Hi, I removed allow-hotplug eth0 and it still does not auto configure :(
Where would i find log files to diagnose this? Thanks On 16 September 2015 at 20:55, Sven Hartge <s...@svenhartge.de> wrote: > linuxthefish <linuxthef...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > After I reboot my Debian machine it does not assign an IP to eth0. It > > brings the interface up after a reboot, but does not set the IP on it! > > Running a cronjob every min to set the IP address is the only way to > > fix this, but why does it happen? Is this some sort of bug? > > > My interfaces file is as follows: > > > auto eth0 > > allow-hotplug eth0 > > iface eth0 inet static > > address 172.16.0.30 > > netmask 255.255.0.0 > > You cannot have both "auto eth0" _and_ "allow-hotplug eth0". Choose one. > > S° > > -- > Sigmentation fault. Core dumped. > >