No networking with Debian 3.1 with 2.6 kernel

[tlug-KfBRzk3UKwol8X4E99VVQg at public.gmane.org]

Sorry Tim,

Nothing that easy :-(
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
frame:0
          TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:840 (840.0 b)  TX bytes:840 (840.0
b)

sit0      Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4  
          NOARP  MTU:1480  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)



--- Tim Writer <tim-s/rLXaiAEBtBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> What does "ifconfig -a" say?
> 
> On some 2.6 systems, eth0 becomes eth1. You may just
> have to configure eth1
> instead of eth0.
> 
> "tlug-KfBRzk3UKwol8X4E99VVQg at public.gmane.org" <tlug-KfBRzk3UKwol8X4E99VVQg at public.gmane.org>
> writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have the exact same problem as
> >
>
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/debian-linux-help/43199-uneachable-network-after-update-kernel-2-6-a.html
> >  The machine is working great with the 2.4 kernel.
>  As
> > soon as I reboot it and switch it over to the 2.6
> > kernel none of the networking stuff works.  I
> tried
> > doing a ifconfig eth0, but it looks like it cannot
> > find the hardware setting for eth0. I tried
> running
> > /etc/init.d/module-init-tools then ifconfig eth0
> but
> > that did not work either.  
> > 
> > I know/hope its something simple, but I don't have
> a
> > clue what it is.  What step or config setting am I
> > missing?
> > 
> > Robert
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