Eric Richardson wrote: > More than one person is having problems with the startup sequence with > pcmcia. Is this a problem with the distribution? I searched open and > closed bugs for [EMAIL PROTECTED] and could not find anything reported > about this. > > Is this a problem that needs to be looked at for the distribution? It > sure makes the out of box experience with Debian a little rough.
I've recently started using two laptops (one belongs to work, one is mine) with Debian "testing"; I can confirm that the pcmcia start order is a problem on both. I haven't been able to properly diagnose it, but the start-up messages show things happening in apparently the correct order: pcmcia services start successfully, interface configuration occurs, then networking is enabled. However, on logging into the system, eth0 has become unconfigured again -- although the card itself is still happily running. I inevitably have to do "ifdown eth0 ; ifup eth0" after logging in, every time I boot. After doing this, it all works beautifully. Help would be much appreciated. -- \ `\ _o__) BIGNOSE