On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 04:32:07PM +0000, Mitchell Laks wrote something like: > Hi, > > I did a install of etch using the latest release installer. It went nicely. I | have one comment and a related question. > | As soon as I rebooted into my system after the upgrade to sid I noticed that > the eth0 was not comming up! > > So I had to > su > and do > ifup eth0. > > Then I rebooted again to check > and again needed to do > ifup eth0. > > What was wrong?
Euh, for some reason was 'ifup eth0' not called (not activated). > > I looked in /etc/network/interfaces and saw all this "cruft" > (i hope that is not a bad word). They are called "stanzas", see `man interfaces` for more information. (When I understood you correct, then was "cruft" a good word :- ) > I saw > ######################## > # This is a list of hotpluggable network interfaces. > # They will be activated automatically by the hotplug subsystem. > mapping eth0 > script grep > map eth0 > > # The primary network interface > allow-hotplug eth0 > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.x.x.x > ########################## > > instead of what I usually see > > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet static > etc > > So I simply commented out the "cruft" replaced by good stuff > and rebooted and all was well. > What was the problem? What does this new stuff 'add' and what wentwrong? Frankly my dear, I can only guess (and ask further questions). Please provide the output of uname -r from the computer we are talking about. Cheers Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]