Re: [gNewSense-users] Lemote: network interfaces down at startup

[Karl Goetz]

On Mon, 10 May 2010 20:36:15 +0200
Federico Bruni <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Sun, 2010-05-09 at 19:20 +0200, Sam Geeraerts wrote:
> > Federico Bruni schreef:
> > > On Sun, 2010-05-09 at 14:11 +0200, Sam Geeraerts wrote:
> > >> Try ln -s /etc/init.d/yeeloong-base /etc/rcS.d/S38yeeloong-base
> > > 
> > > Thanks, now it works perfect (I've tested just the wired
> > > connection
> > but
> > > I guess wireless will work as well).
> > 
> > The yeeloong-base init only affects wireless. The interfaces file
> > you posted originally didn't include eth0, so it makes sense that
> > you didn't 
> > have a wired connection. I would be surprised if it works now
> > because of 
> > the change I suggested.
> > 
> 
> I tested the wireless and it works fine.
> There is still one small problem:
> 
> When I boot, the system is not able to understand that eth0 is not
> plugged, so it tries to connect through eth0 first. That's a waste of
> time I'd like to avoid.
> Then it tries wlan0, which works.
> 
> Can I fix it somehow?
> 
> This is my /etc/network/interfaces:
> 
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> 
> # The primary network interface
> allow-hotplug eth0
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp

you don't want allow-hotplug and auto lines. use one or the other.
In answer to your question, remove the auto eth0 line.
kk

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