Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I installed Debian 2.0 to a ThinkPad, and each time I reboot the machine, the
> network card will not work until I do:
>
> /etc/init.d/network start
>
> It works after that. Should I edit the script and give my interfaces and
> routes expicitly or is there a better way to get things working when I reboot,
> without having to enter the above command?
Quoted from an earlier email to this list:
Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 24-Feb-99 Mark Ciciretti wrote:
> > Try running '/etc/init.d/network start' after the PCMCIA services
> > are started. IIRC this is what I had to do when I installed Debian on a
> > friend's laptop.
> >
>
> ummm.. I am not sure, but I think that worked. I am pinging the laptop from
> here now and it did not work before. I think that did it.
The "proper" way to do this, by the way, is to put all of the info for your
network into /etc/pcmcia/network.opts. The advantage of doing it that way
is the network will automatically get started when you plug the card in and
stopped when you pop it out.
Later,
Dale
--
+------------------------- pgp key available --------------------------+
| Dale E. Martin | Clifton Labs, Inc. | Senior Computer Engineer |
| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.clifton-labs.com |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
