Ok - I have solved the problem, but not the reason for it. It seems there are TWO versions of 'ifconfig' on my system.
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 53516 Jun 27 22:09 /sbin/ifconfig and -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 27736 Oct 24 10:29 /usr/bin/ifconfig >From dpkg -S I determined that /sbin/ifconfig is from the net-tools package and the /usr/bin/ifconfig is from the inetutils-tools package. Renaming /usr/bin/ifconfig to /usr/ifconfig-old solves the problem. The reason I chose /usr/bin/ifconfig to rename is that according to 'apt-cache policy' it only exists in unstable. How I got it installed at this point is unclear. It may have been during an aptitude 'browsing' session since the description for the package is vague but promising. ie.: 'Base utilities for network administration. Hmmm. Lou * Andrea Tasso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-10 17:30]: > > uhm, you have dhcp, I do not, so I have 4 ex > > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet static > address 10.0.0.1 > network 10.0.0.0 > netmask 255.0.0.0 > gateway 10.0.0.138 > > > On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 02:43:49PM -0500 or thereabouts, Lou Losee wrote: > > * Andrea Tasso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-09 14:32]: > > > On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 02:02:49PM -0500 or thereabouts, Lou Losee wrote: > > > > I am having problems getting networking to start up on boot. I can get > > > > it running manually, but it seems like there is an interface problem > > > > between ifup/down and ifconfig. > > > > > > what do you have in /etc/network/interfaces ? > > > > > Here it is: > > > > # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8) > > > > # The loopback interface > > # automatically added when upgrading > > auto lo > > iface lo inet loopback > > auto eth0 > > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > > > Lou > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
