From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OhSKq-0003aV-De for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:12:04 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 27279E0772; Fri, 6 Aug 2010 19:11:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mailout-de.gmx.net [213.165.64.22]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A3017E0772 for ; Fri, 6 Aug 2010 19:11:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 06 Aug 2010 19:11:09 -0000 Received: from p5B269E78.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO gmx.de) [91.38.158.120] by mail.gmx.net (mp052) with SMTP; 06 Aug 2010 21:11:09 +0200 X-Authenticated: #11923159 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18szdRJUGAsBWDFJx7rdwcfg5aRV2XyEI4lQrJIWC QUvML7MKdhBUyG Received: by BigBox (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8F0A498C891; Fri, 6 Aug 2010 21:09:46 +0000 (GMT) Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 23:09:46 +0200 From: Frank Schwidom To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] eth0 cannot start up Message-ID: <20100806210946.GA5264@BiggerBoxer> References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Archives-Salt: fb6b1b07-00be-401e-89f1-2b7aa0db371c X-Archives-Hash: 1f8f31a8b1a63c7c08acf533f940f86c Hi, i had a similary problem, eth0 was away, but eth1 appeared insteadof. Regards On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 08:45:24PM +0800, Xi Shen wrote: > i reboot the system, fresh start with livcd. all reports the same error. :( > > i noticed that the hardware address is 3a:3a:2d:6c:3a:3a, which is > obviously an invalid one. i guess it is a hardware failure... > > > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Mick wrote: > > Run dhcpcd -k and check that dhcpcd does not leave any locks behind. > > > > Then run dhcpcd -d eth0 and see what's reported by it. > > > > On 6 August 2010 12:57, Xi Shen wrote: > >> hi, > >> > >> after a sudden power cut off, my gentoo system cannot connect to the > >> network any more... > >> > >> the system can be started, but when starting dhcp, it reports "Cannot > >> assign requested address". if tried ifconfig eth0 up, it reports the > >> same error. using dmesg|grep eth0 and dmesg|grep network, it shows the > >> system has detected my network card. > >> > >> any idea what is the cause of the problem? > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Best Regards, > >> Xi Shen (David) > >> > >> http://twitter.com/davidshen84/ > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Mick > > > > > > > > -- > Best Regards, > Xi Shen (David) > > http://twitter.com/davidshen84/ >