Hello You are correct sir.
auto lo eth0 is the ticket. JD On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 02:51:15PM -0700, Justin Guerin wrote: > On Tuesday 10 February 2004 13:52, davis wrote: > > hello > > > > I have a weird problem with my cardbus nic. When I insert the card the > > first time, it will not ifconfig the interface to have an ip. ifconfig > > -a will show the interface though. When I eject the nic card and > > reinsert it, it will now ifconfig up. Here are my settings: > > > > -/etc/network/interfaces-- > > > > auto lo eth0 eth1 > > > > iface lo inet loopback > > > > iface eth0 inet static > > address 192.168.1.1 > > netmask 255.255.255.0 > > > > mapping hotplug > > script echo > > > > iface eth1 inet static > > address 192.168.0.1 > > netmask 255.255.255.0 > > > > > > > > eth0 is the builtin nic and it works ok. eth1 is the cardbus nic. > > If no one more enlightened gives you a suggestion, you might try this. I > see that you bring up eth1 on boot, but your problem description makes it > sound like the card isn't actually in the slot. Have you tried booting > without eth1 in the line 'auto lo eth0 eth1'? It's just a guess, but your > scripts might be saying, when you insert the card, "that interface is > already up. I'm not going to do anything." so they exit immediately. > > If this is the reason, I'd expect to see some sort of error message on boot > up about eth1 not coming up properly (though I'm not sure, since it's > static). > > In any case, it's something easy to try. > > HTH. > > Justin Guerin > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Happy Trails John F. Davis ABC #6334 1992 R100GSPD Durham, North Carolina http://www.skink.net ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Happy Trails John F. Davis ABC #6334 1992 R100GSPD Durham, North Carolina http://www.skink.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
