On Sun 18 Jun 2017 at 21:36:49 +0200, Christian Seiler wrote: > On 06/18/2017 09:22 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Sun 18 Jun 2017 at 20:54:46 +0200, Christian Seiler wrote: > > > >> On 06/18/2017 08:25 PM, pplaw wrote: > >>> The network I'm on at the moment hands out DHCP addresses. But, > >>> sometimes, > >>> I'll hard-code the IP address for the computer (with ifconfig: ifconfig > >>> (eth0--but in this case) enx687f74158a8a 10.x.x.x netmask 255.255.255.0; > >>> route add default gw 10.x.x.x). Since this is a new install of Stretch, > >>> I haven't been able to download the ifconfig package; and if I type ifup > >>> enx687f74158a8a (or for my wireless card, wlp1s0), I get: "unknown in- > >>> terface. > >> > >> In the Debian release notes there's a section about the fact that > >> ifconfig has been deprecated for well over a decade now, and is not > >> included in new installs anymore starting with Stretch: > >> > >> https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#iproute2 > > > > ifconfig isn't the problem. The OP installed Stretch; stretch doesn't > > have ifconfig. > > Stretch does have ifconfig, just not by default. And I mentioned that > because the OP mentioned it and I wanted to clarify this. Please read > again the part I quoted from the OP. ;-)
The Stretch d-i does not have ifconfig. (Is that the third time I have said that?) > >> If you want to temporarily add an IP to a given interface, you can > >> use the 'ip' utility (this also works in older Debian versions): > > > > [Good advice snipped] > > > > Do you not find it disturbing that someone can install Debian and not > > end up with a network connection? > > Well, that depends on further details here: was the network configured > at all during installation? If you use one of the DVDs, for example, > you don't need to configure the network in the installer to install > Debian onto the hard disk - but if you didn't configure it in the > installer, you'll have to configure it manually in the running system. > > But sure, if you can show that network properly configured in > the installer fails to lead to a system with configured networking, > then please report a bug with details and steps to reproduce, so that > this can be fixed in 9.1. Of course it depends on further details. Which is why they were requested. -- Brian.
