> I recently did a reinstall of Debian (3.0r1 kernel 2.4.18-686). > I must have done something different this time as the network > is trying to come up before the pcmcia driver is loaded which > is where the network card is. The first time I installed on > this laptop everything worked fine (after changing > /etc/default/pcmcia: PCIC=yenta_socket). > > Right now I "fix" it by doing a 'ifdown eth0' followed by > 'ifup eth0' as soon as I log in. After this everything works as > expected. > > What is the best way to correct this?
I suggest you read the Netork Configuration chapter of the Debian Reference. Also read the README for the hotplug package and interfaces(5). If you use ifupdown-roam, also read its README file. The modern approach is to put an "exit 0" at the top of /etc/pcmcia/network and to install the hotplug package. When the network interface is detected, hotplug will run ifup for it. For this to work you need to set up /etc/network/interfaces in the way described in the hotplug README file. Alternatively you can use ifplugd to bring up the interface when and only when the interface is connected to a live network. Make sure that the interface is not listed on an "auto" line in /etc/network/interfaces. -- Thomas Hood ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
