On 7/8/05, Bill Marcum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. You can use guessnet and accordingly configure /etc/network/interfaces. Then it will be faster.
-- L.V.Gandhi http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/ linux user No.205042
