There's a lot reported on google: linux+ifconfig+hangs The 4 extracts listed below seem to point to eth0 USB: interation? === Its got to be a USB device, OP said he was able to see some networks but then it wouldn't work anymore. === Default Re: Ifconfig up Hang up
The problem is with the drivers for the WUSB600N v1, not that it's a VMWare install. I have the same issue when booting into a live CD or my persistent USB install. Like me, you're going to have to wait for someone to come up with some proper drivers for the WUSB600N v1 === I believe that there are problems with the USB drivers that may manifest themselves differently depending on what combination of peripherals are plugged into the USB ports. This also may affect the ethernet, as it's tied in with the USB somehow. === Reading some of the developers comments on Github doesn't exactly inspire me with confidence, the finger seems to point at the (my paraphrase) unholy botch that is the USB/Ethernet hardware system ============= end of google extracts ================
Previously my X86:MotherBoard:Slackware13 could connect eth0 to the rPi. Now `ifconfig -a` doesn't return, and `top` shows kswapd0 going up to 90% CPU, and now I notice a chain of bash being launched. Also with eth0 cable unplugged, it hangs, so it's not the rPi. Besides I can eth0 between: rPi-1 rPi-2; nicely.
Booting to a 9-months-older-than-sla13-slak-derived-version shows:---
-> ifconfig -a == eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:2e:25:0b:1c inet6 addr: fe80::201:2eff:fe25:b1c/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:547 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1484 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:187074 (182.6 KiB) TX bytes:457272 (446.5 KiB) Interrupt:20 Base address:0x6000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:1380 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1380 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:105584 (103.1 KiB) TX bytes:105584 (103.1 KiB)
-> nc -l 1234 == waits & eth0:LEDs=off => Other e-term -> nc 127.0.0.1 1234 < Go15 == (UNKNOWN) [127.0.0.1] 1234 (?) : Connection refused ? eth0:LEDs seems to toggle by a ? ===================== =>Now re-try: boot slak13, with USB header removed & ifconfig -a == still hangs: `top` = kswapd0 + launches bash-chain!! ... WDYS ?