/dev/eth0 question - prefer reply in next 20mins

[Robert Slade]

     A. On Sat, 2006-01-07 at 00:48, Peter Leftwich wrote:
> ...Well today, I have a question that *is* unixey (yoo-knicks-ee) in
> nature, but admittedly not having to do with BSD; Here,let me start
> this way:
> 
> When I boot my dual-boot PC to Linux Fedora Core 4, instead of
> FreeBSD *wink* I can no longer connect to the internet via SBC Yahoo
> DSL as I used to (via PPPoE).  If I run the command "dmesg | grep -i
> eth" there is no output.  My DSL modem has 3 of 4 lights ON, that
> is, all lights are lit except for the ACTIVITY indicator.
> 
> I ran the "Internet Connection Wizard" and re-created profiles if
> you will, for both eth0 (dialup choice for DNS) and an "xDSL"
> listing
> for SBC that saves your username and password.  When I click SBC,
> and then the [Activate] button, there is no activity on my DSL modem
> and it TIMES OUT after trying for approximately 2mins.
> 
> The command "ifconfig eth0 plumb" or "... eth0 up" claims there is
> no such device.
> 
> Any ideas?  Maybe I need to replace the NIC (3Com Etherlink card
> that's about 7yrs old)??
> 
> Thank you in advance, I truly appreciate it, and have a joyous
> weekend.  Wish I were in Vegas at C.E.S.!

As the problem is with FC4 why not ask on their mailing list?

Rob