On Sat, 20 Dec 2025 00:35:33 -0600 Mike McClain <[email protected]> wrote:
> After installing trixie without a desktop, configuring it to my > tastes, installing my prefered tools I rebooted to see if I'd broken > something. Let me point out that I removed nothing, only added > packages I normally use like gpm, jed, lynx and localc. > Upon reboot I have no internet connection though the cable is > still hooked to my ISPs modem. Did you install using netinstall? If so, the network connection was obviously used then. Did you use normal or expert installation? Did it ask for IP configuration? Have you previously turned off DHCP in the modem? > I have a simple system with static IP addressing of my computer, a > router, printer and Windows computer that is seldom on. > It has worked well through several versions of Debian but this > upgrade has me stumped. > Even though you do not want to use it, try repeating the installation with DHCP on. If it works, you can set up manual IP addressing as normal later, and remove the DHCP client. Just worth a try. If you haven't turned off DHCP, or this doesn't help, then it's probably down to ip addr show, looking for the Ethernet interface, and if it's not there, finding out why not. Maybe a missing driver, or similar. -- Joe
