On Friday 15 November 2013 18:40:23 Tom H wrote: > On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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:
> >>>>>> 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 > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > Are you comparing pre- and post-diest-upgrade? No - both post dist-upgrade. I edited the interfaces file from allow-hotplug to auto as an early attempt at troubleshooting. Then the lines disappeared altogether during this trouble-shooting. > Re-adding the two etho lines should fix it all for you - unless a > reboot deletes them, somehow! it did. :-( > If it happened via the dist-upgrade (and not via debconf), grepping > "/var/lib/dpkg/info/*" for "/etc/network/interfaces" might give you > the culprit; most likely the ifupdown scripts in there. It happened the first time I rebooted _after_ the dist-upgrade. grep drew a blank, so I searched manually. There are some Trinity files re network that I had better look into before I bother you two further. I am most grateful for all the 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/201311151901.45288.lisi.re...@gmail.com
