Re: Only wireless, no eth0

2010-01-15 Thread Harvey Kelly
Strange occurrence... eth0 is now working. eth0 entries in /etc/network/interfaces are commented out, and /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf is set to 'managed=false'. I'd rebooted after each change of setting yesterday, and have no idea why are booting up just now, it's working. But he

Re: Only wireless, no eth0

2010-01-15 Thread Dirk Linnerkamp
Harvey Kelly schrieb: > Hello all, > > I've returned to the fold from Ubuntu, and installed Lenny yesterday, > followed by an immediate upgrade to Squeeze. > > Everything works great, except I'm connected via wireless, not the > ethernet. I've only just noticed this(!) when I accidentally click

Re: Only wireless, no eth0

2010-01-15 Thread Pierre Meurisse
Hi ! On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 05:25:42PM +, Harvey Kelly wrote: > Hello all, > > I've returned to the fold from Ubuntu, and installed Lenny yesterday, > followed by an immediate upgrade to Squeeze. > > Everything works great, except I'm connected via wireless, not the > ethernet. I've only j

Re: Only wireless, no eth0

2010-01-14 Thread Harvey Kelly
> Since that was an *OR* then I would restore the settings in that file > to try that configuration. Nope, nothing. 'Wired Networks' is still 'disconnected' and greyed out. I tried commenting out the eth0 lines in /etc/network/interfaces with the 'managed=true' in nm-system-settings, and with 'm

Re: Only wireless, no eth0

2010-01-14 Thread Harvey Kelly
>> This is a known issue with NetworkManager in Squeeze. >> See http://wiki.debian.org/NetworkManager#NetworkManagerinSqueeze > > I did as the wiki page said, set managed=true in > nm-system-settings.conf, rebooted, but now NM is saying 'Wired > Network' is 'disconnected' and is still greyed out.  

Re: Only wireless, no eth0

2010-01-14 Thread Bob Proulx
Harvey Kelly wrote: > Geoff Simmons wrote: > > This is a known issue with NetworkManager in Squeeze. > > See http://wiki.debian.org/NetworkManager#NetworkManagerinSqueeze Ah... Now all is clear. Thanks for that. > The page also said: "Comment the relevant lines in > /etc/network/interfaces to r

Re: Only wireless, no eth0

2010-01-14 Thread Harvey Kelly
> This is a known issue with NetworkManager in Squeeze. > See http://wiki.debian.org/NetworkManager#NetworkManagerinSqueeze I did as the wiki page said, set managed=true in nm-system-settings.conf, rebooted, but now NM is saying 'Wired Network' is 'disconnected' and is still greyed out. The page

Re: Only wireless, no eth0

2010-01-14 Thread Harvey Kelly
Hi, > It has an IP address. It must have been configured. It is listed as > dhcp. So it must have gotten a DHCP address. Which seems to me like > it *is* actually being managed by networm-manager. Right? But it's not showing up in NM - 'Wired Network' is 'device not managed', and is greyed o

Re: Only wireless, no eth0

2010-01-14 Thread Geoff Simmons
Hi Harvey, On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 05:25:42PM +, Harvey Kelly wrote: > I've returned to the fold from Ubuntu, and installed Lenny yesterday, > followed by an immediate upgrade to Squeeze. > > Everything works great, except I'm connected via wireless, not the > ethernet. I've only just noticed

Re: Only wireless, no eth0

2010-01-14 Thread Bob Proulx
Harvey Kelly wrote: > Gerard Robin wrote: > > When you run ifconfig does eth0 appear ? > > Yes, here it is: > > eth0Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1f:16:63:65:90 > inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::21f:16ff:fe63:6590/64 Scop

Re: Only wireless, no eth0

2010-01-14 Thread Harvey Kelly
Yup, I'm a member of netdev. H 2010/1/14 Bob Proulx : > Harvey Kelly wrote: >> allow-hotplug eth0 >> iface eth0 inet dhcp > > That should be okay and should allow network-manager to manage the > device. > > Are you in the 'netdev' group? > >  $ id | grep --color netdev > > If not then add yoursel

Re: Only wireless, no eth0

2010-01-14 Thread Bob Proulx
Harvey Kelly wrote: > allow-hotplug eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp That should be okay and should allow network-manager to manage the device. Are you in the 'netdev' group? $ id | grep --color netdev If not then add yourself to it. # adduser USERNAME netdev Then make sure you log out and log

