Re: Bug? - Debian does not assign IP address after reboot?

[linuxthefish <linuxthefish@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I removed allow-hotplug eth0 and it still does not auto configure :(

Where would i find log files to diagnose this?

Thanks

On 16 September 2015 at 20:55, Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> wrote:

linuxthefish <linuxthefish@gmail.com> wrote:

> After I reboot my Debian machine it does not assign an IP to eth0. It
> brings the interface up after a reboot, but does not set the IP on it!
> Running a cronjob every min to set the IP address is the only way to
> fix this, but why does it happen? Is this some sort of bug?

> My interfaces file is as follows:

> auto eth0
> allow-hotplug eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
>   address 172.16.0.30
>   netmask 255.255.0.0

You cannot have both "auto eth0" _and_ "allow-hotplug eth0". Choose one.

S°

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