Have you tried using ifconfig? On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 09:02:39PM -0300, Marcos José Sant'Anna Magalhães > wrote: > > Hi Thomas, > > > > Can't you just use "/etc/init.d/networking restart" ? > > > > Marcos > > It doesn't work. That is if I edit ifstate to set eth0=eth0 and restart > networking it reports the network is reconfigured but the network is > still unreachable (I tried pinging another computer on the lan) and > ifconfig shows the settings of eth0 are unchanged, are still the > settings from bootup during which the system looked for a DHCP > connection and found none. > > Tom > > > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 6:09 PM, Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > I have built a very nice Debian Live CD but with two problems. > > > > > > One, I can't switch to the static IP addressed used by my lan. I > included > > > a copy of my interfaces file in chroot_local-includes. When I boot > from the > > > CD I can substitute this file in /etc/network but I can't find a way to > > > shutdown the network and restart it with the substituted file. I must > have > > > failed to include some package as there is no network entry in the > > > Debian/Applications drop down list. > > > > > > (Bringing along my special config files does work very nicely in other > > > cases. Specifically, I have an xorg.conf file which allows me to use a > > > Wacom tablet. After booting from the cd I substitute a copy of this > file > > > and restart gdm and the Wacom tablet works perfectly.) > > > > > > My second problem must also be an omitted package as only root has a > > > terminal window. > > > > > > The CD is 575 MB. I hope a couple small packages might correct these > > > problems without taking more than the remaining space. > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a > > > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Marcos José Sant'Anna Magalhães. > > Engenharia Eletrônica e de Computação. > > DEL/POLI/UFRJ. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
