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Bug 22228 - When I run ifconfig for eth0 on a PPC KDE verdion of the LiveCD, I get this error SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
Summary: When I run ifconfig for eth0 on a PPC KDE verdion of the LiveCD, I get this e...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Release Media
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Everything (show other bugs)
Hardware: PPC Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Pieter Van den Abeele (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2003-06-04 14:25 UTC by condor
Modified: 2003-07-14 14:32 UTC (History)
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Description condor 2003-06-04 14:25:01 UTC 
When I run ifconfig for eth0 on a PPC KDE verdion of the LiveCD, I get this
error  SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth0: unknown interface: No such device

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.ifconfig eth0 IP_ADDR netmask NETM_ADDR up
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth0: unknown interface: No such device
Actual Results:  
Return to root shell prompt

Expected Results:  
Assigned an IP and netmask to the ethernet device.
Comment 1 Pieter Van den Abeele (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-06-08 07:41:49 UTC 
what does plain 

"ifconfig eth0" 

give you? What computer is this happening on?

Pieter
Comment 2 Pieter Van den Abeele (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-06-13 03:30:47 UTC 
traced back the problem to a possible missing network driver in the livecd kernel.config. 

Next livecd will hopefully have this problem fixed
Comment 3 Pieter Van den Abeele (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-07-14 14:32:35 UTC 
fixed on rc8 test-livecds, building new kde/gnome livecds - closing