On Sat, 27 Mar 2021 17:28:37 +1030 [email protected] wrote: > On 26.03.21 06:54, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:49:13 +1030 > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > My shiny new Beowulf 3.0.0 install on an Intel NUC skipped > ethernet > > > stuff, perhaps because the ethernet cable wasn't inserted at the > time? > > > > > > Now, I can start hacking /etc/network/interfaces, /etc/hosts, > > > resolv.conf, > > > etc., but will that reveal so much missing that I'm better off > doing > > > another > > > install with the LAN plugged in? Heck, are there kernel modules > > > missing? > > > > Have your tried juat rebooting with the ethernet cable plugged > > in? > > I probably should have, but on finding no mention of eth0 in the /etc > files, I reinstalled Beowulf with the cable plugged in. It was so > quick > compared to the old days, that am dazed that it's all there. Then > networking just worked ... even though there was still no mention of > eth0.
Some systems have weird designation for the ethernet port. Mine is enp1s0. > I hadn't been asked for an ethernet address or subnet mask - it was > all > magic. Linux has gotten smarter. It can now set all that up without user input. > I've only had Beowulf for a few hours, but it is immediately > comfortable. I'd been using Debian for years (since Sarge), but when they switched to systemd from sysvinit, I started looking for an alternative. Luckily, Devuan Beowulf came along and I abandoned Debian. Happy with it. All working well. And I have a customized system: no desktop, just a window manager, a single panel, etc. > Whoever thought of leaving the release notes on the desktop deserves a > medal. That was the first thing I was going to hunt for, as I'd read > the > note on pulseaudio prior to install. The problem line is commented > out, > but I still have no audio; will have to poke at that a bit. But first > to > move email to the new host, so I can get off this webmail horror. All I did to enable sound was to use alsamixer to turn on the master volume. Volumes for all sound channels is zero by default. B _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
