[FC8/DCHP CLient] No Network start depending on Kernel

[chris_boulot_fr]

Hi,

I do have 2 kernels on my machine x86_64 :
Kernel A 2.6.24.7-92.fc8
Kernel B 2.6.25.9-40.fc8

Booting on kernel A my machine gets its IP address and runs on (but difficulties with X11 configuration, not a big issue at this time)
When booting on Kernel B, my machine does not find its IP address, system fails.

This is definitely due to the new kernel level, this happens since I updated to 2.6.25.xxx, each time I had the same issue (no DHCP).

Does anyone has an idea on what happens, regarding misconfiguration, and how I can help if there were a bug in the code ?

Cheers,
Chris

[hyperspace]

After reading many similar threads about networking not working with the new kernel, it looks like it has something to do with DHCP and the Network Manager. I use static and have not had any problems with the new kernel. Many posters are correcting this problem by downloading a new kernel. If search this section you should be able to find the download site.

[SlowJet]

For F8
The current updates-testing kernel is 47

reboot into older kernel
rpm -qa kernel-*
rpm -e <kernel...40..> #copy / paste from output above.
yum update kernel --enablerepo=updates-testing



SJ