Re: Problem with 2.6.20 based kernels on SUSE 9.3

["roland" <devzero@web.de>]

>Waiting for mandatory devices:  eth-id-00:01:6c:ad:2b:c9
>19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 1 0
>    eth-id-00:01:6c:ad:2b:c9            No interface found
>failedSetting up service network  .  .  .  .  .  .  .

I had such issues when using suse 9.3  inside vmware very often - typically 
removing network configuration completely in yast and re-adding it fixed it 
for me - but sometimes it re-appeared, though - and i never knew, why.

Due to lack of time, i never dug into the device detection routines in 
depth, but i assume there must be some issue in older suse with that 
routines around "Waiting for mandatory devices" .....
It seems, that this has gone better in more recent distros, but i see that 
problem from time to time.

You may also try setting MODULE_LOADED_ON_BOOT in /etc/sysconfig/kernel , 
please report if this helps

## Path:                System/Kernel
## Description:         Modules to load after initial boot
## Type:                string
## ServiceRestart:      boot.loadmodules
#
# This variable contains the list of modules to be loaded
# once the main filesystem is active
#
MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT=""


Just came across this one - maybe it`s worth taking a look: 
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Waiting_for_Mandatory_Device

regards
roland






List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Problem with 2.6.20 based kernels on SUSE 9.3
From:       "K.R. Foley" <kr () cybsft ! com>
Date:       2007-02-12 15:51:51
Message-ID: 45D08D17.8050808 () cybsft ! com
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I am having a problem with 2.6.20 based kernels on SUSE 9.3. It boots
fine except that the network card is not detected at boot time. After
the system boots I can "modprobe <nic module>" and the network comes up
fine.

I am having this same problem on two different Suse 9.3 systems, one is
a a dual Xeon the other is an AMD Athlon. I have no such problems on
Suse 10.1 systems on similar hardware. Kernels prior to 2.6.20-rc? work
fine on these systems.

The dual Xeon is using a 3Com card with the sk98lin driver.
0000:06:00.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c940
10/100/1000Base-T [Marvell] (rev 10)

The Athlon is using a SIS900 with the sis900 driver.
0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)

I get the following when the system is booting:

Setting up network interfaces:
    lo
    lo        IP address: 127.0.0.1/8
doneWaiting for mandatory devices:  eth-id-00:01:6c:ad:2b:c9
19 18 17 <notice>startproc: execve (/opt/kde3/bin/kdm) [
/opt/kde3/bin/kdm ], [ LC_MONETARY= CONSOLE=/dev/console
ROOTFS_FSTYPE=reiserfs SHELL=/bin/sh TERM=linux ROOTFS_FSCK=0
LC_NUMERIC= QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt3 LC_ALL= INIT_VERSION=sysvinit-2.85
INIT=/sbin/init KDEROOTHOME=/root/.kdm REDIRECT=/dev/tty1 COLUMNS=128
PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/lib/klibc/bin LC_MESSAGES= vga=0x317
RUNLEVEL=5 LC_COLLATE= SPLASHCFG= PWD=/ LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ROOTFS_REALDEV=/lib/klibc//dev/hda2 PREVLEVEL=N LINES=48 SHLVL=2 HOME=/
XCURSOR_THEME=crystalwhite WINDOWMANAGER=/usr/X11R6/bin/kde
LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 SPLASH=no splash=silent LC_TIME=
ROOTFS_BLKDEV=/dev/hda2 _=/sbin/startproc DAEMON=/opt/kde3/bin/kdm ]
<notice>checkproc: /opt/kde3/bin/kdm 4094
16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 1 0
    eth-id-00:01:6c:ad:2b:c9            No interface found
failedSetting up service network  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
 .  .  .failed


I am attaching my config for the SMP system. Any ideas? Pointers?

Thanks,

-- 
   kr