-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday, 30.11.2004 at 04:27 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 01:58 -0800, Michelle wrote: > > Hi all, I'm a complete debian newbie; I decided to delete my slack > > distro and install deb instead because of all the rave reviews, but the > > rewards have yet to materialize. Deb is more "hard core" (and therefore > > presumably better) than slack, as evidenced by how hard it is to set up! > > > > Problem: > > On a fresh install of Debian 3.0r3 Woody (2.2.20-idepci kernel) off the > > .iso from the server, the neworking doesn't work. I'm on an AMD Athlon > > with a 21140-based on-board ethernet chip (lspci and WinXP both say so) > > > > The story: > > During installation, it was able to connect to the network just fine and > > download updates and stuff. Just to make sure, I opened a terminal > > during install and pinged google. SO I KNOW IT CAN WORK. > > > > HOWEVER, after booting, eth0 is only configured for a 192.168 address, > > NOT what the dhcp in my dsl modem should be giving it. I run ifup eth0 > > and I get a series of "SIOCSIFADDR: No such device" errors. Ditto if I > > run dhclient directly. > > What does your /etc/network/interfaces look like? It should > contain: > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp If you are sure that the correct module is being loaded for your hardware, you may like to try installing (or dpkg-reconfigure) the package etherconf, which give you a friendly frontend to configuring your network. It populates all the important files (such as /etc/network/interfaces and /etc/hosts etc.). Very useful: apt-get install etherconf or dpkg-reconfigure etherconf Dave. - -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBrE6unhBnac0o2pIRAufWAJ4xpr/YpNwI3QZVqGcFAyHRsQYtewCdFxic atGLCLqUH4JMvckvTz9BdhY= =jEfg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
