Network issue??

[tom boucher]

I am running Mandrakelinux 10.1 with KDE 4.2. I have been setting up a cable connection. Lately each time I start up the computer, I notice "host name" fails, and sometimes "eth0" willl pass or fail. Once the computer is up, the network connection indicates the network is down. I have to remove the network and reinstall it for it to work. Sometimes it fails when the computer is on. Each time, I notice that the email address is not recognized, and it indicates that the "host is not found" Anyway to correct this? What other information might you need?

Additional Information:

[root@user-12hc0nr thomas]# dhclient eth0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.1
Copyright 2004 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP

sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
Listening on LPF/eth0/00:40:d0:0c:7d:35
Sending on LPF/eth0/00:40:d0:0c:7d:35
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPOFFER from 10.52.32.1
DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 10.52.32.1
bound to 69.22.2.251 -- renewal in 40819 seconds.

[lakerdonald]

the e-mail address? huh?
i don't really get what you are saying...
could you post the exact error message?

[tom boucher]

There is no error message per say. When I bring up the internet say for www.yahoo.com, I will get a message like, "error loading www.yahoo.com host could not be found". When the computer first comes up, there is an icon which also comes up at startup. This icon is a graphical represenation of whether or not my ethernet is working. It comes up with a red x indicating that it is not connected. When I first start the computer and it runs through all of the checks and indicates OK or FAIL, Eth0 will indicate FAIL as well as Host. I am going to restart the computer to get a more accurate look. More to follow.....

[tom boucher]

When the system is booting up and you get the OK or FAIL messages, these are what I get FAIL messages for:

1. Setting Hostname Thomas: execvp: no such file directory

2.. Mounting other file systems: mount: none allready mounted: or/def/pts bus4

And when KDE 3.2 finsishes configuring at start up the Ethernet Icon has the red x, and I have to go to Mandrakelinux Control Center and set up a new connection each time.

[tom boucher]

I ran ISO disk 1 and recongured the network in the upgrade mode. Though unconventional it worked. I solved the problem. Thanks for you help.