On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009, Tony Rick wrote: > > > In any case, you should be able to connect to the router with (gasp) an > > Ethernet cable, do the update, and go back to wireless after that. > > tony/Joe: > > Yes, one would think this would work, but it's not playing nicely. > > There's no built-in Ethernet on this Tecra 8000, so I put in a PCMCIA > adapter card and wired that to the router. The link and full duplex lights > on the adapter light up. > > In /etc/network I edited the interfaces file so eth0 has a static IP > address, netmask, and gateway address; only eth0 is listed as 'auto'. > Unfortunately, when I run '/etc/init.d/networking start' that interface > fails to come up. It's not recognized. > > Something in the distribution upgrade really torqued this system. The > wired/static connection ought to be seen and that interface should be > recognized and made visible, but that's not happening. Sigh. > > Rich > > -- > Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | Integrity Credibility > Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. | Innovation > <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: > 503-667-8863 > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > Rich if you don't have success in the next hour or 2 let me know and i can bring over a USB wireless adapter that I know works .. it should at least let you finish the upgrade. Drew- _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
