Re: eth0 down (using Sarge)

[David Burgess <david@cjsr.com>]

Marc Shapiro wrote:

> I am running Sarge and kernel 2.4.24-1-k7.  Yesterday I rebooted the
> system and was then unable to connect to my home network (two boxes) and
> so I could not connect to the internet (the other box is my gateway).
> Fortunately, I could boot using the my older kernel (2.4.18-bf2.4) and I
> could connect just fine.  As of today, even that does not work.  I have
> been forced to use the Red Hat that was originally on this machine in
> order to get access to my network (but this verifies that the problem is
> NOT hardware).

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How about doing apt-get -f install, without listing any packages? This 
has worked for me. On the preventive side of things, I never run apt-get 
upgrade, only apt-get dist-upgrade. This ensures that upgraded packages 
will have any new dependencies they may need, while a simple upgrade 
will not, possibly leaving you with broken packages. Unless you have a 
apecific reason not to, I suggest you use only the dist-upgrade.

HTH.

David