Let me ask this first, as it is quite important: Do you have internet by chance? My guess is that you do, seeing that you use Thunderbird under X11.
On Wednesday 09 September 2009 20:28:00 LM--- wrote: > > Situation # 1 > > KNetworkConf (in KDE ConfigCentre – Network parameters) does show > > eth0 _alone_ , but it is not given any IP address (although DHCP > > is the preselectioned IP detection mode); nothing changes before > > detection is restarted by deactivating then reactivating the > > interface in this module. Situation #2 > > knetworkmanager, the applet I installed to ease connection and > > deconnection to the network, is as much “confused”; after KDE > > starts it “runs empty” can't/won't connect to any interface for > > about 20 seconds, to finally systematically choose the wrong one: > > “usb0” > > I don't know that tool and I would not trust it. But did you by > chance install the network-manager? dpkg -l network-manager will > tell you. > > --> Yes it is installed. Okay, read the manual, read what it does and check if that is of help to you. > > This confirms what I see under KDE: > > something (what?) makes the system (which element, routine, module, > > programme, package?) choose the wrong interface “usb0”. > > > > How to solve this problem? This is the whole headache here! > > > > My other problem is, I don't really know which other tests to carry > > out to find out which setting I have to try with which programme, > > routine or module or else... - before thinking of filling any bug > > report for a particular package... > > Please check if you have network-manager installed. You could also > try `ip addr` and the like. > > --> What is `ip addr`? Can you explain? The ip util is the new kid on the block, replacing ifconfig/route/etc. again, read the manual. > > BEGIN--- > > # This file describes the network interfaces available on your > > system # and how to activate them. For more information, see > > interfaces(5). > > > > # The loopback network interface > > auto lo > > iface lo inet loopback > > address 127.0.0.1 > > netmask 255.0.0.0 > > > > # The primary network interface > > allow-hotplug eth0 > > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > > > auto eth0 > > > > END--- > > > > I've had five versions and none worked as I wished... > > Did you try commenting out allow-hotplug eth0? > > --> Yes, that is gone in my present /etc/network/interfaces file. Okay, then you probably know, that network-manager does not meddle with your eth0 anymore. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
