From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 05:54:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 05:54:14 -0500 Received: from moutvdom00.kundenserver.de ([195.20.224.149]:15635 "EHLO moutvdom00.kundenserver.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 05:54:06 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Christian =?iso-8859-1?q?Borntr=E4ger?= To: dangelo.sasaman@tiscalinet.it, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: strange network message Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 11:52:37 +0100 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] In-Reply-To: <3C076314.B639C5D4@tiscalinet.it> In-Reply-To: <3C076314.B639C5D4@tiscalinet.it> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Message-Id: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > When I try to bring up the eth0 interface the following message appears: > > Cannot open netlink socket: Address family not supported by protocol You should activate CONFIG_NETLINK (Kernel/User netlink socket) and CONFIG_RTNETLINK (routing messages) in you kernel network options config. greetings Christian Bornträger