[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Yes. I already explained this multiple times. An IP address is not >> *needed* on the ethernet interface, but always configuring one is >> simpler and may prevent problems later. > >If I am going to do that on the connection from my provider, I will >have my contract termitated in a second because I am not allowed to >use other IPs in their network than the ones given by thier servers, >and believe me, there is NO configuration given for the ethernet card. You are supposed to use a private IP address then.
>Or ifconfig ethX up with no IP, as in my case, so AFAICT, the postinst >should detect if an Ethernet card is up, and if it is, try to probe >for a concentrator. If the card is not yet up with an IP, the >ppp-udeb.postinst script should just up it, wiithout an IP. At least >that's how it seems logical to me. But it's not. I already explained how this should be implemented. >> You do not *need* an IP address on the interface but *should* have one. >> And as you noticed, always configuring it is simpler. >No, I *have* observed that an "ifconfig ethX up" which will result in >a interface which is up, but has no IP, is enough for the probing to >happen correctly. Which is what I wrote. >So the question remains, how does one determine which interfaces were >brought up by the ppp-udeb script (probably simple, as they might be >ones with no IP set) and which are they associated to (more difficult >for multiple ppp connections)? Bonus points for the association in >subsequent runs of the postinst. I do not understand what you mean. >> >I tested an installation and: >> >1) the ppp related stuff was not installed by default >> It is supposed to be. >by whom? d-i. >> >2) the configuration of pppoe on the target system was not the same as >> >the one in the d-i envronment. >> I do not know what this means, but the d-i configuration will work in >> the installed system as well. >The question is still "who will put the configuration there, in the >target system?". Yet another script. -- ciao, Marco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
