On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 12:21:50AM +1000, David wrote:
> I'm just building a brand new Ubuntu server box. Unfortunately I put in 
> the wrong address for the nameserver so I changed it manually (edited 
> /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/network/interfaces) and now if I restart 
> networking I lose the eth0 connection completely! ie, ifconfig only shows 
> loopback.
> 
> If I completely reboot the machine, eth0 comes back and works fine until 
> the next time I restart networking :(
> 
> Can anyone suggest what I'm doing wrong? 

Check that /etc/network/interfaces contains the line

auto eth0

I've had some problems with machines not having that line in there, and
having exactly the problems you're reporting.

- Matt
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