Bug 22228

Summary:	When I run ifconfig for eth0 on a PPC KDE verdion of the LiveCD, I get this error SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
Product:	Gentoo Release Media	Reporter:	condor <condor>
Component:	Everything	Assignee:	Pieter Van den Abeele (RETIRED) <pvdabeel>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	PPC
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

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