Re: Installing testing: can't get cable Internet after reboot
My problem with the bad cable broadband connection went away when I installed with the Dec 19 testing Net Install instead of the Dec 12 testing CD set. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Installing testing: can't get cable Internet after reboot
I have a PC with an AMD64 chip. I have two disks with different versions of debian on them. The first system (which I will call K) is Kanotix which I regularly update from Debian unstable. It has been working well for quite a while. The second system (which I will call T) is Debian testing based on the 12/12/05 release on CDs. I select which system to boot in the hardware by using cables and jumpers for the drives. When K is booted, it can see T. I prefer to completely disconnect K when I am in T. Both systems connect to the Internet using a cable modem connected to an ethernet board. I have had the following problem twice with sytem T: I install the system and it works for a while. I spend this time installing packages and running updates using aptitude and/or synaptic. This process involves a number of reboots of T. After one of these reboots, I cannot connect to the Internet. Afterwards, each time I reboot again, I have the same problem. Here are some packages that might be relevant: packageinstalled on dh-makeK dhcp-clientK T dhcp3-common K dhcp3-server K dnsmasqK dnsutils K T host K libdns20 K T The following line is in ps ax for both systems: dhclient -e -pf /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid -lf /var/run/dhclient.eth0.leases e This line occurs for K only: /usr/sbin/dnsmasq -u dnsmasq The first time I had the problem I solved it by reinstalling Debian. Ugh. The second time the bad boot happened after I had configured KDE. How can I solve my problem? Do I need to install dnsmasq on T? If so, can I download it to K then copy it somewhere in T? Anyone know how to turn Kanotix into pure Debian unstable? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing testing: can't get cable Internet after reboot
Edward C. Jones wrote: How can I solve my problem? Do I need to install dnsmasq on T? If so, can I download it to K then copy it somewhere in T? Take a incremental backup of T, noting which files which have changed since yesterday's daily backup, then restore T from yesterday's backup. Now your system should be functional again. Then go back to the list of changed files and play detective, working backwards in time until you find which change caused the failure. If you don't understand the causal mechanism of the failure, post again to this list. Finally, update all the changed files which are unrelated to the failure, and you're good to go. :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
