On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 05:30:16AM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > Every time my laptop boots, it wastes about two minutes trying to bring up > eth0, even though the startup scripts actually print a message to the > console that the media link is down (that is, that the Ethernet cable is > unplugged). This seems silly. > > Is there a good reason I'm not aware of to attempt to send DHCP requests to > a nonexistent network connection, or is this a bug? If it is, what package > should I file it against -- that is, which package creates that script? > > (I actually use a WiFi card to connect that laptop over 90% of the time.) > Look in /etc/network/interfaces. If there is a line that says "auto eth0", delete it or comment it out.
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