Re: Only wireless, no eth0

2010-01-14 Thread Harvey Kelly
Just a thought... # The primary network interface allow-hotplug eth0 *hotplug* could this be something to do with udev? As I get a few errors messages from udev when booting - I have trouble umounting discs, and figured that was udev's fault... could it be affecting the eth0 too? 2010/1/14 Har

Re: Only wireless, no eth0

2010-01-14 Thread Harvey Kelly
Hi there, > What are the contents of your /etc/network/interfaces file? If it has > any entries at all for eth0 then network-manager won't touch it. By > entries I mean "auto eth0", "allow-hotplug eth0", "iface eth0 ..." and > so forth. See /usr/share/doc/network-manager/README.Debian for more

Re: Only wireless, no eth0

2010-01-14 Thread Harvey Kelly
14, 2010 at 06:05:30PM +, Harvey Kelly wrote: >> >> Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:05:30 + >> From: Harvey Kelly >> To: Aioanei Rares >> Cc: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org >> Subject: Re: Only wireless, no eth0 > >> Okay, I might give that a try!  I&

Re: Only wireless, no eth0

2010-01-14 Thread Bob Proulx
Harvey Kelly wrote: > I've returned to the fold from Ubuntu, and installed Lenny yesterday, > followed by an immediate upgrade to Squeeze. > > Everything works great, except I'm connected via wireless, not the > ethernet. I've only just noticed this(!) when I accidentally clicked > on the icon in

Re: Only wireless, no eth0

2010-01-14 Thread Gerard Robin
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 06:05:30PM +, Harvey Kelly wrote: Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:05:30 + From: Harvey Kelly To: Aioanei Rares Cc: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Only wireless, no eth0 Okay, I might give that a try! I'll wait for a wee while to see if anyone

Re: Only wireless, no eth0

2010-01-14 Thread Harvey Kelly
Okay, I might give that a try! I'll wait for a wee while to see if anyone else knows the solution, as it's not too much bother (connection is still pretty fast), just very strange that it's defaulted to wlan0. By the way, should I submit a bug-report for this? Thanks for your help. H 2010/1/14

Re: Only wireless, no eth0

2010-01-14 Thread Aioanei Rares
On 01/14/2010 07:40 PM, Harvey Kelly wrote: I tried that: Went to 'Wired' -> Add 'Wired Connection', ticked both 'Connect automatically' and 'Available to all users', asked me for my root password, clicked 'Apply'. But nothing, even my new entry has disappeared when I open it up again. 2010/1

Re: Only wireless, no eth0

2010-01-14 Thread Harvey Kelly
I tried that: Went to 'Wired' -> Add 'Wired Connection', ticked both 'Connect automatically' and 'Available to all users', asked me for my root password, clicked 'Apply'. But nothing, even my new entry has disappeared when I open it up again. 2010/1/14 Aioanei Rares : > On 01/14/2010 07:31 PM, H

Re: Only wireless, no eth0

2010-01-14 Thread Aioanei Rares
On 01/14/2010 07:31 PM, Harvey Kelly wrote: Yes, sorry should've said that. Network-Manager is 0.7.2-2 H 2010/1/14 Aioanei Rares: On 01/14/2010 07:25 PM, Harvey Kelly wrote: Hello all, I've returned to the fold from Ubuntu, and installed Lenny yesterday, followed by an immediate u

Re: Only wireless, no eth0

2010-01-14 Thread Harvey Kelly
Yes, sorry should've said that. Network-Manager is 0.7.2-2 H 2010/1/14 Aioanei Rares : > On 01/14/2010 07:25 PM, Harvey Kelly wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> I've returned to the fold from Ubuntu, and installed Lenny yesterday, >> followed by an immediate upgrade to Squeeze. >> >> Everything works

Re: Only wireless, no eth0

2010-01-14 Thread Aioanei Rares
On 01/14/2010 07:25 PM, Harvey Kelly wrote: Hello all, I've returned to the fold from Ubuntu, and installed Lenny yesterday, followed by an immediate upgrade to Squeeze. Everything works great, except I'm connected via wireless, not the ethernet. I've only just noticed this(!) when I accidenta

Only wireless, no eth0

2010-01-14 Thread Harvey Kelly
Hello all, I've returned to the fold from Ubuntu, and installed Lenny yesterday, followed by an immediate upgrade to Squeeze. Everything works great, except I'm connected via wireless, not the ethernet. I've only just noticed this(!) when I accidentally clicked on the icon in the system tray (I'