On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Friday 15 November 2013 15:29:00 Tom H wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> > wrote:
>>> I have just upgraded a client's computer to Wheezy. It appeared >>> to go well and there was certainly an internet connection: it >>> would not have been able to upgrade otherwise! >>> >>> Now there is none. I have checked /etc/network/interfaces and >>> changed "allow-hotplug" to "auto", just for something to try. :-( >>> It made no difference. I pinged the gateway, largely so that I >>> could report that I had done so. I got the error message >>> "Network is unreachable". >>> >>> KControl tells me that eth0 is "disabled". How and why is it >>> disabled? More importantly, **how do I enable it?** >> >> Has eth0 been renamed? What's the output of "ip a"? > Thanks, Tom. :-) You're welcome. > # ifup -a > ifup: failed to open statefile /run/network/ifstate: No such file or > directory > > I misread at first - but "ifup a" produces the same result. > >> (Did you run "ifup -a" or "ifup eth0" after changing >> "allow-hotplug" to "auto"?) > > Yes - and have restarted several times now. :-( > > "ifconfig -a" shows eth0 and lo, neither of which has an IP. "ip a" == "ip address show" (== "ifconfig -a"). "ifup -a" should bring up all interfaces marked "auto" (or "allow-auto") in "/etc/network/interfaces". (Is the latter OK?) The "networking" init script must (I haven't checked it) create "/run/network". etc. Change the shebang of "/etc/init.d/networking" to "#!/bin/sh -ex" and run "/etc/init.d/networking stop" then "/etc/init.d/networking start". -- 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/CAOdo=SwH-a+fv1RyG_8=k3nhefast4aids0eadn-8ypozux...@mail.gmail.com
