Yeah, I've noticed that recent Angstrom builds have been missing an interfaces file, but if you create a proper one, networking comes up with no problems. A simple version of that file is this:
auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 6:34:27 PM UTC-8, hacktorious wrote: > > This doesn't look good: > > ifup eth0 > ifup: can't open '/etc/network/interfaces': No such file or directory > > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 9:13 PM, Scott Macri <scott...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> "Lets try this again --> >> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.beagleboard.user/27473/match=beaglebone+rev+a4+ethernet+issue >> " >> >> >> No luck with this. >> >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Scott Force <scooby...@gmail.com<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> Lets try this again --> >>> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.beagleboard.user/27473/match=beaglebone+rev+a4+ethernet+issue >>> >>> >>> >>> On 7 February 2014 17:05, Scott Macri <scott...@gmail.com >>> <javascript:>>wrote: >>> >>>> Scott, >>>> >>>> That link gives me a missing article error. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Scott Force >>>> <scooby...@gmail.com<javascript:> >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> This sounds like an issue that some other people are having. Take a >>>>> look at the postings with a subject of "BeagleBone Rev. A4 ethernet >>>>> issue<http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=e55f5117%2de59e%2d4d4e%2d9673%2d5d416bc6a1c4%5f%5f32795.8999936984%241327625928%24gmane%24org%40c6g2000vbk.googlegroups.com> >>>>> " >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, 7 February 2014 08:55:53 UTC-5, sels...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On 07/02/14 02:51, hacktorious wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> > Why on earth is my BBB obtaining an ip from an external source when >>>>>> > connected via eth0??? >>>>>> >>>>>> It's not. It's providing it's own address. You likely want it to get >>>>>> an >>>>>> address from an external source - the DHCP server on your router.. >>>>>> >>>>>> > Internally dhcp is distributing 192.168 something, but the BBB is >>>>>> getting >>>>>> > 169. something. I'm not able to get internet access from the BBB, >>>>>> but if I >>>>>> > visit the ip address I can see my BBB's website........ WTF????? >>>>>> This is >>>>>> > total insanity!!! >>>>>> >>>>>> 169.254.x.x are IPv4 link-local autoconfigured addresses. i.e. the >>>>>> BBB >>>>>> didn't get a DHCP response and picked a random 169.254.x.x address >>>>>> itself >>>>>> instead. >>>>>> It should still broadcast for DHCP, so if your DHCP server ever >>>>>> starts >>>>>> handing out addresses it should pick one up and start working. >>>>>> >>>>>> See http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3927 for an explanation of IPv4 >>>>>> link local >>>>>> addresses. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>>>> Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/XmuVWcAERpU/unsubscribe. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>>> beagleboard...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Scott A. Macri >>>> Senior Software Engineer >>>> The RoRing Rage <http://www.ScottMacri.com> >>>> (571) 234-1581 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>>> >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/XmuVWcAERpU/unsubscribe. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> beagleboard...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Scott A. Macri >> Senior Software Engineer >> The RoRing Rage <http://www.ScottMacri.com> >> (571) 234-1581 >> > > > > -- > Scott A. Macri > Senior Software Engineer > The RoRing Rage <http://www.ScottMacri.com> > (571) 234-1581 > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.