On Thu February 14 2008, Jeff D wrote: > > wouldn't you think ifupdown would come after networking? > > No, you would need to bring up your interfaces, or at least check to see > if they are there before you set up your networking. But, I would leave > the numbering of the init scripts as is, having missing or mis-numbered > files could have adverse effects to future upgrades. > > Could you paste in your /etc/networking/interfaces file?
it is actually /etc/network/interfaces on my box: # 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 allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp this is also probably why I keep seeing errors about unable to set the system clock via ntp. no network=no ntp -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 Registered Ubuntu User #12459