SIOCSIFFLAGS: cannot assign requested address

[shonofear]

Hey all,
been a while, just loaded up FC9 pretty smoothly until I could not connect to the internet...
So i went to Network settings and clicked activate but gave me this error:

SIOCSIFFLAGS: cannot assign requested address

Im guessing my router dosent like talkin to my FC through the ethernet0 port.
not sure how to fix it though....
any ideas?
I also tried assigning an Ip address (192.168.1.10) manually but gives me error thats its already in use, but theres no computers using that IP

so yea, thats my current prob and hopefully the only 1 ill have :P

Cheers well knowledgeable peoples

Shono

[bbfuller]

Hello shonofear

The usual cause of that problem is that you are not using the default method of controlling network cards in Fedora 9.

You are using Network Configuration - otherwise Network Settings.

The default for F9 is NetworkManager and that lives on the top Gnome Panel, just to the left of the clock.

The problem with having two methods of controlling cards is that they conflict producing the results you are getting if you don't use the default.

To use NetworkManager successfully it will be best to undo any changes made in Network Configuration.

The disadvantage of NetworkManager is that it won't work with static ip addresses and it won't connect to a network until a user is logged in.

If you need to use Network Configuration for those circumstances then you would disable the NetworkManager service.

Post back if you want to talk about that any more.

[shonofear]

hey,
thanks for the tips, but wat are u talking about...?
It never worked from the get go and im tryin to understand wat u mean by having 2 methods controlling my network... :O
can i do sumthing simple without having to reinstall for a better start...?
i looked at my pcInfo with KDEinfo and looked at Network Interfaces and got this:

Name= lo IP address: 127.0.0.1 Network Mask = 255.0.0.0 Type = Loopback State = Up HWAddr = 00:00:00:00:00:00

Does that look right?

cheers

[shonofear]

also,
just lookin in my KDE info center, found under PCI both the Ethernet controller for my LAN and wireless Netgear card and both named Marvell Tech.
are these conflicting at all? even though i have not config any of them...?

thanks all

[bbfuller]

Hello shonofear

What I said was that you would not see any error messages if you were using NetworkManager. There is no place in NetworkManager for error messages to be displayed.

If you are not using NetworkManager then you are likely to be using Network Configuration to try and control the card.

If you are using Network Configuration you are likely to see that sort of error message if NetworkManager is running - which it will be as it is the default choice for Fedora.

Therefore you should either:

Discard any changes made in Network Configuration and use the default methood of controlling the card

or:

Disable NetworkManager and continue as you are.

That's the information on controlling the card. Your statement that the card has never worked will be correct if you don't use the correct software to control it.

That assumes that your card either has drivers built into Fedora or that you have installed the correct drivers for it?

[shonofear]

hey,

I tried all of your tips and still no love

I understand what you mean by having to ways to control the card (bit silly though) but still cant get any of the ways to work.
So I reinstalled FC9 with everything as defaults (automatic dhcp assign etc)
It deteced my card as eth0 marvel etc...
but again i got the prob even trying to connect to FC server to add custom programs to my install, it could never connect to he NET!!!

so over it, then installed anyway using the Gnome (all defaults) and rebooted.
Logeed into find same old probs.
yes by default the Network Manager was activated on the toolbar but had no connections detected, can even go into edit and try and add like my wired eth0 but im not sure wat settings are actually needed, for example the MAC address.

Then i tried the other way by disabling NM and using Network Config, it detected my card there without adding anything but was inactive, so i tried activating it but got he same error msg as my first post ^^^^^^^^^^

so this brings me back to sqaure 1.

this is the info i go back from ifconfig -a

actually cant find the saved txt file, but it said eth0 had like a MAC address of 00:00:00:00:00: etc

is that a big problem, its like the card is being gay

cheers

[bbfuller]

Hello shonofear

I think you will find the start of the answer in the last paragraph of my previous post.

You haven't installed any drivers to go with your card.

We'll need to be a bit more sure about what the card is before we approach that.

Could you provide the model number of the card and version number. That last is very important, manufacturers have a bad habit of changing the chipset within their cards with only the smallest change of version number.

As an example, I can tell you that the Belkin F5D7000 comes in at least seven different versions, all with different chipsets in them and each requiring a different solution in Linux. Some easy and some not so.

Netgear doesn't usually go to those extremes but some of their cards go to version 3 or 4.

It might help as well if you open a terminal window and run the command:

/sbin/lspci

Copy and Paste back the part relating to your card and we'll talk again.

[shonofear]

actually b4 i test that i will say that I have had no problems with Fedora 6 like 1 year ago, worked straight away.
I'm using the main etherent LAN connecting from my motherboard (Gigabyte GA-P965 S3 rev.1)
and thats the same 1 that had no probs on FC6 like a year or 2 ago.

but ill try wat u said after a surf

Thanks mate

btw, how am i gonna install drivers if i dont have the net to get them...? can i easily get them onto a usb drive from me laptop then load em up onto me FC9 desktop setup?

cheers