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On Wednesday 03 Aug 2011 17:39:50 Grant wrote: |
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> >> so the question becomes why does eth0 |
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> >> appear under ifconfig on my laptop with net.eth0 stopped and the cable |
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> >> unplugged? |
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> >> I thought it could be wicd on my laptop but I shut down the daemon |
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> >> with no change. |
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> > Try disabling the daemon from starting at boot 'rc-update delete wicd' |
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> > and reboot, then see if the interface is up. |
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> You nailed it. eth0 was being brought up on my laptop by wicd. |
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> Thanks a lot. Both systems have functioning NIC's now. |
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Glad you got this sorted. |
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Is there a conclusion if we should be planning to move away from x11- |
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drivers/radeon-ucode, net-wireless/b43-fwcutter, et al and use sys- |
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kernel/linux-firmware instead? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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