Bug#325780: Package: installation-reports

[Frans Pop <aragorn@tiscali.nl>]

On Tuesday 30 August 2005 22:29, Brendan Sleight wrote:
> Comments/Problems:
> After boot up base system I had to exit to shell and run the command
> dhclient eth0

So configuring the network during the initial installation (before the 
reboot) went without problems?

> I still have to run dhclient after boot-up.

Something must be going wrong during the boot sequence.
Some questions/suggestions:
- Is the driver module that is needed for the network card loaded after
  you boot, but before you run dhclient?
- Does the network connection work correctly if you do (as root):
  - /etc/init.d/networking stop
  - /etc/init.d/networking start
- What are the contents of /etc/network/interfaces?

Have you looked at the output of dmesg and the contents 
of /var/log/kern.log and /var/log/syslog for any clues what may be going 
wrong?

Cheers,
FJP