[Mageia-discuss] Mageia 2 Experiences

[imnotpc]

On 04/27/2012 10:03 AM, Frank Griffin wrote:
> On 04/27/2012 09:12 AM, imnotpc wrote:
>>
>> Sorry, I forgot to mention that I checked for this and NetworkManager 
>> is disabled by default. The syslog looks fine right up to the end 
>> with no failures and only a couple minor warnings. The log ends after 
>> the system brings up the loopback device. The last line is 
>> "Configuring wireless regulatory domain  [OK ]
>>
> That line wouldn't be in syslog.  It's part of the initialization log 
> that appears on tty1 and in /var/log/prcsys.  What you want to check 
> is /var/log/syslog once you have command-line access.  Assuming your 
> wired connection is eth0, a search on "eth0" should find the entries 
> of interest.  If you don't find any, then the interface either isn't 
> configured or isn't configured to start at boot.
>
> If the interface doesn't show up in "ifconfig", then it was never 
> configured.  In any case, running drakconnect from the command line 
> will define it; if it's already there, then it will show you the 
> current settings.
>

Ah, Mageia actually has a log file named syslog. OK, here's a grep of eth0:

Apr 26 21:11:21 JeffNote kernel: [    8.885739] r8169 0000:06:07.0: 
eth0: RTL8169sb/8110sb at 0xffffc9000033a400, 00:0a:e4:e1:5e:95, XID 
10000000 IRQ 23
Apr 26 21:11:21 JeffNote kernel: [    8.885744] r8169 0000:06:07.0: 
eth0: jumbo features [frames: 7152 bytes, tx checksumming: ok]
Apr 26 21:12:28 JeffNote kernel: [    9.454192] r8169 0000:06:07.0: 
eth0: RTL8169sb/8110sb at 0xffffc90000342400, 00:0a:e4:e1:5e:95, XID 
10000000 IRQ 23
Apr 26 21:12:28 JeffNote kernel: [    9.454197] r8169 0000:06:07.0: 
eth0: jumbo features [frames: 7152 bytes, tx checksumming: ok]
Apr 27 07:20:56 JeffNote kernel: [    8.959611] r8169 0000:06:07.0: 
eth0: RTL8169sb/8110sb at 0xffffc9000033e400, 00:0a:e4:e1:5e:95, XID 
10000000 IRQ 23
Apr 27 07:20:56 JeffNote kernel: [    8.959616] r8169 0000:06:07.0: 
eth0: jumbo features [frames: 7152 bytes, tx checksumming: ok]
Apr 27 10:10:56 JeffNote kernel: [    8.861500] r8169 0000:06:07.0: 
eth0: RTL8169sb/8110sb at 0xffffc90000340400, 00:0a:e4:e1:5e:95, XID 
10000000 IRQ 23
Apr 27 10:10:56 JeffNote kernel: [    8.861505] r8169 0000:06:07.0: 
eth0: jumbo features [frames: 7152 bytes, tx checksumming: ok]

Also, I was able to install the kernel firmware package off a USB drive, 
but it didn't change anything that I can tell. Is there something I need 
to do to configure the system to use it?