Re: Problems configuring /etc/network/interfaces

2001-10-25 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Wed, 2001-10-24 at 05:09, Charles Bray wrote: > Michael Heldebrandt wrote: > > > I have the same lo lines and mine works fine. How is your eth0 > > interface configured? Is it also in /etc/network/interfaces? > > No, I'm still in the beginning stages of getting my Linux machine > usable, so

Re: Problems configuring /etc/network/interfaces

2001-10-24 Thread Charles Bray
Thanks guys for the much needed man page and for the apt-get instructions. Charles

Re: Problems configuring /etc/network/interfaces

2001-10-24 Thread Joey Hess
Charles Bray wrote: > The "auto lo" remains commented out because of the "neighbor table overflow" > error. I remain unclear about what the "auto" line is supposed to do that > the "iface" line doesn't do. Maybe when I find the interfaces man page... The only thing the auto does is make ifup bri

Re: Problems configuring /etc/network/interfaces

2001-10-24 Thread dman
On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 02:36:44PM -0700, Charles Bray wrote: | - Original Message - | From: "Joey Hess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | To: | Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 9:57 AM | Subject: Re: Problems configuring /etc/network/interfaces | | | > Charles Bray wrote: | &

Re: Problems configuring /etc/network/interfaces

2001-10-24 Thread Peter Hutnick
Charles Bray said: > I've searched places like http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#man, but I > can't find this man page. My system doesn't know the command "man" yet, so > I can't type "man interfaces". No excuses. :-) If you don't have man you can't do squat. Do "apt-get install man-db" -Peter

Re: Problems configuring /etc/network/interfaces

2001-10-24 Thread Charles Bray
- Original Message - From: "Joey Hess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 9:57 AM Subject: Re: Problems configuring /etc/network/interfaces > Charles Bray wrote: > > Strangely (to me), if I comment out the "auto lo" line in >

Re: Problems configuring /etc/network/interfaces

2001-10-24 Thread Joey Hess
Charles Bray wrote: > Strangely (to me), if I comment out the "auto lo" line in > /etc/network/interfaces and reboot, I can then successfully ping the > loopback address, indicating that the interface has been automatically > activated. (So "auto lo" is evidently shutting it down. I wish I could

Re: Problems configuring /etc/network/interfaces

2001-10-24 Thread Charles Bray
Petre, yes, my /etc/resolv.conf file is set up correctly. Thanks. Lars, > Charles Bray wrote: > > > Right now, my /etc/network/interfaces file includes the following > lines > > (excluding comments): > > > > auto lo > > iface lo inet loopback > > > > My understanding is that the "auto lo" line i

Re: Problems configuring /etc/network/interfaces

2001-10-24 Thread Charles Bray
Michael Heldebrandt wrote: > I have the same lo lines and mine works fine. How is your eth0 > interface configured? Is it also in /etc/network/interfaces? No, I'm still in the beginning stages of getting my Linux machine usable, so I haven't networked with my wife's Windows machine yet. I did

Re: Problems configuring /etc/network/interfaces

2001-10-24 Thread Lars Knudsen
Charles Bray wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm fairly new to Linux and just switched from SuSE to Debian > 2.2.19pre17 a few days ago. I have a Dell Inspiron 7000 notebook. I've > tried very hard to solve this problem on my own, but the solution > continues to escape me. > > Right now, my /etc/network/in

Re: Problems configuring /etc/network/interfaces

2001-10-23 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Tue, 2001-10-23 at 20:23, Charles Bray wrote: > Hi, > > I'm fairly new to Linux and just switched from SuSE to Debian > 2.2.19pre17 a few days ago. I have a Dell Inspiron 7000 notebook. I've > tried very hard to solve this problem on my own, but the solution > continues to escape me. > > Rig

Re: Problems configuring /etc/network/interfaces

2001-10-23 Thread Petre Daniel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: MD5 don't forget to put your isp's dns servers' IPs in /etc/resolv.conf greetz, Dani, dns support. CB> Hi, CB> I'm fairly new to Linux and just switched from SuSE to Debian CB> 2.2.19pre17 a few days ago. I have a Dell Inspiron 7000 notebook. I've CB> t

Problems configuring /etc/network/interfaces

2001-10-23 Thread Charles Bray
Hi, I'm fairly new to Linux and just switched from SuSE to Debian 2.2.19pre17 a few days ago. I have a Dell Inspiron 7000 notebook. I've tried very hard to solve this problem on my own, but the solution continues to escape me. Right now, my /etc/network/interfaces file includes the following li