From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0) Description of problem: Hello, I have installed a fresh stock installation of Redhat Linux 8.0 onto a Dell Inspiron 5000e laptop with a 3Com FE575C-10/100 PCMCIA network card. Unfortunately at bootup, it fails to initialize an address for 3Cxxx but then PCMCIA loads up and after logging on I get a dynamic IP connection. However, since my IP was not assigned from the beginning, the rest of the system does not know my hostname and I am called "localhost.localdomain". In RH 7.3, I was given my machine name immediately. I believe I know what the problem may be, but do not know how to fix it. I encountered this problem with an a RH 6.2 network install as well. Briefly, the order of loading the modules for a laptop are incorrect. Before DHCP is requested or any communication is tried, the PCMCIA module should be loaded to initialize the 3Com card. Right now, that is not happening so DHCP fails to find 3Cxxx. If someone can change it to the correct order (as in the one found in RH 7.3) that would be great. I suspect the cause of this is the RH 8.0 installer lumping the installation type of a desktop and a laptop into "Personal Desktop" Previously in the 7.3 installer, Laptop had its own option. So, I'm guessing the way laptop network cards are initialized is different from desktop cards. Also, as a side note, I run my lcd at 1600x1200 and the X probing for this in the install program are still broken. Had to edit XFree86-Config manually and put in the proper Monitor settings. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Turn on system 2.Wait to see 3Cxxx fail 3.Hear PC Speaker beeps as PCMCIA initializes, 3Com card initializes and light on dongle goes on. Actual Results: I eventually got assigned a dynamic IP and could connect to the network. But the system still displayed localhost.localdomain and not the new name I was given. It hasn't been a problem for me yet but I've had friends who can't get an IP at all after this failure. Expected Results: As in RH 7.3 I should have been given a machine name. Additional info:
You can edit /etc/sysconfig/network and add a line like the following HOSTNAME=danlaptop.boston.redhat.com The problem is that we have customers that require PCMCIA to be started after network. Dan