Actually this is the answer... http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=221768 I deleted /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules , rebooted and all was well. On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Igor Videc <igor.videc at gmail.com> wrote: > looks like http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=221768 might be > tha answer..... > I'm about to try it right now...... > > > On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Igor Videc <igor.videc at gmail.com> wrote: >> Hy, >> >> a friend of mine has managed to compile a kernel with this patch, old >> stable version of kernel, the same as yours. >> I had a usb disk from the last test so I just flashed the upgraded >> WL-500gp(128MB) and tried to boot....... >> At first all was coming well but at one point I can see the following >> messages on the console(serial) port: >> >> Configuring network interfaces...SIOCSIFADDR: No such device >> eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device >> SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device >> eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device >> Failed to bring up eth0. >> Set name-type for VLAN subsystem. Should be visible in /proc/net/vlan/config >> Device "eth0" does not exist. >> eth0 does not exist, unable to create eth0.100 >> run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/vlan exited with return code 1 >> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device >> eth0.100: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device >> SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device >> SIOCSIFBRDADDR: No such device >> eth0.100: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device >> eth0.100: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device >> Failed to bring up eth0.100. >> >> after that I tried clearing nvram and this time it booted up >> recognizing 64MB(to see full 128MB some nvram variables need to be >> changed from defaults) and nothing changed... >> Than I tried flashing your firmware version and still the same error, >> needless to mention that right now I have no network but on the bright >> side I have a system with 128MB of ram. >> >> Do you have any idea what might be the cause of this error ? >> >> Thanks >> >> Igor >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 12:14 AM, Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo at wpkg.org> wrote: >>> Igor Videc schrieb: >>>> >>>> On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 8:29 PM, Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo at wpkg.org> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Igor Videc schrieb: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Hy all, >>>>>> >>>>>> I have setup a wl500gP with debian as per instructions on >>>>>> http://wpkg.org/Running_Debian_on_ASUS_WL-500G_deluxe . >>>>>> It runs great with a 2.5'' notebook hdd on usb2.0. >>>>>> As I started adding more services I noticed that ram usage went above >>>>>> 32MB and swap was getting used a lot. >>>>>> If you read http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=12962 it sounds >>>>>> perfectly possible to upgrade to 128MB of ram which would make wl500gP >>>>>> one fantastic small debian system. >>>>>> For the 128MB support it is neccessary to have this patch >>>>>> http://oleg.wl500g.info/wl500gp/kernel-mvista-mem.patch (or maybe not >>>>>> ?). >>>>>> Is that patch already included ? >>>>>> If not, can it be ? >>>>>> I'm not that much into kernel compiling(not at all) and have no idea >>>>>> if that is applicable to 2.6.19.2 in use at the moment(the newer >>>>>> kernels are not stable?) ? >>>>>> I would rather know in advance before I disassemble my router :-) >>>>>> >>>>> No, this patch is not included. >>>>> >>>>> But as you download it, you will see it's really trivial and should >>>>> apply >>>>> without problems. >>>>> >>>>> You're brave to do these intrusive things to your router ;) >>>> >>>> I got 5 of these routers pretty cheap(second hand, 30€) so for the >>>> sake of experimenting I think it is worth it :-) >>>> >>>> If I understand correctly according to >>>> http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=14560 if I add >>>> wget --no-check-certificate -q -m -nd -O - >>>> >>>> "https://dev.openwrt.org/attachment/ticket/3177/detect-128mb-ram.diff?format=raw" >>>> | patch -p0 >>>> right after svn checkout --revision 6850 >>>> https://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/trunk/ according to your instructions >>>> then that should apply the patch ? >>>> As I have never before even tried compiling the kernel I have no idea >>>> if this is the right step to make ? >>> >>> Look inside that patch - you will see which files it changes. >>> >>> "-" means the lines it removes, "+" means the lines it adds. >>> >>> Before you apply any patch, you have to do at least one build - otherwise, >>> kernel source won't be downloaded and unpacked. >>> >>> If you've never compiled Linux kernel before, it may be a bit hard, I guess. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tomasz Chmielewski >>> http://wpkg.org >>> >> > |