Re: Networking trouble after recent upgrade in Sid

2011-02-12 Thread Bob Proulx
David Bruce wrote: > shawn wilson wrote: > >> allow-hotplug eth0 > >> iface eth0 inet static > >> ... > > > > Add 'auto eth0' > > Sorry to be dense about this, but is "auto eth0" applicable to > automatically do a static ip assignment to an interface on boot, as > well as being applicable to invo

Re: Networking trouble after recent upgrade in Sid

2011-02-12 Thread shawn wilson
> Here's my old interfaces file where I statically brought up eth0: > > # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system > # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). > > # The loopback network interface > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > # The prim

Re: Networking trouble after recent upgrade in Sid

2011-02-12 Thread David Bruce
Hi Shawn, > what did your old interfaces file look like? might look at resolv.conf as > well. i'm not sure what trouble shooting you went through, so it might be > useful to post your iptables config. Here's my old interfaces file where I statically brought up eth0: # This file describes the net

Re: Networking trouble after recent upgrade in Sid

2011-02-12 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 12 feb 11, 03:23:16, David Bruce wrote: > > With a aptitude safe-upgrade and reboot today, my setup broke. I'm no > network expert, but it appears that eth0 is no longer getting an IPv4 > address on boot: Purge network-manager? Could you post the relevant part of /var/log/aptitude ? Reg

Re: Networking trouble after recent upgrade in Sid

2011-02-12 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 4:55 AM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In , David Bruce > wrote: >>>From /etc/network/interfaces: --- >> >># The primary network interface >>allow-hotplug eth0 >>iface eth0 inet dhcp >> >>So now, on bootup my web browser won't connect. > > Normally, if you w

Re: Networking trouble after recent upgrade in Sid

2011-02-12 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , David Bruce wrote: >>From /etc/network/interfaces: --- > ># The primary network interface >allow-hotplug eth0 >iface eth0 inet dhcp > >So now, on bootup my web browser won't connect. Normally, if you want an interface started on boot, you should use: auto eth0 instead of: allow-h