On Friday 15 November 2013 17:06:55 Tom H wrote: > On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Friday 15 November 2013 15:55:59 Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> On Friday 15 November 2013 15:29:00 Tom H wrote: > >>> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Lisi Reisz > >>> > >>> <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> I have just upgraded a client's computer to Wheezy. It > >>>> appeared to go well and there was certainly an internet > >>>> connection: it would not have been able to upgrade otherwise! > >>>> > >>>> Now there is none. I have checked /etc/network/interfaces and > >>>> changed "allow-hotplug" to "auto", just for something to try. > >>>> > >>>> :-( It made no difference. I pinged the gateway, largely so > >>>> > >>>> that I could report that I had done so. I got the error > >>>> message "Network is unreachable". > >>>> > >>>> KControl tells me that eth0 is "disabled". How and why is it > >>>> disabled? More importantly, **how do I enable it?** > >>> > >>> Has eth0 been renamed? What's the output of "ip a"? > >> > >> # ifup -a > >> ifup: failed to open statefile /run/network/ifstate: No such > >> file or directory > >> > >> I misread at first - but "ifup a" produces the same result. > >> > >>> (Did you run "ifup -a" or "ifup eth0" after changing > >>> "allow-hotplug" to "auto"?) > >> > >> Yes - and have restarted several times now. :-( > >> > >> "ifconfig -a" shows eth0 and lo, neither of which has an IP. > > > > # mkdir /run/network > > # ifup lo > > > > lo now has an IP address. > > eth0 is still "unknown interface" :-( > > cat /etc/network/interfaces
It was: ----------------------------------------------------------------- # 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 auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp ------------------------------------------------------- It is now <%$&()&^$£%>: -------------------------------------------------------- # 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 -------------------------------------------------------- Whatever is doing the overwriting is clearly overwriting this too. It certainly behaves like Network Manager, but I have checked, and rechecked, and Network Mangler is definitely not there, anyhow according to both aptitude and apt-cache. Thanks for your continued help. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201311151753.07519.lisi.re...@gmail.com
