On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 10:14:59PM +0300, Avraham Rosenberg wrote: > Hi Tzafrir > Thanks for the answer > > On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 01:14:54PM -0400, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > kernel 2.4.27 or 2.6.8? > kernel 2.6.8, sorry. > > > What happens when you run 'ifup eth0'? Is eth0 configured in > > /etc/network/interfaces? > > > > Is there any 'auto eth0' there? > No, using the options of the installer,I was unable to get any > reference to eth0 without assigning an address. I tried to add > manually a 'auto eth0' line, followed by 'ifup eth0' after the > "auto lo"
"ifup eth0" in the interfaces file itself? ifup is a command. > "iface lo inet loopback" > lines, but the system just ignored them. I might have some typing > - or other - error but I got no protest message. I assumed that the > problem -and possible solutions- are already known to many > people, as I am pretty late in trying the 2.6 kernel and the new > installer. Could you attach your interfaces file? > > You can also use the 'ppp' method to automatically start a ppp > > connection: > > > > iface ppp inet ppp > > provider dsl-provider > I shall try that... > > This will happen to work in the right order at boot time. I'm not sure > > if this is because of the order in the file or because 'e' comes before > > 'p'. > > > > See interfaces(5) for more details. > > Cheers, Avraham ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
