On Thursday 27 August 2015 03:09:32 rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > Months ago I installed Jessie + xfce on a laptop and assigned a static > ip address to eth0. Now I have forgotten the ip address and need to > know it before I plug it into my local network. > > The address is not in /etc/hosts, and there is no Network Manager > Applet in the panel. > > How can I determine the address without reinstalling? > > rlh
Try reading "cat /etc/network/interfaces". Its a text file. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>