Very Computer

If I do 'ifconfig' I get no output, if I try 'ftp 0' or 'ping
myMachine' it fails as well. What amazes me is that I have 2 PC's,
and one works fine: and I can't seem to be able to find out what is
wrong on the PC that fails (from the configuration point of view).

Thanks a lot for any help !!
Regards,
Seb

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ifconfig eth0 up

or

ifconfig lo up

Then, run ifconfig again and see if it shows your ethernet card, or does it
give you an error message?  if it says something about eth0 doesn't exist
or something, then the module wasn't installed.. One common problem is if
you recompiled your kernel but forgot to use this command afterwords..

make modules_install

None of your modules will load and this is the result...  Now, if you do
manage to get eth0 up by doing the command above, try doing this:

ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 (or whatever it's IP address should be)
route add default gw 192.168.0.1

Then try to ping something on your network and see if it doesn't work!
--DavidM

Quote:> Hi here,
> Could someone PLEASE tell me why my 2 devices lo & eth0 are inactive
> in the Network Manager ?? I'd just like to know where I can find
> the line that should bring them up when Linux boots on my PC (I have
> Red Hat 5.2 distrib.). In which file should I find this line in
> Red Hat ??