[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joshua Penix) wrote: > Running Debian Woody on a Gateway Solo 9100 laptop, with an Intel > Pro/100 CardBus II (eepro100_cb.o driver) network card, pulling a DHCP > address using dhclient. > > When I boot the laptop, everything appears to get recognized > correctly, but I am unable to access the network. 'ifconfig' shows > eth0 existing with an address, but no traffic will pass. > > However, I can log in and do a 'ifdown eth0' and then 'ifup eth0', and > suddenly everything will be working properly. I can also start the > laptop without the card, and then add it later - it comes up fine at > that point. > > Any ideas where to look? It's running my custom Kernel 2.4.18, plus > latest PCMCIA modules. This problem also occurred using original > Debian bf2.4 kernel. > > /etc/pcmcia/network.opts is unchanged from original. > > /etc/network/interfaces shows 'iface eth0 inet dhcp', which was added > by the installation program.
Is there also a line that reads "auto eth0" in /etc/network/interfaces? If so, delete that line. This might be a bug in the installation scripts. - Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
