[driverloader] Need to rerun dldrconfig after boot

[Linuxant support (Jonathan)]

Hi,

please make sure that the line

---
alias eth0 driverloader
---

is in your '/etc/modules.conf' file.

Regards,


Jonathan
Technical specialist / Linuxant
www.linuxant.com
support at linuxant.com


On Friday 13 February 2004 11:47, Dave Chavez wrote:
> Jack,
>
> Could it be that the driverloader module is not being loaded?
> After running 'ifup eth0' manually, check to see if the module
> is loaded (ie, 'lsmod | grep driverloader').  If not, first
> load it ('modprobe driverloader') and then try 'ifup eth0'.
> If that works, then there's something wrong with auto-loading
> of your module.
>
> Dave
>
> --- Jack Orenstein <jorenstein at archivas.com> wrote:
> > I'm using the Linuxant driver on a Dell D800 laptop running
> > RedHat 9 (kernel 2.4.20-28.9), using the builtin wireless nic.
> >
> > After I ran dldrconfig, the network connection worked.
> >
> > On reboot, eth0 appears to come up, but it does not. If I run ifup
> > eth0 manually, it returns instantly with no output and eth0 is not
> > working. ifconfig shows loopback only, not eth0.
> >
> > However, if I rerun dldrconfig, then ifup eth0 works properly.
> >
> > What is dldrconfig doing that is not surviving the reboot, and how
> > can
> > I fix the problem?
> >
> > Here is /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:
> >
> >      # Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
> >      # for the documentation of these parameters.
> >      USERCTL=no
> >      PEERDNS=yes
> >      GATEWAY=
> >      ONBOOT=yes
> >      TYPE=Wireless
> >      DHCP_HOSTNAME=jack
> >      IPADDR=
> >      DEVICE=eth0
> >      HWADDR=00:90:4b:64:19:2e
> >      BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> >      DOMAIN=
> >      NETMASK=
> >      ESSID=RIS
> >      CHANNEL=1
> >      MODE=Managed
> >      KEY=8196508E9ECDD10EA62B065C9D
> >      RATE=11Mb/s
> >
> > Jack Orenstein
> > Archivas, Inc.
> >
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