On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Matthew Dawson <matthe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > > >> my /etc/network/interfaces file contains > > > > > > # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system > > > # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). > > > > > > # The loopback network interface > > > auto lo > > > iface lo inet loopback > > > > > > # The primary network interface > > > auto eth0 > > > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > > > > > > > > i dont know wht this dhcp is bt I havnt used this earlier and I am > under my > > institute's(nitrkl.ac.in) firewall > > and at the installation time it automatically configured my laptop as > > phani.nitrkl.ac.in (I doubt this) > > Is my institute firewall making problem? > > As far as I know my institute supports automatic DHCP configuration > As mentioned before, you should comment out the lines about eth0. So your > /etc/network/interfaces file should contain afterwards: > > this is working I thought I shd uncomment sorry and thanx > # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system > # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). > > # The loopback network interface > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > # The primary network interface > #auto eth0 > #iface eth0 inet dhcp > > > > Afterwards run the command: > /etc/init.d/network-manager restart > > And see if that works. > > For others who come looking for a solution, the problem is network manager > (the tool gnome uses to allow users to easily configure their network > settings) ignores any interface you explicitly configure in > /etc/network/interfaces. By commenting out the lines and restarting the > service, network manager will begin managing eth0. This also applies if you > use any other desktop environment which uses network manager as its backend. > > Matthew > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201103171111.17567.matthe...@gmail.com > >
