Hello all,
I have an Opensuse system (at kernel level 2.6.26).
When logging in, the eth0 is not recognized by the kernel - but - the driver for the card associated with the NVIDIA chipset is loaded (called forcedeth).
I then go to YAST2 and delete the item with 127.0.0.2 from the hosts. I also delete any networking devices as well (whether or not they are defined).
I then run **/etc/init.d/networks restart **(or something like this).
Somewhere in between, the ethernet card is recognized and is assigned a value of 192.168.1.2 (which is what I want).
The problem is that when I reboot the system, and try to ping the host, I get network cannot be reached I then have to go through the whole song-and-dance above to get the card to be recognized altogether AND with the correct IP address.
Why do I have to do this? Is there a way to fix Opensuse so that when I log in, the ethernet card is recognized as eth0 and the IP address 192.168.1.2?
Any help, hints or advice is greatly appreciated 
TIA