On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 08:09:44AM +0000, Tim Johnson wrote: > On Monday 14 May 2007 04:52, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 04:55:24PM +0000, Tim Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > was heard to say: > > > Etch was installed yesterday via netinst. Network appeared > > > to configure properly - software installation from mirror > > > went without a problem > > > > > > The problem (sort of) goes like this: > > > I can boot the machine, and ping any nodes on my network. > > > I can ftp to another machine. Before long, I loose my network > > > connection - such as, open a ftp connection, upload something to > > > another machine (put), and when the ftp connection is closed, I lose > > > the network. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >-------- > > > > I've had problems like this caused by network-manager. It arbitrarily > > decides that a working interface doesn't exist and shuts it down. If your > > interface gets set to 169.something when you lose connectivity, that's a > > sign that this might be what's going on -- you could also check out syslog. > > Removing network-manager fixed everything for me. > > Hi Daniel: > I ran `apt-get remove network-manager' and rebooted, but the problem > persists. Any other ideas? > thanks > tim >
apt-get install sysv-rc-conf, and check what web related services are started at bootup. It could possibly be a daemon that is intrfering with your internet connection. -- http://digital-haze.net/~pobega/ - My Website If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs. - Richard Stallman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
