Does your /etc/network/interfaces file have a line in there like: eth0=auto If it doesn't you'll probably want to add that in there. This lets debian know that it should automatically bring up that interface. On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 12:11, Bob Alexander wrote: > after last upgrade after booting I find myself with eth0 defined but not > acquiring an address. > > running sudo ifup eth0 manually triggers DHCP request and proper network > configuration. Also stopping and restarting the ifplugd daemon manually > after boot solves the problem. > > system is sid with hotplug and ifplugd. > > The ifplugd process is up and running upon booting > bob@t40:/var/log$ ps aux |grep ifplug > root 7280 0.0 0.0 1604 528 ? Ss 18:08 0:00 > /usr/sbin/ifplugd -i eth0 -q -f -u0 -d10 -w -I > > because of ifplugd the eth0 is not flagged auto > > bob@t40:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces > (snip) > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > (btw at boot time I have always seen: > Wed Apr 6 17:59:53 2005: Starting Network Interface Plugging > Daemon:Sorry, there is already an instance of ifplugd for eth0 running. > What has already started ifplugd once ????) > > I have grepped and browsed through various /var/log logs but could not > find anything evident. > > Can any kind soul help me debug this ? > > TIA, > Bob -- o) Derek Wueppelmann (o (D . monkey@monkeynet.ca D). ((` http://www.monkeynet.ca/ ( ) `
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