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<body>t: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Booting Up<br>> <br>> Farran Lee wrote:<br>> > Thanks for the replies.<br>> >> The problem message is "[ 111.522451] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link<br>> >> is not ready"<br>> >><br>> >> Does that mean anything sensible? My set is the same as it has been for<br>> >> a long time.<br>> >><br>> >> Cheers,<br>> >><br>> >> Keith<br>> > <br>> >> -- <br>> >> Keith Bowerman,<br>> >> Prestwood, south Staffordshire, England.<br>> >> Using Ubuntu 7.04 on a Linux only machine.<br>> >><br>> >><br>> > <br>> > maybe it means that it can detect a network device, but the network<br>> > isn't ready. Like when you turn the modem on, it has to load something<br>> > up presumably from the server it connects to, before it is ready for the<br>> > pc to use.<br>> > fazza<br>> > <br>> <br>> This sounds a bit like an issue I have seen before but with DOS based <br>> network drivers for the Netware 3 client. Basically when a machine was <br>> turned on it would take a few seconds to initialize the network card <br>> link to the switch. Pausing for a few seconds before loading the <br>> network drivers solved the issue.<br>> <br>> I wonder if something has changed in the network driver?<br>> <br>> Rob<br>> <br><br>Do you have an ADSL modem or a router??<br>I have had a similar problem if the former is the case.<br><br>James (sorry about HM)<br><br /><hr />The future of MSN Messenger! <a href='http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch/en-GB/' target='_new'>Windows Live Messenger</a></body>
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