thx , alright dhcp disabled , now everytime i reboot it doesnt recognize that its online --- .................................
Hmmm - Here at my computer it works.
Sure you have run "lilo" as root after adding "nodhpc" to lilo,conf and before logging out ?
scjHi there.
I have the same problem. I added "nodhcp" to the lilo.conf file and I ran lilo right after doing it just like you instructed. DSL doesn't DHCP at bootup anymore, but it doesn't load the eth0 interface either. I have to run ifup eth0 if I want it to work.
Is there any other way of doing this? Please help, as I have spent quite a few hours trying to fix the problem.
Thank You.I have spent many hours on this too and here are my results so far. I hope this will help you people.
To use static IP configuration, I did like this:
1) add nodhcp in /etc/lilo.conf and run lilo afterwards. 2) run netcardconfig and enter all my specific configuration.
But I have one last problem. If eth0 happens to be up when I reboot or halt my system, the file /etc/network/ifstate is not cleared. The next time my system boots, it thinks that eth0 is already up. I thought that adding a Kxxnetworking symbolic link to ../init.d/networking in my /etc/rc0.d and /etc/rc6.d directories would do the trick but it does not work. As a quick and dirty fix, I stopped using reboot or shutdown directly and wrote a two-line script that first clears /etc/network/ifstate.
Am I missing something? What is the proper way of making sure /etc/network/ifstate is cleared when I halt or reboot the system?Vi /etc/init.d/knoppix-halt and search for Shutdown
Right above the tailing "fi" of the shutdown network if command add the line: echo "" > /etc/network/ifstate
This will clear the interface state and allow the interface to come up propperly on boot.Joshua Montgomery--THXNext Page...
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