On 29 August 2011 13:05, D G Teed <donald.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 10:14 PM, Heddle Weaver > <weaver2wo...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> >> On 27 August 2011 11:41, D G Teed <donald.t...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> I started another reply, and it had lots of steps to try to repair >>> this situation, but then I rethought. >>> >>> If this is a fresh install, and you have no data to keep on the Debian >>> system, >>> here is a bulletproof solution: >>> >>> Reinstall. >>> >> >> This is the latest fashion. >> It's not a new install, but I have my /home partition on an external 1TB >> expansion drive, so inconvenience is minimal and the revision factor won't >> hurt. >> > > I suggested reinstall as it would be the quickest way to get rid > of ppp daemon if you didn't know how to disable the service. > But now that that mystery is resolved, no need to reinstall. > > Once ppp is gone, then set up DHCP to > get your IP from the router on Debian system. > > This would be the entry in /etc/network/interfaces I mentioned before: > > allow-hotplug eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > Then reboot. You are really not that far off from getting this up. >
Well, I've actually done this, but I didn't have too much success. Of course, I didn't give up trying. Unfortunately, I think I tried too much and too far and that's about all I have left in /etc/network/interfaces. I thought I'd wait until I installed the new Debian config on the new, secondhand PC. I'm actually posting from that now. So easy when you can access the interface. Once I get a successful config on the new Debian install, I was going to try copying the configuration over to the laptop. I know I've deleted something on the laptop in the 'network' config that I shouldn't have. Doing it this way is the most constructive way to become more familiar with things, I think. Failing that, I'll do a new install on the laptop, but I think it'll be alright. Regards and thanks, Weaver. -- Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. — Lucius Annæus Seneca. Terrorism, the new religion.
