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 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
