On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 05:21:31PM -0400, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> 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
Good morning Tzafrir,
1-Here are three versions of the interfaces file:
# Used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8). See the interfaces(5) manpage or
# /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples for more information.
# We always want the loopback interface.
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
###-1 iface eth0 inet manual
###-1 up ifconfig 0.0.0.0 up
###-1 up /usr/bin/pon dsl-provider
###-1 down ifconfig down
###-2 auto eth0
iface dsl-provider inet ppp
provider dsl-provider
# please do not modify the following line
pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up # line maintained by pppoeconf
If you ignore the lines mrked with ###-[12] you get the file, as
configured by Debian, after telling the installer that I'll be
using only the loopback port (to avoid asigning an address to
eth0) and running pppoeconf.
After that, following the exmples given in
/usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples/network-interfaces.gz, i tried
to insert the lines marked here with ###-1. Run init 1 as root
and retried. No change, so I returned to the initial version.
This morning, after receiving your letter, I tried to issue the
command ifup eth0, as root. The answer was: "Ignoring unknown
interface eth0=eth0."
Introduced the line auto eth0 in the interfaces file and, after an
init 1, reissued ifup eth0: Same answer.
As I was not completely awake, tried again, after shutting down
and restarting the computer: Same answer.
If I find the time for it -Hol Hamoed Pesach is a busy time for
grandparents- today I'll go and get the new computer. That means
a new install, and every good advice is welcome.
Thanks, Avraham
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