road runner, redhat 7.0, with hpEN1207D
vinod
> Hi,
> I have a hp machine with a hp EN1207D-TX pci network card. the machine is
> running rh7.0. I found out on the net that this network card work with a
> RTL8139 driver, so I am using that driver for my network card. I have
> configured the network card to use dhcp.
>
> The problem is, it gives a "Failed" message when I try to ifup it, I saw
> the ifup script, the part of the script that is actually
> executing dhcpcd command is giving the "Failed" message(if you see the
> /sbin/ifup script, there is only one place where it prints "Failed")
>
> did any body face a problem like this before, I think I am not configuring
> dhcp the way I have to, but I am not sure if it is a problem with the dhcp
> configuration or if it is due to the network card.
> ifconfig -a is showing me the ethernet address of the card, so i thought
> is should be a dhcp config problem
> tia,
> vinod
>
The problem was actually an interrupt conflict. I read something about it
in http://www.scyld.com/expert/irq-conflict.html
got it to work now.
thanks
vinod