[Tfug] Debian Etch Problem

[der.hans]

Am 07. Nov, 2006 schwätzte Earl so:

> I run Debian Etch (testing) and Kubuntu on the same computer. I
> mostly use Debian but once in a while change to Kubuntu just to
> update it. This morning I did an update of Debian and then went to
> Kubuntu to update it.
>
> After updating Kubuntu, I logged out. I logged into Debian. Debian
> lost it's network connection. I logged off Debian and logged into
> Kubuntu and the connection worked fine. I went back to Debian and
> logged in, this time use the old kernel, with no luck. Logged out and
> back in again with the last kernel and still no network connection.

To what extent did it lose its network connnection?

Wired or wireless?

Does the eth device no longer exist?

"ifconfig -a" to check.

Is the card not seen at all?

"lspci" or "lshw" to see what hardware the system can detect.

Does the eth device exist, but dhcp doesn't get an address?

Kill dhclient instances for the device, then run dhclient for the device,
e.g. "dhclient eth0" for the first ethernet device.

ciao,

der.hans
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