Kent West wrote: >>> Run "ifconfig" and see if you have an expected IP address; my first >>> suspicion is that zeroconf got installed; it tends to cause problems >>> with networking.
Ken Heard replied: >> Ifconfig only reports the loop back IP address. The IP address >> assigned by the gateway, 192.168.0.114, was not reported by ifconfig, >> presumably because the operating system cannot connect to the network. Back to Kent, with my responses. > What happens when you run "/etc/init.d/networking restart"? Returned: Setting up IP spoofing protection: rp_filter. Reconfiguring network interfaces...Failed to bring up eth0. done. Then a series of messages scrolled down the screen, similar, maybe identical to what appears as part of the boot-up. One line which I caught seemed to read: tried to execve (/etc/dhclient -script, ...): Permission denied followed by several attempts to connect with the network, all of which failed. Since these two problems emerged, the syslog has always shown the following: Feb 8 09:04:24 localhost kernel: eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xa000, 00:50:ba:4f:b1:24, IRQ 169 Feb 8 09:04:24 localhost kernel: eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139C' whereupon the boot-up continued, trying unsuccessfully to connect to the network, including a line with execve in it, and always ending with these last two lines: Feb 8 09:04:41 localhost kdm_greet[2943]: Can't open default user face Feb 8 09:04:47 localhost kdm: :0[2948]: Session "/etc/kde3/kdm/Xsession" execution failed: Permission denied > What does your /etc/network/interfaces file look like? # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp Regards, Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]