr: m$ world tasks),
but your are able to exclude if this files were changed again after step
3. (ls -l /etc/sysconfig/hwconf => date/time !)
a hint of another problem !
if there are still diff's, then it's another problem i don't know a
solution for, yet, but i remember ethx order changes and therefore mac
mismatches at late fedora 5/early fedora 6 kernels.
try and report !
okay ?
--
ronald
Ronald,
Thanks for the above. However, sadly it did not work.
Also I see no way in the system-config-network to set a MAC address.
I was in the character mode here not X.
This is SOOO bizzar. Again, when I started I had 2 Asus M2N-MX boards.
One was giving the invalid MAC address and one seemed OK.
Both had the forcedeth driver loaded for onboard network.
I bought 2 gigabyte motherboards (DIFFERENT BIOS) and I have the same
issue. One board is working and the other is giving the invalid MAC address.
Both gigabytes have the forcedeth driver.
I tried loading centos 4 but it does not even recognize the forcedeth device at all.
even manually loading.
I'm at a loss. I have a script file that runs and sets things up the way I want after
boot up. Not pretty - but I guess it works.
Jerry
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