via-rhine II doesn't get an IP

[Daniel Stone]

On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 06:04:23PM +0200, Wannes Soenen wrote:
> I just installed Ubuntu, and 2 things I don't like happened ...
> 1) X doesn't work (managed to get it working by using dpkg-reconfigure 
> -plow xserver-xfree86). I think it had something to do with te 
> refresh-rate being detected incorrectly.
> 
> 2) My network doesn't work. It's an on board Via Rhine II chip. When 
> Ubuntu boot's it "hangs" when it tries to get the network on-line.
> The module via-rhine is loaded, and when I try "sudo ifup eth0" that 
> doesn(t work either.
> 
> What info do you need to help me solving this? Should I file a bug?

When you first boot, you should see a prompt like 'Press ESC to show the
menu ...', with a three-second timeout.  Press Esc here, then press 'e'
once.  Select the line starting with 'kernel' (should be the second
line), and press 'e' again.  Add ' pci=noacpi noapic' to this line,
press enter, and then press 'b'. (GRUB tutorial: you just showed the
menu, edited the default boot entry, and you're now booting it.  Edits
done here aren't persistent, though.)

Your network *should* work now.

-- 
Daniel Stone                                        <daniel.stone at canonical.com>
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