Thanks a lot for your help Wolfgang.
When I try sysv-rc ...etc I get the following error:
-bash sysv-rc-conf: command not found
Please bear with me as I am a total linux newbie so I have no idea
how to find these scripts (/etc/init.b/ or in
/etc/rcX.d). In any case these messages (about eth1) keep appearing
without giving you the chance to type uninterrupted.
(Is there a connection here with XServer too as the first message I
got was that it was not working so I chose the option to disable it?)
Thanks,
Peter
I'd try this:
sysv-rc-conf networking off
more on that:
http://wolfgangpfeiffer.com/foolinglinux.html#rc
But I'm not sure, because I just realized my networking routines,
here
on Debian/unstable, seem to react weird:
# ifdown eth0
ifdown: interface eth0 not configured
But when running 'ifconfig', eth0 still is showing up ...
so you might want having a look to the scripts in /etc/init.b/ or in
/etc/rcX.d if the 'sysv-rc-conf' incantation does not help ...
