[mythtv-users] x86_64 and forcedeth

[Michael Haan]

On 2/8/06, Ian Forde <ian at duckland.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 11:19 -0500, Michael Haan wrote:
>
> > You got it:
> >
> > 1) Yes the installation completes just fine.
>
> Okay
>
> > 2) I have the machine set to use a static IP address:
> > ip=192.168.2.110, nm=255.255.255.0, gw=192.168.2.1, dns=192.168.2.1
>
> Okay
>
> > 3) I originally was using the default forcedeth driver as confirmed by
> > both network config and lsmod
>
> Okay
>
> > 4) When the machine booted, I would watch as eth0 was successfully
> > activated, but synchronizing with ntp failed
>
> Ping your default router.
>
> > 5) Opening a shell, ifconfig showed eth0 to be active and configured
> > with my static address, but both ping www.google.com and ping
> > 192.168.2.1 immediately result in "Network unreachable" and and no
> > discernable actual network activity.
>
> That's no guarantee.  Many sites block pings.  Your ISP could block
> pings.  Your router can block pings.  Send pings to your default router
> for some time and see what happens.
>
> > 6) So, I install the latest nvnet driver and change modprobe.conf to
> > use that (and not use forcedeth) - reboot and confirm that nvnet is in
> > use and not forcedeth.
> > 7) Same exact thing happens.
>
> IMHO, switching drivers was premature... the OS loaded the driver.  What
> does lspci say?  ifconfig apparently works... stick with the forcedeth
> driver and work from there...
>
>         -I
>
> > The network config is unchanged from a configuration that worked
> > before (powerline down to a hub acting as a crossover into my
> > router).
> >
> > Does that help?  As I said before FC4 x86 worked, and FC5 candidates
> > worked, but FC4 x86_64  just doesn't want to.
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192.168.2.1 is my default router/gateway.
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