-- Jamin W. Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Tuesday, 26 November 2002, 04:15 PM -0600): > On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 04:39:59PM -0500, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: > > > 1) PCMCIA cards. We have a linksys ethernet card that is recognized as > > an NE2000 compatible ethernet card. When I did the install, the only > > way I could get it to be recognized for the network installation was > > as eth0 -- not as a PC card. > > > > When I boot, the init scripts try to setup the network /before/ the > > card is loaded. If I'm not on the network at the time, it's not a > > problem; if I am, it means that eth0 goes unbound, and I have to do an > > 'ifdown eth0 && ifup eth0' to get my connection. > > > > Ideally, I'd like the network to start if and when the card is > > inserted/recognized. How do I accomplish this? > > Remove the eth0 from the auto line in /etc/network/interfaces. The > pcmcia service will take care of starting the interface when the card is > inserted. D'oh! I confused "auto" with "dhcp" for some reason... That solved the network card problems.
Now, to find Tiny X... ;-) -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
