Re: Loss of connectivity on recent testing updates

2011-05-07 Thread Brian
On Sat 07 May 2011 at 03:21:39 +0100, AG wrote: After trying #dhclient eth0 there was no output, but I can now access the Internet. When I rebooted the machine to double check, the Net was inaccessible. There is an implication here you are using a wired connection. Is that correct? Is

Re: Loss of connectivity on recent testing updates [SOLVED]

2011-05-07 Thread AG
On 07/05/11 10:04, Brian wrote: On Sat 07 May 2011 at 03:21:39 +0100, AG wrote: After trying #dhclient eth0 there was no output, but I can now access the Internet. When I rebooted the machine to double check, the Net was inaccessible. There is an implication here you are using a wired

Re: Loss of connectivity on recent testing updates [SOLVED]

2011-05-07 Thread Brian
On Sat 07 May 2011 at 10:46:03 +0100, AG wrote: The file originally read: iface eth0 inet *static* (no quotes/ emphases, of course) In which case the complete stanza should have read: iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.x netmask 255.255.255.0

Loss of connectivity on recent testing updates

2011-05-06 Thread AG
Hey list Sometime over the last 9 days I have updated my testing desktop system and when I went to reboot the theme settings on Gnome had changed and I am unable to access the Internet. My partner's machine - from which this is sent - can access the Net fine. I could until I rebooted. I've

Re: Loss of connectivity on recent testing updates

2011-05-06 Thread Chris Brennan
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 12:23 PM, AG computing.acco...@googlemail.com wrote: Hey list Sometime over the last 9 days I have updated my testing desktop system and when I went to reboot the theme settings on Gnome had changed and I am unable to access the Internet. My partner's machine - from

Re: Loss of connectivity on recent testing updates

2011-05-06 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 06 May 2011 17:23:45 +0100, AG wrote: Sometime over the last 9 days I have updated my testing desktop system and when I went to reboot the theme settings on Gnome had changed and I am unable to access the Internet. My partner's machine - from which this is sent - can access the Net

Re: Loss of connectivity on recent testing updates

2011-05-06 Thread AG
Hmmm ... apparently not: sudo ifconfig loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:11601 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX

Re: Loss of connectivity on recent testing updates

2011-05-06 Thread Arno Schuring
AG (computing.acco...@googlemail.com on 2011-05-06 19:12 +0100): sudo ifconfig loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:11601 errors:0

Re: Loss of connectivity on recent testing updates

2011-05-06 Thread AG
On 06/05/11 23:50, Arno Schuring wrote: AG (computing.acco...@googlemail.com on 2011-05-06 19:12 +0100): sudo ifconfig loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1