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
