[driverloader] startup problem with pre-compiled driver for FC1 2199

Rick rick at cc.ysu.edu
Mon Sep 27 19:16:40 EDT 2004


Jonathan,

The requested file has been sent to support at linuxant.com.  For what it's
worth, issuing "dldrconfig --dumpdiag" also fixes the problem (until the
next reboot).

Rick

On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 13:20, Linuxant support (Jonathan) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> could you please send at support at linuxant.com the output of 'dumpdiag'? 
> You should generate the dump just after a reboot and just before you use 
> the commands to fix the problem. To generate the dump, enter the 
> following command in a root shell:
> 
> ---
> dldrconfig --dumpdiag
> ---
> 
> Just send us the generated file located in /tmp 
> ('driverloaderdiag.txt'). It'll help us solve the problem.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Jonathan
> Technical specialist / Linuxant
> www.linuxant.com
> support at linuxant.com
> 
> 
> Rick Marsico wrote:
> > Jonathan,
> > 
> > I issued the following command "dldrconfig --netdevname=eth2"
> > 
> > I received a response stating that there was no such interface.
> > 
> > I then issued dldrconfig --remove followed by dldrconfig --auto.
> > 
> > Reissuing the -netdevname=eth2 then worked.  However, on reboot I receive
> > the same message... "Device eth2 has different MAC address"
> > 
> > I've successfully upgraded through four kernels up to this point.  I have an
> > eth0 (internal wired), eth1 (docking station wired), and eth2 (wireless
> > pcmcia).  I've tried installing driverloader both docked and undocked with
> > the same result.
> > 
> > Rick
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Linuxant support (Jonathan) [mailto:support at linuxant.com] 
> > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 11:34 AM
> > To: Rick Marsico
> > Cc: driverloader at lists.linuxant.com
> > Subject: Re: [driverloader] startup problem with pre-compiled driver for FC1
> > 2199
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > it is possible that there is confusion on boot which network interface 
> > DriverLoader will use for your wireless card. To fix this problem, 
> > please run the following command in a root shell :
> > 
> > ---
> > dldrconfig --netdevname=$iface
> > ---
> > 
> > In the previous command, you should replace '$iface' with the name of 
> > the wireless interface that DriverLoader should use all the time. For 
> > example, eth1, eth2, etc... instead of eth%d.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > 
> > Jonathan
> > Technical specialist / Linuxant
> > www.linuxant.com
> > support at linuxant.com
> > 
> > 
> > Rick Marsico wrote:
> > 
> >>When driverloader loads on boot I receive a message "Device eth2 has
> >>different MAC address".
> >>
> >> 
> >>
> >>If I follow up, after logging in, with "dldrconfig -remove" and
> > 
> > "dldrconfig
> > 
> >>-auto" everything appears to work as expected.
> >>
> >> 
> >>
> >>Any help would be appreciated,
> >>
> >> 
> >>
> >>Rick
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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