eth0 not staying configured

[Brian Kelsay]

Does the tulip driver work for Realtek chipsets?   This ( Bus
identification: ?1039:900) tells me that you have a Realtek 1039 network
chipset on the mobo or on a NIC.   Yes, it is probably sad that I can tell
this by looking at four numbers, but ya gotta have a hobby.
Have you tried to get a more up to date driver or one that is not a
prerelease?   Maybe it is too bleeding edge.
Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Herrmann" <

> Some messages from the log at boot up time:
>
> May 14 01:34:42 lou kernel: Linux Tulip driver version 0.9.15-pre12 (Aug
9, 2002)
> May 14 01:34:42 lou insmod:
/lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/tulip.o.gz:
init_module: No such device
> May 14 01:34:42 lou insmod: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect
module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. You may find more
information in syslog or the output from dmesg
> May 14 01:34:42 lou modprobe: modprobe: insmod eth0 failed
>
> So, it appears that it is trying to bring up the network, but failing.
> The tulip driver appears to be a driver for a lot of things, and it
> works fine when it is run later by the network setup.
>
> And the info about the network card:
>
> Vendor: ?Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> Bus: ?PCI
> Bus identification: ?1039:900
> Location on the bus: ?0:1:1
> Description: ?SiS900 10/100 Ethernet
> Module: ?sis900
> Media class: ?NETWORK_ETHERNET
>
> file:/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> DEVICE=eth0
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> ONBOOT=yes
> MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes
> NEEDHOSTNAME=yes
>