eth0 problem

[Piotr Kirklewski]

Hi there

I'm having problems with network config, there is no eth0 device in the system.

ifup eth0

gives me this :

root@lb2:~# ifup eth0
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid with pid 134993416
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device
Failed to bring up eth0.
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cat /etc/network/interfaces

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

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root@lb2:~# modprobe e1000
FATAL: Module e1000 not found.

root@lb2:~# modprobe bnx2
FATAL: Module bnx2 not found.
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root@lb2:~# dmesg | grep -i eth
netfront: Initialising virtual ethernet driver.
netfront: device eth0 has copying receive path.
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root@lb2:~# lspci -v|grep -i ethernet
pcilib: Cannot open /proc/bus/pci
lspci: Cannot find any working access method.
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How can I bring eth0 up and running ?

Cheers

[Patrick Terlisten]

Hello,

can you post the output of the command

ifconfig -a

Please provide some additional informations about the hardware that you're using (server type etc...).

Best regards,
Patrick

[Matti_Kurkela]

Just what kind of machine is this?

"netfront" indicates it might be a Xen virtual machine.

You should check that virtual networking is configured correctly in Xen "domain 0" i.e. the host for the virtual machines.

If you are not the administrator of the VM host, talk to that person.

MK