[pptp-server] upgrade from RH6.2 kernel for pptpd and NIC tro uble

[George Vieira]

What do you have in your /etc/conf.modules ? Is the card specifically being
assigned a IO and IRQ? Eg.
[root at newjackswing /root]# cat /etc/conf.modules 
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
alias eth0 ne
options ne io=0x300 irq=15			#<-- specifically telling
where the NIC is
alias eth1 ne1
options ne1 io=0x340 irq=5			#<-- specifically telling
where the NIC is

first try a `lsmod` and see if your NIC modules is in there. eg. 
[root at newjackswing /root]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ppp_deflate            40788   2  (autoclean)
ip_masq_icq             7608   1 
ip_masq_ftp             2616   0  (unused)
ip_masq_portfw          2560  10  (autoclean)
ppp                    20204   4  (autoclean) [ppp_deflate]
slhc                    4500   1  (autoclean) [ppp]
ne1                     6736   1  (autoclean)			#<----
NE2000 for ADSL
ne                      6732   1  (autoclean)               #<---- NE2000
for LAN
8390                    6420   0  (autoclean) [ne1 ne]

If it is there then try unloading the card and do a `modprobe ne io=0x300
irq=5` or whatever card and settings you have..


If it errors that it can't find the module then you haven't compiled the
module drivers for the card.



-----Original Message-----
From: machine man [mailto:machineman at acmecity.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2000 1:19 PM
To: pptp-server at lists.schulte.org
Subject: [pptp-server] upgrade from RH6.2 kernel for pptpd and NIC
trouble


Hi,

I followed the excellently detailed instructions for upgrading
your kernel from vanilla RedHat 6.2 to 2.2.17 from the URL
www.vibres.com/pptpd/example.html, specifically for pptpd.

Everything went smoothly, until I rebooted my computer, and
then it gave me the error "Delaying eth0 initialization" for
my network card.  I've tried re-installing 6.2 and following
the instructions on the above URL twice, once
with the SMC EtherPowerII and once with the Linksys EtherFast 
(PNIC) card.  Both times, the NIC fails to come up.

Now I know this is more of a kernel issue rather than a pptpd
issue, but I'm hoping that maybe someone came across the same
issue, and knows what the fix is?

I'm a newbie to Linux (but not to computers), but pptpd was
my impetus to explore Linux, so I'm hoping there's an expert
out there that might be able to point me in the right direction!

Thanks for any help,

Kevin

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