Re: have to bring up network manually after reboot

[Alex Hunsley <lard@tardisBLOCK.ed.ac.uk>]

David Mohr wrote:
> 
> --On Sonntag, September 30, 2001 19:57:39 +0100 Alex Hunsley
> <fakeAddress@privacy.com> wrote:
> 
> > Each time I reboot my debian box, I have to bring up the network manually.
> > If I just try "ifup eth0", I get the error "Operation failed". To get the
> > network back, I have to type the following each time:
> >
> > insmod 3c59x
> edit /etc/modules,
> enter '3c59x' so that the module will automatically be loaded on boottime
> 
> > update-modules
> should not be necessary here, only after installing new modules
> 
> > ifup eth0
> when the module is loaded then the network should be brought up by the
> debian boot scripts.

D'oh - problem solved - in /etc/modules/aliases, I had eth0 and 3c59x the wrong
way round. Works now.

thanks
alex

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