On Wed, 17 May 2006, Lucian Stroe wrote:

> On Wed, 17 May 2006 13:20:31 -0500, Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, 17 May 2006, Lucian Stroe wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I just installed SL 4.3 on a Pentium 4 and I have problems with the ne
> twork
> >> card. It is a Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet BCM5752 (as I can se
> e in
> >> the "Network" settings menu, so it was well recognized by the system).
>  But,
> >> at the boot, at the stage of "Bringing up interface eth0", I get the m
> essage
> >>
> >> SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device
> >>
> >> If, after booting, I look into the "Network" menu, I see the interface
>  et=
> >>
> >> h0
> >> "inactive". If I try to activate it the answer is:
> >>
> >> /sbin/ifup: configuration for eth0 not found
> >> usage: ifup <device name>
> >
> >This implies that the eth0 interface was never configured.  The file
> >/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 needs to exist before a
> >"activate" will work.
> 
> I can understand this, but it looks more as an explanation than a solutio
> n
> for solving the problem. So, what I have to do?

Either make the file manually or use the gui to make it.  You should 
probably check to see if there is a eth1 that was made by mistake.

-Connie Sieh
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Lucian.
> 
>