Just purchased a BB and DVI cape and downloaded the latest s/w from the BB
site. The system boots up just finr (takes about 3 minutes) but does not
have an IP address. Other docmentation shows that the BB should be running
DHCP but this doesn't seem to be happening. ifconfig shows non-existent
169.254.246.246 ip address. My understanding is that this should just fly
out of the box. Is there something missing in the latest code? Anyone
seen something like this before?
FYI, BB is vague. I probably should have thought about people using
initials to abbreviate. I'll assume you mean Bone since you mention a cape.
I've not heard of DHCP working except on rev A4 boards. Here's the fix for
A4 boards:
http://circuitco.com/support/index.php?title=BeagleBone#Ehternet_unable_to_obtain_a_lease.5BA4_Only.5D