On 31 May 2016 at 00:29, El Fontanero <el.fontanero@gmail.com> wrote:
On 30/05/16 11:38 PM, William Witteman wrote:
I haven't changed /etc/network/interfaces in forever, but ifconfig -a shows that eth0 is not being configured, and if down eth0 confirms it.
Do you have a fairly explicit setup in /etc/network/interfaces, or did the helpful-but-rather-secretive Gnome Network Mangler offer to do everything? I tend to set up wired Ethernet explicitly, but let Gnome or whatever have its way with a wireless interface, if applicable... At least it stays out of the way if you have specified a system-wide network setup.
I have always set up networking in a text file - very explicitly. I thought that something Gnome-y had wormed its way in there and "helped". However, I have a partial solution - I ran an "ifup eth0", and I have a network again. What I wonder now is why isn't that happening when I boot up?