Incoming from T: > > Problem mystically disappeared when I boot again this time. > But still some questions remain. > > On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 10:57:52 -0600, s. keeling wrote: > >Incoming from T: > >> % ifconfig eth0 down > >> > >> $ ifconfig -a > >> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:2F:BE:4B:BA > >> inet addr:192.168.2.13 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > >> [snip] > >> Ie, I tried to shut down the eth0, but, should it be gone from "ifconfig > >> -a" output? > > > > Yes. > > What do you mean by yes? should it be gone from "ifconfig -a" output?
If your "ifconfig eth0 down" command worked, yes it should be gone from "ifconfig -a" output. What does /var/log/messages say about it? That should explain what happened when you tried to take down the interface. > If so, why it is still there? I've no idea, other than "ifconfig eth0 down" failed. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling Please don't Cc: me. - - _______________________________________________ Grml mailing list - [email protected] http://lists.mur.at/mailman/listinfo/grml join #grml on irc.freenode.org grml-devel-blog: http://grml.supersized.org/
