Re: Interfaces configuration and tap0

[Philippe Raxhon <raxhonp@easynet.be>]

> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Subject:
> > >
> > > Re: Interfaces configuration and tap0
> > > From:
> > >
> > > Martin Wuertele <martin@wuertele.net>
> > > Date:
> > >
> > > Wed, 13 Mar 2002 10:27:58 +0100
> > > To:
> > >
> > > debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Philippe!
> > >
> > > On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Philippe Raxhon wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm running a Debian 2.2 with testing packages. I have 2 network cards:
> > > > - eth0: not configured, it's used by pppd (ADSL line) when started.
> > > > - eth1: configured as 192.168.1.254, for my local network (configured 
> > > > using linuxconf, present in /etc/network/interfaces)
> > >
> > > scrap linuxconf, it does not work troublefree on redhat and is even worse
> > > with debian.
> > >
> > > if you want your interface automatically started when booting add 
> > > auto eth0
> > > to /etc/network/interfaces (see man 5 interfaces)
Thanks a lot (I had forgoten that line) but I still have tap0 on 
startup, but not in single mode, so it's probably a daemon that is 
setting it. The real problem is that tap0 is set has the default route, 
and I still have to do;
ifconfig tap0 down
or change the default route:
route add default gw xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx dev ppp0

> > > But when I boot, ifconfig showns only lo and tap0 (being the default 
> > > gateway). That means I have to do:
> > > - ifconfig tap0 down
> > > - ifconfig eth1 192.168.1.254
> > > before starting the ADSL connection (that is then the default gateway).
> > >
> > > What is tap0?
> > > Why doesn't it "load" eth1? When I start linux in single mode it 
> > > doesnt't load nor tap0 nor eth1.
> > >
> > > BTW, I have another problem. I have added some environment variables to 
> > > /etc/profile, but they are not taken into account when I run a xterm 
> > > while they are set in a tty.
> > >
> > >
> > > put the it into /etc/environment and it should work
It works for all of them except when I try to add some path to PATH, 
gnome doesn't want to start. Is this syntax correct:
PATH="$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$ANT_HOME/bin"
knowing JAVAHOME and ANT_HOME are set the lines before.
This syntax is certainly not correct. It's the one I have in 
/etc/profiles and, in a TTY, I still can't run java or ant and don't see 
them in the PATH when typing: set | less

> > > yours martin