On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:44:58 +0000, John Hudson wrote: > I'm more or less a beginner with Linux but have installed Debian Squeeze > on another PC successfully; on this one, networking shows "Disconnected" > after every boot (logging on as a standard user, not 'root') and I can > only get the built-in Ethernet card to connect by disabling wired > networking and then re- enabling. As I want to use the machine as a > server, this is pretty useless to me - the intention is to use it > without a monitor in the long-term, which means it won't work at all as > things are.
Despite the message, is the network available, I mean, can you browse the web? If yes, check if this applies: http://wiki.debian.org/NetworkManager#Wired_Networks_are_Unmanaged Also, run "/sbin/ifconfig; ip ro" and put here the output. Anyway, if you plan to use your computer as a server, I would configure the system to use the old method ("legacy network connection") for setting up the network instead NetworkManager. > The PC is connected to my router via a CAT5 cable and a Netgear > Powerline adaptor (the same as the older Dell PC that connected at boot > without any problems). The puzzling bit is that the network obviously > worked during installation (booting from a Debian Squeeze setup CD), as > various bits of extra software were downloaded. > > Any thoughts on how I can get the machine to connect to the network > automatically on boot? Debian network documentation is very good and worth reading: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05.en.html Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/pan.2011.11.12.15.47...@gmail.com
