Ed Sutter wrote: > My goal is to have the debian-based system start up with Ethernet > enabled immediately (I would have thought that would be the standard > way it would boot up). I don't want to have to log into my console > and click something to start up Ethernet.
You shouldn't have to. It's just a matter of getting the contents of /etc/network/interfaces correct. I'm not familiar with Gnome's network-manager, but if you post the contents of your /etc/network/interfaces I bet somebody could help you. [...] > I assumed that the ifup/ifdown stuff discussed in the "man interfaces" > was referring to some call to ifup that was being done during > system startup somewhere; hence, the reason for my reboot. You're correct. If you want to restart ifupdown without rebooting, you can issue '/etc/init.d/networking restart' (without quotes and as root -- use sudo if you've got it). That'll save time, especially while you're debugging. Good luck, - Chris > > See what I mean? > > > Shachar Or wrote: >> On Wednesday 20 August 2008 23:29, Ed Sutter wrote: >>> Thanks for the responses! >>> >>> My /etc/network/interfaces file already has the following: >>> > # The loopback network interface >>> > auto lo >>> > iface lo inet loopback >>> > >>> > # The primary network interface >>> > allow-hotplug eth0 >>> > iface eth0 inet dhcp >>> > >>> > auto eth0 >>> >>> I commented out the "auto eth0" line and rebooted. >> >> Don't reboot for network configuration... >>> No change. >> >> What is the change you're looking for? >> >>> Then I put "auto eth0" back in and commented out "allow-hotplug eth0". >>> Same thing. >>> >>> Any other thoughts? >> >> Did you read the whole documentation and understand how the ifupdown >> thing works? >> >> Also, 'man ifconfig' to see how to check the status of your interfaces. >>> Ed >>> >>> Shachar Or wrote: >>>> On Wednesday 20 August 2008 22:46, Sebastian Canagaratna wrote: >>>>> Ed Sutter wrote: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> I have Debian 4.0 on a machine now for 2 days. >>>>>> Thanks to this list, my screen resolution problem is >>>>>> resolved. Next (and hopefully last) problem is that >>>>>> each time I boot the system I have to manually enable >>>>>> my network connection. When Gnome starts up, I see in >>>>>> the top of the screen a small ethernet cable icon with >>>>>> a big NOT sign (red circle with a slash >>>>>> through it) over top of it. I right-click on that and >>>>>> a pull-down menu allows me to enable my wired network. >>>>>> Then everything is fine. >>>>>> >>>>>> How can I fix this so that the network just comes up automatically? >>>>>> Couldn't find anything on this in the archives or in the GUI. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> Ed >>>>> Hi: >>>>> You should have a files /etc/network/interfaces >>>>> >>>>> which should have something like: >>>>> >>>>> auto lo >>>>> iface lo inet loopback >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> allow-hotplug eth0 >>>>> >>>>> iface eth0 inet dhcp >>>>> >>>>> auto eth0 >>>> There's no point in having both allow-hotplug and auto. >>>> >>>>> ***** >>>>> >>>>> try it with and without the auto eth0. I am assuming the eth0 is your >>>>> wired network: it may be eth1, or eth3 for you. I am also assuming you >>>>> are using dhcp. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> man interfaces will give you more information. >>>>> >>>>> Sebastian Canagaratna >> > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
