Tim wrote: > On Tue, 2008-01-01 at 14:01 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: >> My claim is: when the laptop booted (without NM) >> it did not try to bring eth0 up, >> even though there was a >> file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 . > > There mere presence of that file doesn't mean it will be brought up, you > also have to have the configuration set to bring it up at boot up. > > Do you? ifcfg-eth0 did say "ONBOOT=yes". I always set this. I may have access to the laptop again soon. I'll see exactly what the settings are. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
