On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Mitchell Laks <ml...@post.harvard.edu> wrote: > On 11:39 Tue 07 Jun , Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:10:48 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: >> >> > The following is a problem I have on all laptops, I dont know how to >> > configure to connect when the ethernet cable is attached. >> >> (...) >> >> Maybe you just need to tweak some options in your "interfaces" file >> (e.g., "allow-hotplug"?): > > That was it! I replaced > > allow-hotplug eth0 > > at the top of the stanza by > > auto eth0 > > and now it works fine! > thank you very much.
allow-hotplug is supposed to allow plugging, and auto-activating, network devices. It's potentially useful for laptops that will be moved around and reconnected, but in most uses, it's inappropriate and undesirable. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/BANLkTim9ZBUj3OLamRVQ=5zyjkfvrvg...@mail.gmail.com
