-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 21/05/12 16:16, Doug Lytle wrote: >>> guess that I have to remove NetworkManager control before doing >>> this? And then "ifdown eth0" before calling up eth0:temp? I >>> wonder of NM was the problem all the time. > > > You shouldn't have to remove NetworkManager, it works find for me > under Mageia1 with it installed. > Hmm - the reason I thought I would have to is that attempting ifdown brings up a message that it is controlled by NM and therefore the command is ignored (can't remember the exact wording). I temporarily took it out of NM and put it back when I'd finished.
Anyway, thanks to the hints here, I realised that I didn't have a configuration file for eth0:temp, so I created one based on the eth0 one, and it worked perfectly. Back to trying to figure out the various server options :-) Thanks for the help Anne -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk+6ib8ACgkQj93fyh4cnBcVnQCfd/hVuUoMiSu8bXxvYWX8QTNa EEoAnRiMK2leBQzt/bfg5yJPjcde8G8p =o3ju -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
