Re: laptop questions
-- Jamin W. Collins <jcollins@asgardsrealm.net> wrote
(on Tuesday, 26 November 2002, 04:15 PM -0600):
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 04:39:59PM -0500, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote:
>
> > 1) PCMCIA cards. We have a linksys ethernet card that is recognized as
> > an NE2000 compatible ethernet card. When I did the install, the only
> > way I could get it to be recognized for the network installation was
> > as eth0 -- not as a PC card.
> >
> > When I boot, the init scripts try to setup the network /before/ the
> > card is loaded. If I'm not on the network at the time, it's not a
> > problem; if I am, it means that eth0 goes unbound, and I have to do an
> > 'ifdown eth0 && ifup eth0' to get my connection.
> >
> > Ideally, I'd like the network to start if and when the card is
> > inserted/recognized. How do I accomplish this?
>
> Remove the eth0 from the auto line in /etc/network/interfaces. The
> pcmcia service will take care of starting the interface when the card is
> inserted.
D'oh! I confused "auto" with "dhcp" for some reason... That solved the
network card problems.
Now, to find Tiny X... ;-)
--
Matthew Weier O'Phinney
matthew@weierophinney.net
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