network down after kernel recompile

hi,
I have compiled a new kernel recently, getting rid of all the
unnecessary stuff and making it monolith. I included all drivers that
I need.
The kernel boots, everything is ok except that i do not have network.
i can configure my eth0 manually, assign all adresses, netmasks,
routes etc.
everything seems to be ok in all the config files but when I do 'ping'
I get no response. The same happens when I ping this machine from
another computer in the network.
The configuration works with the standard bare.i kernel, it stops when
i switch kernels.
my os is slackware 9, network card etherexpress 16. I do not use dhcp.

any suggestions?

thanks in advance,
piotr szczap

szczapu wrote:

> hi,
> I have compiled a new kernel recently, getting rid of all the
> unnecessary stuff and making it monolith. I included all drivers that
> I need.
> The kernel boots, everything is ok except that i do not have network.
> i can configure my eth0 manually, assign all adresses, netmasks,
> routes etc.
> everything seems to be ok in all the config files but when I do 'ping'
> I get no response. The same happens when I ping this machine from
> another computer in the network.
> The configuration works with the standard bare.i kernel, it stops when
> i switch kernels.
> my os is slackware 9, network card etherexpress 16. I do not use dhcp.
>
> any suggestions?

It's possible your netowork driver modules were not compiled (or installed)
anong with the new kernel.

--
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com

Paul Lutus <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> szczapu wrote:
>
> > hi,
> > I have compiled a new kernel recently, getting rid of all the
> > unnecessary stuff and making it monolith. I included all drivers that
> > I need.
> > The kernel boots, everything is ok except that i do not have network.
> > i can configure my eth0 manually, assign all adresses, netmasks,
> > routes etc.
> > everything seems to be ok in all the config files but when I do 'ping'
> > I get no response. The same happens when I ping this machine from
> > another computer in the network.
> > The configuration works with the standard bare.i kernel, it stops when
> > i switch kernels.
> > my os is slackware 9, network card etherexpress 16. I do not use dhcp.
> >
> > any suggestions?
>
> It's possible your netowork driver modules were not compiled (or installed)
> anong with the new kernel.

hi,
I am not using any modules. I'm sure that the appropriate drivers have
been compiled as I can see my network card detection in the output of
dmesg.

piotr

szczapu wrote:

> I am not using any modules. I'm sure that the appropriate drivers have
> been compiled as I can see my network card detection in the output of
> dmesg.

so what does
ifconfig -a
tell ? Does it contain the assigned IP number ?
Eggert

Eggert Ehmke <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<bmgeg5$mpj$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> szczapu wrote:
>
> > I am not using any modules. I'm sure that the appropriate drivers have
> > been compiled as I can see my network card detection in the output of
> > dmesg.
>
> so what does
> ifconfig -a
> tell ? Does it contain the assigned IP number ?
> Eggert

ifconfig says:
eth0:
link encap: ethernet HWaddr: blah blah
inet addr: 192.168.0.4 Bcast:12.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
.........blah blah....
rx bytes 502 tx bytes 378

so it does contain the IP which I want it to contain.
szczapu

(E-Mail Removed) (szczapu) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed). com>...
> hi,
> I have compiled a new kernel recently, getting rid of all the
> unnecessary stuff and making it monolith. I included all drivers that
> I need.
> The kernel boots, everything is ok except that i do not have network.
> i can configure my eth0 manually, assign all adresses, netmasks,
> routes etc.
> everything seems to be ok in all the config files but when I do 'ping'
> I get no response. The same happens when I ping this machine from
> another computer in the network.
> The configuration works with the standard bare.i kernel, it stops when
> i switch kernels.
> my os is slackware 9, network card etherexpress 16. I do not use dhcp.
>
> any suggestions?
>
> thanks in advance,
> piotr szczap

Try again, but switch your network card driver from Y to M. That way
you can load the module manually and all the other fun module things
you can do.